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Vybz Kartel, Leftside, Delly Ranx and others invade the Warhead Rhythm
- By TJJ Admin
- Published 28-Aug-08
- Dancehall/Reggae
- Unrated
Coming fully loaded with an arsenal of potential hits from the likes of Vybz Kartel, Bramma, Wasp, Lefside (Mr. Evil), Mega D, Kenyatta Fiyah, Black Violin, Chico, Shawn Storm, Delly Ranx, and Bitta Blood among others, the Warhead rhythm from F.R.E.E. Entertainment/Bambino Muzik has been steadily holding its own among radio and sound system enthusiasts from the Caribbean to North America and parts of Europe.
The follow up to last summer's Torpedo rhythm, the Warhead is spearheaded by Justin 'Jus Bus' Nation, Antiguan Glen 'Madd Dawg' Francis and sound system selector/artiste Orett 'Bambino' Hart.
Tracks on the Warhead include Everybody Want Fi Turn a Badman by Vybz Kartel; Foreign by Lindo P; Clouds Open by Bramma; Black Sheep by Kenyatta Fiyah; War by Wasp; Hustler's Prayer by Mega D; and Tings Dem by Lefside (Mr. Evil). Pressed as to how the name for the rhythm project was arrived at, Jus Bus said 'Since there were so many lyrics about gun on the market, we decided to roll with warhead. It is inspired by previous army march type rhythms such Baby G's Gang War and the Mission, and even as far back as Birch's Military rhythm. We slowed this one down and gave it a one drop speed but we used dancehall influenced sounds and styles of lyrics and flows with a touch of hip hop. This project is to really bring awareness to the amount of violence that is taking place and how influential the music can be in highlighting it'.
Antiguan born Francis whose Taking Over Entertainment has been merged with F.R.E.E. Entertainment (Freedom Rebels Emancipating Earth), says a lot of work has been put into the Warhead project. 'We put a lot of hard work and time into this project and we wanted to let people see the talent that up and coming producers have and what we are capable of doing. We also wanted to make people aware that dancehall songs can be more than just violence as the media portrays most of the time'.
Asked whether it was difficult for them to get the artistes involved in the project since the producers are based overseas, Francis said 'It was slightly difficult because when we decided to voice the artistes, I had classes at University in Buffalo, New York. We made a lot of phone calls and dealt with the artistes to make sure that the songs would be voiced properly'. But Jus Bus chimed in 'Its always a challenge working with artistes through telephone contact or various links, when you have limited resources, but we managed to create a great project musically'.
While Francis had some reasonable experience with the Torpedo rhythm last year, Jus Bus was responsible for the rhythm track for QQ's hit 'Tek it To Dem'. He has also done numerous remixes and mix tapes. Bambino on the other hand has been doing recordings as an artiste under the pseudonym Trevor Off Key, and he has also done remixes and some amount of production work.
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