reggae

shabba

bibi

Dancehall

jessie

beeniman

OFFICIAL VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rom4qWtEkMA

POPCAAN T-SHIRTS & CAPS: http://store.mixpakrecords.com/ 

Just three years after Popcaan first stepped out in his Clarks as Vybz Kartel's protégé, he has quickly established himself as one of Jamaica's biggest artists. His distinctive voice, versatile style and positive energy has propelled him through summer smashes “Ravin” and “Party Shot,” pensive political tracks “The System” and “Dream,” and gallis anthems like “Only Man She Want.” Along the way, he's piled up tens of millions of YouTube plays, a Billboard Hot 100 hit and high profile collaborations with Snoop, Pusha T, and Busta Rhymes.

His much anticipated debut album will be dropping on Mixpak in the first quarter of 2014, and we're proud to release “Everything Nice” as the first single from the record. Popcaan lays his trademark catchy melodies and controlled flow over a minimal riddim produced by Dubbel Dutch that lies somewhere between dancehall and hip hop. Delivering a reflective and casually nostalgic track on the balance of working hard and holding a meds, the song is dedicated to his fans and their struggles. As Poppy whiles his worries away, the track eventually melts with the vocal, leaving a bittersweet blissfulness.

“Everything Nice” sets the tone for the LP, in name and nature. This is the first of a new palette of sounds and songs that carry Popcaan’s next chapter.

http://www.popcaan.mixpakrecords.com/

Buy the album now: http://smarturl.it/WWCF

Where We Come From

Popcaan - Everything Nice (Produced by Dubbel Dutch)

Where We Come From is the debut album from Jamaican superstar Popcaan. Executive produced by Dre Skull and featuring productions from Dre Skull, Dubbel Dutch, Jamie Roberts, Anju Blaxx and Adde Instrumentals, Popcaan's first full length offering sees his signature melodies and uplifting tones on thirteen original tracks. As musicologist Wayne Marshall writes,

“Where We Come From” gives voice, as the best reggae does, to the contradictions of life in a society rife with inequities and yet so rich. Whether odes to the ghetto or the good life, Popcaan's lyrics bring realist portraits and utopian visions into dynamic tension. Songs about struggle and sex and happiness occupy the same space because they do. And whatever the topic, Popcaan's infectious positivity comes through.”

Read the full essay: http://www.popcaan.mixpakrecords.com/

Buy the album now: http://smarturl.it/WWCF

Popcaan - Waiting So Long (Produced by Adde Instrumentals)

Popcaan - Hustle feat. Pusha T (Produced by Dre Skull)

Popcaan - Hold On (Produced by Dre Skull)

T'nez & 3 Star - (Me This)

Just Reality

Weh Yuh Get It From

Rappin' With The Ladies

Hardcore Loving [Shabba Solo Cut]

Strictly The Best Vol. 3

Girls Wine

Telephone Love Deh Pon Mi Mind (feat. J.C. Lodge)

Caan Dun: The Best Of Shabba

Hood Top

The Doctor

Strictly The Best Vol. 21

Let Him Go

Protect Me

Strictly The Best Vol. 19

Who Am I

Better Learn

Bad Man Nuh Flee (feat. Mr. Vegas)

Gospel Time

Best Of (collector's Edition)

Foundation

Tell Me

Oyster & Conch

Strictly The Best Vol. 14

Rainy Sunset

Reggae Anthology: Anything Test Dead

Cover Me (feat. Tinga Stewart)

Protection (feat. Courtney Melody)

Original Front Tooth Gold Tooth Don Gorgon

Come Out Of The Church

The R. In R&B Collection: Volume 1

Thoia Thoing

The World

The Race

Nearly a year after producing Vybz Kartel’s “Kingston Story” and fresh from delivering Popcaan’s “Get Gyal Easy,” Dre Skull returns with a brand new riddim, featuring four original vocals from some of the biggest Caribbean artists. 

The Loudspeaker Riddim, which is not just a name but also a serving suggestion, is a powerful and emotive track, with lingering echoes that 
build and fold over each other until the dancehall bassline kicks in and a minimal synth-stab leaves the track wide open for the vocalist to shine. King of the Dancehall, Beenie Man, sets the riddim alight with his fast- flowing ode to the female form on “Hot Like Fire,” while Mixpak family member Natalie Storm delivers a classic braggadocios take on “Rock The Runway.” Normally found voicing the upper echelons of bpm, Soca Monarch Machel Montano makes a rare appearance on a dancehall riddim, keeping his energy intact for an expressive tune dedicated to winery – “Go Down.” Popcaan rounds off the release with 'The System', an epic, conscious track that sees the young deejay describe the trials and struggles of ghetto youth in the face of the system. 

The Loudspeaker Riddim is not only a testament to the versatility of the artists featured, but to dancehall itself, a proud addition to the ever-growing Mixpak dancehall catalogue.

http://www.popcaan.mixpakrecords.com/

Buy the album now: http://smarturl.it/WWCF

Popcaan - The System (Produced by Dre Skull)

Sweep Over My Soul (w/Luciano feat. Kingo Lovers)