Lenky's handclap-heavy groove soundtracked three major hits in the summer of '03 and helped dancehall cement its U.S. takeover. This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles ...

“Under Mi Sleng Teng,” by Jamaican singer Wayne Smith, is one of the milestones in the history of Jamaican popular music. Written by Smith and his friend Noel Davey, the pioneering dancehall classic ...

The entire genre of reggaeton is built on a single beat, a syncopated but militaristic drum pattern known as the dembow riddim. Over the past few decades, reggaeton has emerged from a regional Spanish ...

When it comes to Swedish design studio and instrument manufacturer Teenage Engineering, you never quite know what's coming. Case in point: according to unconfirmed leaked images that surfaced ...

Teenage Engineering provides the patois as well as the beats with the release of two new devices, the EP–40 Riddim and EP–2350 Ting. The former is an evolution of the popular EP–133 KO II and its ...

This year’s Grammys have a chance to make history, albeit in a way that might get missed by most TV viewers watching music’s biggest night at home. For the first time in its 39-year existence, the ...

Teenage Engineering releases the riddim n’ ting, an EP‑40 sampler, sequencer and composer geared with over 400 sounds and reggae‑inspired effects Features include toggle lacing system, 12 stereo ...

US-based independent music label Synthdicate Music, led by the dynamic duo of Victor ‘DJ Future’ Wells and Jason ‘Firestorm’ Bevans, has unleashed their highly-anticipated third reggae compilation, ...

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L-R Antigua and Barbuda’s very own Janine (Photo by Soley Leve Production Team), Tynie (Photo by Soley Leve Production Team), Sistaron (Photo by Soley Leve Production Team), Ria Black (Photo by Soley ...