Video: Aidonia, “Ah You/Gal Don’t Bawl”
This JA music television megamix from Busy Signal foe Aidonia features a new riddim, Swarm, produced by Brooklyn’s 77Klash. Vybz Kartel, Lutan Fyah, Roundhead, Jah Mason and some more folks have all...
View ArticleVideo: Whisky Baggio, “Wuk Gal”
In our latest issue we profiled six small labels we think will be doing big things in 2008. One of those is Klash City Records (based in Brooklyn), which we described as “dancehall engaged in … read...
View ArticleAudio: 77 Klash f. Johnny Osbourne, “Mad Again”&“Code For The Streets”
Hey have you heard about this thing they do in Austin every year? There’s two major reasons to go: 1) So you can capture universes-collide moments between cats who would never cross paths in any … read...
View ArticleFreeload: 77Klash & Noble Society, “The Swarm” (DJ Theory Remix)
We’ve talked about 77Klash in the mag and on this site before, mainly because he keeps on producing songs that meld dancehall with every other genre of music ever without it sounding forced. Even...
View ArticleAudio: The FADER Issue 55 Podcast
Now that summer’s here and you’ve read our totally conveniently released (and titled) summer music issue, you’re probably looking for some music to listen to while you eat ice cream in the park or ride...
View ArticleNYC: Get Weird With 77Klash And DJ Rupture
Last month we got weird with Andrew WK. He sang improvisational songs about trying to gain weight and then everyone got up and danced in a circle. We don’t exactly need to tell you that … read more »
View ArticleLive: 77Klash And Pretty Boy Family Get “Rapalicious”
Let it be known that in the coming days we are going to be busting out a choreographed step routine inspired by 77Klash’s back up dancers. It will be like nothing the world has ever … read more »
View ArticleVideo: 77 Klash, “Mad Again”
Hey look, 77 Klash made a video for his totally awesome “Mad Again” that does not fit with the subject matter at all! “Mad Again” is one of the more tense songs on the Code … read more »
View ArticleNYC: Harriet’s Alter Ego/Affordable Art Show
Tonight at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple, the good people at Harriet’s Alter Ego are throwing a fundraiser/art show/rager. Marketed as The Affordable Art Show, the event will exhibit mixed-media work by...
View ArticleFADER/Southern Comfort 7-inch Series #8: Telepathe
Beginning with the newest entry in our FADER/Southern Comfort 7-inch series, we will have the songs from each side available for free download. Today we have the A-side, an exclusive track by Telepathe...
View ArticleFADER/Southern Comfort 7-inch Series #8: 77Klash
Beginning with the newest entry in our FADER/Southern Comfort 7-inch series, we will have the songs from each side available for free download. Yesterday we had the A-side, an exclusive track by...
View ArticleFreeload: Bosco Delrey f. 77Klash, “Round N Round”
If you read this site a lot, you probably remember us predicting the first big trend for music in 2009: Hillbillyhall. It’s a combination of achy breaky vocals, slide guitars, laptop beats and...
View ArticleFreeload: Miss Banks, “Seventeen” + “Gimme A Chance”
Our friends at Klash City Records just signed up a girl whose song we ripped from MySpace last week in order to play it on our weekly radio show. Her name is Miss Banks, she’s … read more »
View ArticleFreeload/Stream: 77Klash + Miss Banks + Drop The Lime Megapost
Last time we posted about Miss Bank$, we were hoping 77Klash would link her up with some properly tweaked beats, and email has answered our prayers. “P-U-S-S-Y” is Miss Banks over Klash’s Skully riddim...
View ArticleFreeload: 77Klash f. Matt Shadetek, “Pressure”
We’ve been following the individual trails of Brooklyn’s own power-chatter 77Klash and beatmaker extraordinaire Matt Shadetek for a real hot minute, as musical innovators of the biggest borough and as...
View ArticleFreeload: 77 Klash, “Call Me” MP3
A couple weeks ago in his Ghetto Palms column Eddie Stats put together a blend of dudes going in on Dre Skull‘s Skull Riddim. He mentioned, but didn’t include 77 Klash’s version, which is easily … read...
View ArticleFADER TV: Major Lazer Live at the F62 Party
Last night about 400 of our closest and overarchingly attractive friends rolled up on a secret Bushwick rooftop for one of the most epic FADER issue release parties in recent history, celebrating FADER...
View ArticleFreeload: Jahdan Blakkamoore f. 77Klash, “Best I Ever Had freestyle” MP3
When we heard Jahdan Blakkamoore 77Klash! freestyle Radiohead’s “Climbing the Walls” over Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” our brain had a minor malfunction because that many awesome polar sounds/words in a...
View ArticleGhetto Palms: Jahdan Blakkamoore / 77Klash
It’s been a long, long time coming…but y’all knew a Klash was gon’ come. Or more accurately a Klash and Jahdan, because it would be criminal to overlook Klash’s partner in crime, he of the … read more »
View ArticleGhetto Palms 68: New One Drop—Collie Buddz / Jahdan / Vybz / Jr. Gong
A Jr. Gong thing again. His new 45 “Holiday” just struck me because compared with the Nas collabo I ran a few weeks ago, it really shows how versatile he’s gotten since Halfway Tree. The … read more »
View ArticleGhetto Palms 77: Mavado + Natalie Storm / Sizzla + De Tropix / Exclusive Refixes
I cannot tell a lie, y’all. It was not a particularly good week for dancehall. My ears got so sick of trance synths, auto-tune and trap drums they almost walked off the set before I … read more »
View ArticleGhetto Palms 92: Video Palms: 77Klash / J-Wow / Crookers / Poirier / Face T
Welcome to the Videodrome. Today it is a moving pixels edition of Ghetto Palms, featuring 3 new videos (and one audio-stream) from some of my favorite recurring characters. I estimate that each clip...
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Premiere: 77Klash, “Shadow of Death” MP3
We’ve seen 77Klash traverse a diverse handful of artistic periods: exploring dubstep and digital dancehall with Dutty Artz and Drop the Lime, acting as neonized MC for Major Lazer and toasting at...
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Video: Drop the Lime, “Sex Sax”
This awesome piece of work depicts exactly how we want our summer in New York to go, and it helps that it’s populated by a bunch of East Coast club staples and dudes we see … read more »
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Video: 77Klash, “Asphalt Jungle”
Is this an old Boot Camp Clik video? 77Klash‘s got all the same ’90s Brooklyn elements for his anvil-heavy new dubstep joint: black hoodie, mean mug, ominous atmosphere, some dudes standing behind him,...
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Stream: The Count & Sinden’s Massive New Album
Last year British beat superstars The Count & Sinden had clubs worldwide screaming “MEGA! MEGA! MEGA!” in a robot voice like we were all about to storm Castle Greyskull, so it’s appropriate they...
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Matt Shadetek f. Kid Kurupt, 77klash and Chan Dizzy, “I Like To Move” MP3
The original version of this song is by Reel 2 Real, a group that you could describe as proto-LMFAO if you felt like it, but you could also not do that at all and continue … read more »
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