August 2013

Sizzla Kalonji’s Solid As A Rock has been sampled for the third time by an American rapper. The song, released in 2002 on Sizzla’s EP entitled Da Real Thing, was first sampled by Jah Rule on his 50 Cent diss song called The Crown. The song was sampled again in 2012, this time ironically by…

Kanye released his sixth studio album, Yeezus, on June 18 – a project best categorized as techno hip-hop fuelled by synth/rock with maelstrom hints of Jamaican Dancehall, and a handful of soulful samples by Capleton, Beenie Man, Assasin & Popcaan. CAPLETON – FORWARD INNA DEM CLOTHES I’m In It features Assassin/ Agent Sasco; Send It…