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Zimi Records Brings You: "Gyal A Bruk Out Riddim"



Gyal A Bruk Out Riddim came out in phases rather than as a one-day juggling package. Zimi Records and Franc White unveiled the instrumental in December 2025, then expanded the rhythm with a series of vocal releases in 2026. The credits list Nevardo “Franc White” Newton and Phillip Myers among the writers, while Zimi Records and Franc White maintain the production identity throughout the set.



At 98 BPM, the riddim has a straightforward, dance-oriented structure, giving each deejay space to bring a distinct feel without losing the same underlying pulse. Govana handles the title track, establishing the project’s central movement in clear terms. Sean Paul’s “Do It,” released via Zimi Records in collaboration with Milk and Honey Records, relies on repeated commands and body-movement hooks; its brief length gives the riddim a clean, uncluttered vocal treatment.




Elsewhere, Valiant’s “Influencer” moves the emphasis toward the language of contemporary online life, while RajahWild and Chi Ching Ching’s “Island” turns the format into a two-voice session. IWaata, Pablo YG and Skeng round out the provided vocal lineup, each approaching the same production as a standalone single rather than just another track in a compilation sequence.


That staggered release pattern is the key point: the instrumental came first, before the vocal campaign, and the later cuts keep circling back to the same rhythm without treating it as a finished project.




NEWS FROM SILVERBACK: Slightly Stoopid Cali Road Trippin, Vegas Poolside Vibes, Slum Beach Posse New Album & More

 



Kevin Costner's ONE805LIVE! Benefit With Slightly Stoopid This Weekend

Slightly Stoopid performs oceanside at One805Live! this Saturday, September 26 at Kevin Costner's Field of Dreams benefit in Montecito, CA supporting firefighters and first responders. Final tickets still available!

Slightly Stoopid Cali Road Trippin Continues This Fall

Slightly Stoopid's Cali Road Trippin rides into Washington, California and Nevada next month with special guests The Elovaters, DENM and The Hip Abduction on select dates.

Slum Beach Posse Announce New Album SPBV2 + "The Ocean"

Slum Beach Posse ft. DENM, Landon McNamara, Jesse James Pariah and Benny Ranks announce their upcoming album 'Slum Beach Posse Vol. 2' releasing October 23, with their brand new single and lyric video for "The Ocean" out now.

Poolside Vibes in Vegas Oct 10-11th

Poolside Vibes debuts in Las Vegas next month for 2 nights, October 10-11 at the Red Rock Casino & Resort with Slightly Stoopid, DENM and Eli-Mac plus Dirty Heads, The Hip Abduction, The Elovaters and Tropidelic. Limited tickets available!

Bumpin Uglies x Artikal Sound System Orange Crush Fall Tour

Bumpin Uglies' Orange Crush Tour starts this week with Artikal Sound System, making 25 stops coast-to-coast across the US and Canada. Don't miss out on this epic night of music in your city.

Slightly Stoopid ft. Wiz Khalifa & G.Love

"Backseat Drivin'"

Just Dropped: Slightly Stoopid new single and video ft. Wiz Khalifa and G. Love "Backseat Drivin'" out now!

Stephen Marley's 
'Revelation Part II: The Fruit of Life'

Just Dropped: 10th anniversary of Stephen Marley's 'Revelation Part II: The Fruit of Life' album with new "Rock Stone" lyric video ft. Capleton and Sizzla now playing on YouTube.

Artikal Sound System ft. Bumpin Uglies 
"Are You Smiling Yet?"

Just Dropped: Artikal Sound System releases new cut of "Are You Smiling Yet?" ft. Brandon Hardesty of Bumpin Uglies.

Eli-Mac x Diane Warren

"I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me"

Just Dropped: Eli-Mac and Diane Warren collaborate on a reggae rendition of Exposé's "I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me" featured on Diane's reggae compliation album.





G Cole’s New Album Black Green and Reggae Is Inspired By Jamaica’s Flag



A proud Jamaican, G Cole is not afraid to express his patriotism. Which he does on Black Green And Reggae, his fourth album, which is slated for release in September.



The South Florida-based singer said the colors of Jamaica’s flag were an inspiration for the album’s title. Music also played a role.




“The black on our flag signifies hardships faced and to be overcome. The green signifies the rich, green land and topography, the gold is the natural wealth and beauty of the sunshine,” G Cole explained. “But sometimes the days are cloudy, sometimes the days are rainy. Regardless of what the day is, there’s always reggae music playing. It’s the only constant.”


Two songs — Your Love and Feeling The Love (with Ed Robinson) — from the album have been released.


Black Green And Reggae will be released digitally and on vinyl. For G Cole, the latter format seemed natural, given the growing global demand for records in the past 10 years.





⁠”I have followed the resurgence of vinyl and I’ve strongly advocated for it, but the truth is, most genres never stopped making the vinyls, it was the reggae section that was getting smaller,” he noted. “It is expensive, especially since reggae artists aren’t given the budget of most other genres, but I’m hoping I can inspire some artists to do vinyl.”


G Cole is a native of Ocho Rios, one of Jamaica’s leading tourist areas. He was raised on the music of reggae greats such as Dennis Brown and Beres Hammond.




Reggae Bass Legend Jackie Jackson Has Passed




Veteran Jamaican bass guitarist Clifton “Jackie” Jackson, whose unmistakable style helped drive the pulse of some of the most beloved recordings in Jamaican popular music, died this morning after a prolonged stay in hospital.




He was 79.


Jackson, who was married to renowned Jamaican singer Karen Smith, had been in Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St James, for nearly two months.


He is survived by four daughters.


His death marks the closing of yet another chapter in Jamaica’s remarkable first generation of musical trailblazers-men who often labored away from the spotlight, yet whose artistry helped carry ska, rocksteady and reggae to audiences across the globe.



For more than 50 years, Jackson’s bass was inseparable from Toots and the Maytals, though his musical reach stretched well beyond that iconic band.




He contributed to recordings by some of Jamaica’s most prominent artists, among them Bob Marley and the Wailers, Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, The Melodians and Desmond Dekker, and his international session work also included American singer-songwriter Paul Simon.





BOOK CLUB PICK .... Global Reggae


 

These plenary lectures from the “Global Reggae” conference convened at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica eloquently exemplify the breadth and depth of current scholarship on Jamaican popular music. Radiating from the Jamaican centre, these illuminating essays highlight the “glocalization” of reggae – its global dispersal and adaptation in diverse local contexts of consumption and transformation.




The languages of Jamaican popular music, both literal and metaphorical, are first imitated in pursuit of an undeniable “originality”. Over time, as the music is indigenized, the Jamaican model loses its authority to varying degrees. The revolutionary ethos of reggae music is translated into local languages that articulate the particular politics of new cultural contexts. Echoes of the Jamaican source gradually fade. But new hybrid sounds return to their Jamaican origins, engendering polyvocal, cross-cultural dialogue.




From the inter/disciplinary perspectives of historical sociology, musicology, history, media studies, literature, anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, the creative/cultural industries and, above all, the metaphorical “life sciences”, the contributors to this definitive volume lucidly articulate a cultural politics that acknowledges the far-reaching creativity of small-islanders with ancestral memories of continents of origin.




The globalization of reggae music and its “wild child” dancehall is, indeed, an affirmation of the unquantifiable potential of the Jamaican people to reclaim identities and establish ties of affiliation that are not circumscribed by the Caribbean Sea: To the world!


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