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REGGAE UPDATES FROM JAMAICA
• Dancehall artiste Elephant Man featured on remix of Diddy’s Come to Me
*Having collaborated with the likes of Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson and Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz, deejay Elephant Man is seeking to increase his stocks with his latest collaboration. He is featured on a remix of Come to Me, the Billboard-charting single from P. Diddy and the Pussy Cat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger.
Come to Me is the first single off Diddy’s brand new album Press Play. The album was released in the US on October 18. Released on the Bad Boy/Atlantic label, Come to Me has been making serious moves on the Billboard charts, rising ten places to number 18 on the Hot 100 chart this week. It moves up to number 13 on the R&B Hip Hop Singles & Tracks chart.
Sources from Elephant Man’s camp have indicated that a treatment for a video for the remix of Come to Me is currently being prepared.
Elephant Man who is managed by Rupert ‘Q45’ Blake of Q45 Productions recently signed an album distribution deal with Diddy’s Bad Boy imprint. The first result of the multi-album deal will bear fruit in March of next year with a new set from Elephant Man. Said Elephant Man ‘Diddy wants to ensure that the time is right for this album. I feel very good about the deal and the direction my career is moving into. I give thanks to God because He has made all things possible’.
Since he went solo from the Scare Dem Crew in the late 1990’s, Elephant Man has been riding a wave of popularity. He has released hits after hits both locally and on the overseas circuits. His latest single is Hot Wuck for producer Karim ‘DJ Karim’ Thompson’s Weh Yuh Stop Fah rhythm project.
* Ding Dong readies album for VP Records
Dancer turned artiste Ding Dong blazed the charts a few months ago with the irritating Bad Man Forward, Bad Man Pull Up single. The song's popularity, which later led to the creation of a dance of the same name, has attracted the attention of VP Records.
"Mi have an album coming out for VP. Mi and Matterhorn wake up one ants nest now, so a lot of attention on the dancers now. Right now dancing is out thing. Mi woulda like to see dancing reach pon a bigger level. Dancing is like a work fi me right now," Ding Dong said in a recent interview.
Ding Dong recently completed a video for a new track, titled Flow, which features a singer from Antigua. "We just did the video for the song with Jay Will. I have a new song out called Killa Swing weh a tek di place," said Ding Dong.
Ding Dong pointed out that with the success that dancers like himself, Sample Six, and the late Gerald 'Bogle' Levy have had as recording artistes, better opportunities are now opening up for dancers. However, he would like to see amenities, including a chart for dancing, and more of our local dancers in international videos.
On Sundays, Ding Dong and his crew, the Ravers Clavers, play hosts to the Gabba Sundaz session. This takes place in Nannyville. "A lot of selectors, deejays, entertainers and music personalities, and just about anybody, turn up each week. It a gwaan good still," said Ding Dong.
* BITS AND PIECES
VP Records is releasing the album Parables from singer Tarrus Riley, his debut on that label. Riley, the son of veteran reggae singer Jimmy Riley, is currently charting with his cover of John Legend's Stay With You.
DJ Sultex, who had a hit earlier this year with Killa Walk And Prezzi Bounce from the Red Bull And Guinness rhythm is taking his skills around the Caribbean next month. He also has dates lined up for Canada. Sultex, a former sound system selector at the Asylum Nightclub, hit the charts a few years ago with Stop.
• CHART UPDATES
Tony Matterhorn’s Goodas Fi Dem which is number one here in Jamaica, continues to top the New York Reggae chart. Over in the UK, Goodas Fi Dem was removed from the top spot by Come Around by new reggae artiste on the rise, Collie Buddz. Collie Buddz is number one on the reggae charts in Germany, while over in Canada, the number one reggae track is These Streets by Tanya Stephens. Boom Boom by Cham featuring Rihanna is the new number one song in St. Lucia this week.
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