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Showing posts with label DJ Karim. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DJ Karim. Show all posts

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Busy Signal Ponders Things Like These...



I remember when Busy Signal first began his career as an artist.  I can’t believe so many years have passed, but what I can believe is the fact that he keeps making hits like he just started.  Travelling through what I would call his ‘middle passage,’ Busy delivers his newest hit chune “Things Like These” which you are going to LOVE! 


Produced by DJ Karim for Stainless Records and Jeff Nitro for Real Links Productions, this chune is perfect in conjunction with Burru Banton, King Kong, Eek-a-Mouse, or as a chune selected on its own to showcase a deep meditation Busy shares through song.  The artist sings:  “boom wah dis / wah dat / tell them things like those / anno things like these / cause things like those / have flies and fleas / some smoking coke / ignoring trees / them old dirty works / and evil-ous deeds / yutes trod militant / when you’re round these streets / and nuff nuh stand firm / some go down pon knees / just give thanks for life / for the birds and the bees / protection when mih trod pon the land or overseas ….”

If ever there was a chune that Busy created that demonstrates he’s vibrating on a higher level, it’s this chune.  DJ Karim and Jeff Nitro give the artist the perfect soundtrack to let the masses know his thought process.


P.S.  Connect with the artist and producer on Twitter >>> @busysignal_turf | @djkarim
  

Listen to the chune here: 


Friday, January 24, 2014

HOTTT-ED New Reggae Riddim ►►► King Majesty 2014 ft. Busy Signal and More!

DJ Karim is one of the best who put out his best, with the best, and the result is the King Majesty Riddim 2014.  Not to be confused, the riddim is not based on the Queen Majesty riddim (think Dennis Brown), instead, the riddim is a hybrid of classic Dancehall. 

Leading the riddim run is Busy Signal.  You may have heard some of the controversy brewing over his chune “Real Talk;” if you have, the real talk comes from one of Busy’s 2 chunes on the riddim.  In the chune, Busy takes aim at a fellow artist (not hard to guess who), and says:  “singer nah fih ah war Bounty (Killer) / real talk / nuh memba when him bruk and him hungry / real talk / and beg dih bills and dih 50 / real talk / tell him nuh be ah ungrateful pickney / real talk / memba money caan change we / real talk / we nuh frighten fih Benz or Bugatti / real talk / memba dis dog … ah Killer (Bounty) did start we / real talk / help nuff ghetto yute outta poverty / real talk ….”  M-E-R-C-Y! 

When you combine these lyrics with the structure of the riddim and the way Busy rides the riddim, you will understand why the chune is so impactful.  The drum pattern is digitized as is the bass line (think a very loose similarity to Steely and Clevie), and the accents sound like a digitized cowbell.  Believe me when I say, the music is brilliant.  Bravo to DJ Karim getting this 100% right! 

Additional artists on the riddim are:  Franz Capone / Kiprich / Kananga / Major Mackrel.  Big up Major who deals with the riddim wickedly! 

Tweet Karim and let him know what you think >>> @djkarim