BUJU BANTON “SET UP THE MIC” PREMIERES DECEMBER 7th ON COMPLEX.COM & BOOMSHOTS.COM & iTunes

BUJU BANTON “SET UP THE MIC” PREMIERES DECEMBER 7th ON COMPLEX.COM & BOOMSHOTS.COM & iTunes For Immediate Release:
Dec 7, 2011

THE WAIT IS OVER!

BUJU BANTON “SET UP THE MIC” PREMIERES TODAY ON COMPLEX.COM & BOOMSHOTS.COM & iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/set-up-the-mic!-single/id486498490 BLAZING DANCEHALL CUT IS THE DEBUT SINGLE FROM CERTIFIED BOOMSHOTS Vol. 1,

THE NEW DANCEHALL REGGAE COMPILATION FROM 21^st HAPILOS & BOOMSHOTS MAGAZINE

COMPILATION FEATURES TRACKS BY VYBZ KARTEL & POPCAAN, MAVADO & NE-YO, SEAN PAUL & FAMBO, SHAGGY, BEENIE MAN, COLLIE BUDDZ, GREGORY ISAACS AND MANY MORE…

BOOMSHOTS RELEASE PARTY DEC. 21^st IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA

On December 7, 2011 Complex.com & Boomshots.com will premiere Buju Banton’s “Set Up The Mic,” the debut single from the crucial new compilation album CERTIFIED BOOMSHOTS Vol. 1.

Recorded three years ago on the “Rapid Burst” riddim for Young Blood Records, “Set Up The Mic” started out as an on-the-spot freestyle while Buju Banton waited for the engineer to fix the levels at the start of a studio session. The engineer happened to press record, and the sounds captured that day were refreshingly raw, a glimpse of the champion DJ spitting lyrics off the head as if he were toasting around a sound system—a rare treat for Buju fans who have been missing the voice of the Gargamel. “I always told people that I have a song that I think is one of the baddest Buju tracks, but he was just freestyling,” says producer Mr. G. “The thing about this song, it’s got a happy, playful kinda energy. The world will appreciate and love hearing Buju again, banging as the great Buju Banton. Although it’s a freestyle, if I don’t tell people it’s a freestyle, they would never know it.”

21^st Hapilos Distribution is proud to release the debut single from the highly anticipated new compilation album, CERTIFIED BOOMSHOTS Vol. 1. This is the first of a series of compilations officially endorsed by Boomshots Magazine.From multiplatinum hit-makers to the freshest new sounds of the Kingston streets and classic roots rock reggae, CERTIFIED BOOMSHOTS hits you with the raw uncut.

Complex.com will offer a stream of the new Buju Banton single “Set Up The Mic” today

on the Complex Music Channel. http://www.complex.com/music/

and on Boomshots.com http://www.boomshots.com/?p=7030

Buju Banton “Set Up The Mic” is now available on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/set-up-the-mic!-single/id486498490

CERTIFIED BOOMSHOTS Vol. 1 will be released December 13.

The official BOOMSHOTS release party will take place on December 21 in Kingston, Jamaica.

About Certified Boomshots vol. 1
Certified Boomshots is the freshest new compilation of dancehall and reggae tracks on the market, representing all the best of what the music has to offer on a worldwide level. The first of many compilations to come, Vol. 1 features blazing tracks from the hottest producers in reggae today: Steven “Di Genius” McGregor, Don Corleone, ZJ Chrome, Troyton, Cashflow, and Chimney Records—not to mention Markus Myrie, Buju Banton’s son, who is now carrying on the family legacy as a young producer on the rise. Markus Records produced the breakout hit “Whine Me” by Blak Ryno. The album’s classic throwback is “Penitentiary” by the late, great Gregory Isaacs. The cover photograph was shot on location in Jamaica by Peter Dean Rickards for the Afflicted Yard, all rights reserved.

CERTIFIED BOOMSHOTS Vol. 1 Track Listing:

1. Buju Banton “Set Up The Mic”
2. Collie Buddz “Too Watchy”
3. Popcaan “Only Man She Want”
4. Chris Martin “Cheaters Prayer”
5. Vybz Kartel & Popcaan “We Never Fear Dem”
6. Mavado & Ne-Yo “I Know You Want Me” (Remix)
7. Shaggy “Party Every Night” (Remix)
8. Protoje “No Lipstick”
9. Tarrus Riley “Summer Fling”
10. Sean Paul & Fambo “Wedding Crashers”
11. Beenie Man “Come Over”
12. Jah Cure “From My Heart”
13. Black Ryno “Whine Me”
14. Supa Hype, Munga & Chi Ching “Imma Need Security”
15. I Octane “How Some Bwoy”
16. Wayne Marshall “Good Ole Wife”
17. Gregory Isaacs “Penitentiary”

About 21^st Hapilos
“Our aim is to continue to help our genre get the maximum visibility it needs in order to reach consumers across the world," says Johnny Wonder, executive vice-president of 21^st Hapilos. The reggae industry veteran founded the company to continue his lifelong mission of carrying the music of Jamaica to the four corners of the earth. “There are some great artists and producers in the reggae industry and getting their music heard on the international scene is something 21st/Hapilos takes pride in. Our Certified Boomshots compilation is what the game’s been missing. We’re going to shake things up all around the world.”

About Boomshots

Boomshots is the first publication to recognize the profound impact of dancehall sound system culture as the DNA of worldwide youth culture. “Our mission is simple, really,” says Boomshots founder and Editor In Chief Rob Kenner. “We just want to break down the walls of musical apartheid, and place dancehall culture where it belongs—at the center of everything.” With world-class photography, insightful writing, and cutting-edge design, Boomshots offers a fresh perspective of a powerful musical genre that’s been slept on by the mainstream music industry even as it influenced the entire world. “The playing field has been leveled. The time is long overdue for this music and this culture to get the respect it deserves,” says Kenner, who’s written about reggae and dancehall music for publications like Complex, Billboard, The New York Times, InStyle, VIBE, Spin, and Ego Trip. The prototype issue of Boomshots magazine is being published by RJK Media LLC, and will available in print and digital formats by the end of 2011. “Our boomshots bust musically,” says Kenner. “Artistically. Photographically. Journalistically. Boomshots is about to change the game.”

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