Leadaz Ov Da Nu Skool - VARIOUS ARTISTS

Often regarded as Hip Hop’s founding father or Reggae’s little brother, Dancehall is destined to return to the forefront as the remarkable force within urban music once more. Already one of the core ingredients for musical styles such as Drum ’n’ Bass and Grime; pure Dancehall is in vogue yet again due to a recent crop of hits from established artists such as: Gwen Stefani, Jon B, Will Smith, Missy Elliot and R. Kelly, all of whom are currently riding high on this renewed interest caused by utilising Dancehall influences in their productions.

Many giants of Dancehall including Beenie Man, Sean Paul, Elephant Man and Sizzla have deep-rooted support from the debut releases to being signed to major labels, and thus this increased interest in Dancehall has created a spring board for the next generation of Dancehall icons. Leadaz Ov Da Nu Skool is one such compilation that features 15 of the best current and upfront Dancehall anthems, with 3 world exclusives and a bonus CD mixed by 1 Xtra’s Silver Star (one of Europe’s leading lights of new school of Reggae DJs) it is designed to showcase the genre’s new rising stars - containing all the most upfront tracks currently dominating dancehalls from Jamaica to Brixton, and radio shows spanning the world from Kingston Jamaica, across USA to Europe and beyond.

With tracks such as Voicemail feat. Ding Dong’s ‘Wacky Dip’ (dedicated to the late Dancehall icon Bogle aka Mr Wacky) produced by Dancehall super-producer Don Corleone on his Junkunoo riddim, (and which recently held the Top 3 spots in the UK / Europe, USA and on the Caribbean Reggae charts) alongside World Exclusives from Assassin, Shano and Sanjah feat Sultex this is one serious album. Add to this tracks from recent Universal signee Tami Chin with her current smash ‘Me Nuh Wha Dat’ (on the Slow Bounce riddim) and Dancehall’s new Queen Macka Diamond with ‘Pose So’ (on the Sun Block riddim) together with in demand tracks from new hot boyz such as Busy Signal, Kiprich and Soltex it’s one awesome land mark collection!

Leadaz Ov Da Nu Skool is certainly the CD by which others will be judged in the search for new quality Dancehall music.