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Preview “Mountains To Climb”
Lustre Kings Productions proudly presents the first single off of Jahdan Blakkamoore’s up and coming release Babylon Nightmare on the Lustre Kings label and showcases this veteran artists melodic intelligence and diverse influences. Jahdan has long been making the connection between reggae, hip-hop, pop, dubstep and acoustic music. Babylon Nightmare follows his trend of giving you the real while exuding a seductive melodic structure.
“…varying styles with each track, from ragga to one-drop roots,
soft soul reggae to more hip hop inclined tunes…where a sparse hip-hop rhythm shows the way
to achieve maximum effect with a minimally structured mix.” – Wire Magazine (UK)
Jahdan Blakkamoore was born in Guyana and moved to Brooklyn, NYC when he was young. He became quickly immersed in all the music that city had to offer. As he matured, hip-hop heads came to know know him from his lyrical collaborations with DJ Premier, Afu Ra, Boot Camp Click and Dead Prez. Reggae and Roots fans began to know him from his band, Noble Society, collaborations with Lutan Fyah and Norris Man or his recent collaboration (co-written by Lustre King’s Andrew ‘Moon’ Bain) with Diplo and Switch on their Major Lazer project. Noble Society, received the Best Reggae Album of the year award on iTunes for ‘Take Charge’ in 2008 and Jahdan’s solo debut album ‘Buzzrock Warrior’, released September 15th, 2009, was also voted Best Reggae album of the year on iTunes and the first single, “The General”, was chosen for Song of the Week on National Geographic World Music.
“As soulful as he is conscious, Jahdan showcases an effortless ability
to merge dancehall with roots, R&B and hip hop.” – Montreal Mirror
MUSIC VIDEO – “ALL COMES BACK TO ONE”
Jahdan Blakkamoore “All Comes Back To One” from Lustre Kings Productions on Vimeo.
The video, directed by Amir Ebrahimi of Metric9 Productions, shows a beautiful diaspora of people that can only be labeled as Brooklynite. with just a quick view at this heartfelt song you can get an acute sense of where this artist is from and what he is about. Just watch and listen.
Babylon Nightmare tracklisting:
01. We Won’t Break
02. All Comes Back to One
03. Flying High
04. Soul Survivor feat. Princess Menen
05. Down in the Ghetto
06. Dim View of the World
07. Songs of Love
08. All Over the World
09. Highest Region
10. Red Hot
11. Against All Odds feat. Noble Society
12. Right Way
13. Mountains To Climb
14. Proverbs Remix
15. Long Road
16. Are You Ready?
17. Rewind
