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Worldwide Digital Release From
Yard A Love Records / Distributed By Tuff Gong International
Rastafarian singer Teflon the Young King is making good on his promise to spread the message of Jah, love and respect globally to be well received as one of Reggae/Dancehall’s young icon providing innovative reggae music for global listeners . The singer who is dubbed the “Young King” based on his readiness to always help and impart knowledge to the youths whether via charity events, participating at University seminars, town hall gatherings or free community concerts, recently delivered a triad of exuberant performances on his Europe and US “Young King Meets The People” promotional tour for the awareness of his upcoming album.
As the culmination of November draws close, Yard A Love Records the artiste’s Management Company inked a distribution deal with Reggae Legend Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong International handling both digital for Teflon throughout the world for downloadable, mobile and video contents.
In a statement to the media Tuff Gong International Executive Label Manager Myshjua Allen says “Tuff Gong is looking forward in working with Teflon and the Yard A Love family. Teflon’s ”Young King” mission is the beginning of what we believe can be a great and successful partnership for both companies because we share the belief that you must first start with a quality product that we can then work together to bring to the world. Teflon touring to support the album is also a key part of the strategy because they will be able to gather additional content that can then be used as digital marketing tools to drive people to streaming and downloading the record.”
Similar sentiments were echoed by Teflon’s team citing that “Yard A Love Records welcome Tuff Gong’s partnership with Teflon on his road to greatness. Teflon is a brand of Jamaica, as he envision the perseverance off our culture and Reggae/Dancehall Music wherein the youths respect him and see him as a role model. Likewise, the industry players see that he is mature and is at the apex of his musical mission wherein the industry need him now. He is the one that will lead us into the next chapter of our music history as he is a great communicator of our music and culture.”
Dedicated to his mother, born in November, and died when he was at the age of one year old, fans were able to pre-order the album digitally on November 27, 2015 before the official release on December 4, 2015. Titled Young King The Beginning the album consist of 15 tracks plus one bonus track along with an intro. The Album sees Teflon speaking about social commentary, equal rights, human social transition out of their daily struggles, love, female respect, Love for the Almighty, to a collaboration with Reggae legend Lee Scratch Perry and riddim compositions by Reggae’s great musicians Sly Dunbar, Worm, Dalton Browne, Robbie Lyn and Dean Fraser.
The album was executive produced by Yard A Love Records and will be distributed By Tuff Gong International. The album had track productions from Yard A Love Records, Forever Music, Born Free Records, High Definition Production, Machete Records, MD Music, Bless Music Team to name a few.
Meanwhile, with the main focus thrust upon promoting his new single and video “Not Today” from the Album. Teflon will start in November with the west coast leg of his USA “Young King Meet The Poor Tour” to promote the album. Also he will be doing three launch events worldwide wherein California will be the first, Jamaica in December the second and Europe in 2016 to promote his message of love and respect.
Upcoming Concert Dates:
Now through December 16, 2015 – US West Coast Tour
December 18, 2015 – Jacksonville, Florida
DOWNLOAD the album here:
iTunes: http://apple.co/1IQGomg
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1lKABcu
Google Play: http://bit.ly/1NCvPZq
“My music is about peace, love, and happiness. Unity. Togetherness,” says Skip Marley, 19, as he settles in at the Dream Midtown hotel in Manhattan to talk about launching his solo career. “It’s about good vibes and good times. Just living your life. This is music for the people.” – Tuff Gong International artist Skip Marley, speaks with Teen Vogue, read the full article here.
“Music has always been a part of me, even from when I was born, from my mother, Cedella, to my uncles, all the way back to my grandfather,” says Marley, who bears more than a passing resemblance to his grandfather. “I’ve never been without music. I just took a chance on making my own.” – Skip Marley, from the recent article Meet Skip Marley: The Newest Musician From the Marley Clan on Vogue.com.
Tuff Gong International presents the George Remix of Skrillex and Diplo’s (also known as Jack U) “To Ü” feat. AlunaGeorge, distributed throughout the Caribbean by Tuff Gong International.
Download the track now on iTunes here.
“Kevin Gates is…without exaggeration one of the most complex, confusing, fascinating, double-take inducing, controversial and often downright bizzarre people in hip-hop. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone in the public eye more transparent about their faults, but instead of that transparency clarifying, it’s only showed just how constantly shifting the landscape of his mind seems to be.”- from DJ Booth
Hear directly from the young, controversial rapper, whose upcoming album Islah is now distributed throughout the Caribbean by Tuff Gong International.
Download the album now on iTunes.
NY-BASED DANCEHALL STAR UNVEILS COVER ART + RELEASE DATE FOR DEBUT SPECIAL PROJECT
12-TRACK COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTED BY THE WORLDWIDE BREAKTHROUGH,
“NOBODY HAS TO KNOW” AND THE RISING STREET ANTHEMS “HISTORY” AND “LIFESTYLE”
“RUMORS” DROPS ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH
DISTRIBUTED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE CARIBBEAN BY TUFF GONG INTERNATIONAL
Atlantic’s international dancehall recording artist Kranium has announced early details of his new special project. “RUMORS” drops everywhere on Friday, October 16th. When asked what fans should expect from this body of work Kranium explains, “It’s like a soap opera, from track one to twelve it plays out like a full daytime drama in a Dancehall/ Reggae music sound format.”
Recorded earlier this year in New York City, “RUMORS” sees Kranium teaming up with two of contemporary reggae, dance, and pop’s most acclaimed new producers, including Brooklyn’s Ricky Blaze (Gyptian’s “Hold you,” Rihanna and Major Lazer) and longtime collaborator Lamar “LMR Pro” Reynolds. Kranium is determined to bridge the gap between mainstream urban audiences with that of the Caribbean/core audience. If anyone has the ability to do that right now it would be him due to his fun and vivacious sound and pension to add vibrancy to the dancehall scene.
“RUMORS” is highlighted by Kranium’s breakthrough label debut single, “Nobody Has To Know (Feat. Ty Dolla $ign).” The track’s companion video premiered last month via The Fader and is streaming now at the official Kranium YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/user/officialkranium.
Kranium recently dropped an all-new “Nobody Has To Know (Acoustic Rendition),” extolled by Pigeons&Planes as “a beautifully stripped down rendition of his breakout hit, further proving that this song will never get old.” The clip is streaming now at www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-6x5CC-yKI.
“Nobody Has To Know (Feat. Ty Dolla $ign)” sees the New York-based dancehall sing-jay revising and expanding his 2013 breakthrough hit single, the original version of which catapulted him to Billboard’s “Next Big Sound” and “Twitter Emerging Artists” charts. Produced by LMR Pro and initially released via Frequent Flyer Records, “Nobody Has To Know” proved the anthem of Summer 2014 and a worldwide pop phenomenon, with fans including Chris Brown and Drake (who went so far as to cover the track during his 2014 headline tour). In addition, the “Nobody Has To Know (Official Raw Version)” video has drawn more than 11 million views at www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxuDYFAKB7g.
As if that weren’t enough, “Nobody Has To Know” was a blockbuster throughout the Caribbean, Central America, and the United Kingdom, where it topped the iTunes Store’s “Top Reggae Songs” chart before being playlisted by BBC’s Radio 1xtra. “Nobody Has To Know” is also among the most highly praised tracks in recent memory, hailed by COMPLEX’s Lauren Nostro as “my song of the summer.” “One of the most enduring dancehall songs this side of the aughts,” declared The Fader. “Since it first dropped two years ago, it’s been a basement mainstay, perfect for dark corners and sweaty summer nights.” “It’s been over two years now,” summed up Pigeons&Planes, “and (“Nobody Has To Know”) remains as hot as it was when it was first released.”
“Lifestyle,” Kranium’s follow-up single, was equally successful, with its “Lifestyle (Feat. Troy Ave) (Remix)” reaching #1 on the iTunes Store’s “Top Reggae Songs” chart. The track – again produced by the Queens, New York-based LMR Pro – is streaming now at www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXRq5gpIkp0.
Recently named “Favorite Breakout Celebrity” at Jamaica’s influential Youth View Awards, Kranium was born Kemar Donaldson in Montego Bay, Jamaica before immigrating to Florida at age 12. Having been mentored by his dancehall star uncle, Screwdriver, Kemar eventually relocated to Queens, New York where he fast became a rising star in the reggae scene thriving amongst the large Caribbean population in New York City’s outer boroughs. Applauded by critics and fans alike for rejuvenating reggae in the contemporary dance music era, Kranium became the newest member of the legendary Atlantic Records roster and for the first time ever, New York City’s own dancehall superstar.
A striking and provocative live performer, Kranium recently crossed the Atlantic to rock the world famous Notting Hill Carnival. Among the most memorable moments was a star-studded collaboration with Jamie xx (recently featured on Pitchfork), highlighted by a performance of Dre Skull’s acclaimed dancehall remix of the superstar DJ’s smash “I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times).”
This album is made available throughout Jamaica and the Caribbean by Tuff Gong International via its exclusive license of Warner Music Group (parent label of Atlantic Records). Tuff Gong is the largest distributor of entertainment content in the region serving as exclusive licensee for Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, Disney, as well as a host of independent producers and artists out of Jamaica.
For more, please visit
https://instagram.com/kranium1
https://soundcloud.com/kranium1/kranium-history-raw.
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Breadfruit Tree’ is a fifteen track comedy compilation chronicled by Donald “Iceman” Anderson that takes the listener through the hilarious life of Caribbean nationals and their day to day local and international travels. ‘Breadfruit Tree’ features spoofs, improvisations and impersonations that are spot on. The album features an all-star parody cast, all played by Donald “iceman” Anderson. It is written by Donald Anderson with JR Watkis of MJR Productions as executive producer.
Iceman first released the ‘Breadfruit Tree’ Album with the aim of getting a distribution deal. After releasing the album in Jamaica, the album is now available in the United States, U.K, and other markets on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and Spotify by way of distribution through the Bob Marley Group owned Tuff Gong International Label.
According to Executive Label Manager of Tuff Gong International, Myshjua Archibald, “Comedy is an integral part of the Jamaican culture. It’s exciting for us to be working with Donovan and Iceman to showcase another genre of our entertainment industry on the world stage. In addition to their creative talents, they have a solid business model for presenting comedy across multiple formats simultaneously that works well for digital marketing. But most importantly to me is that Breadfruit Tree is FUNNY!”.
Executive Producer, Donovan Watkis added, “We decided to craft a whole new niche for this project. Iceman is a unique artiste with many talents. We have been searching for a distribution deal and we found the perfect Partners in Tuff Gong International. Tuff Gong has opened up our marketing potential to every corner of the Earth”.
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iTunes: http://smarturl.it/IcemanBreadfruit
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/IcemanBreadfruit_Amz
Google: http://smarturl.it/IcemanBreadfruit_GP
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/IcemanBF_Stream
In celebration of Skip Marley’s new track “Life”- off of Sly & Robbie’s new album ‘Reggae Power 2’ – we want to invite you to create the official “Life” lyric video!
Simply post an image on Instagram that is inspired by the lyrics (see full lyrics below) and tag with #SkipMarleyLife. On October 8, 2015 Skip will select his favorite images to use in the official video that will launch in the coming weeks. Be creative and share your passion for life!
Download the track for inspiration here.
RULES
“LIFE” Lyrics
How long we gonna last
Living through the past
Down the twist and curving road
That’s the life you choose
Jah Jah made the path
Do you remember what you had
Remember what you had
Now everything’s gone bad
Why you look sad
Why you look so sad
This is life oh life
Out there somewhere for me
Life oh life
This is life oh life
Out there somewhere for me
Life oh life
Remember the places we use to roam
You were at the club you told me you were home
And I forgave with a sigh
Told you everything would be alright
Down the twist and curving road
Which way you toss and turn over
Knock you back I pull forward
Drag you down you lift me over
Down the twist and curving road
Which way you toss and turn over
Pull you back I knock forward
Drag you down I lift you over
I lift you over Ye
This is life oh life
Out there somewhere for me
Life oh life
This is life oh life
Out there somewhere for me
Life oh life
Now you wonder why
Because of that one big lie
You told
You told
Now that curving road
Now you gotta pay the toll
But you can’t just lay there and cry
Never give up the fight
Never Give up the fight
Doesn’t matter where nor when
Inna high or low seas I’ll be your friend
Be your friend
Be your friend
I’ll pass by from time to time
You’re always considered a friend of mine
Yet my friend
Still my friend
Always my friend
This is life oh life
Out there somewhere for me
Life oh life
This is life oh life
Out there somewhere for me
Life oh life
My life yo life our life this life it’s life
My life yo life our life this life it’s life
My life yo life our life this life it’s life
My life yo life our life this life it’s life
Ehhh
