iGOTNEXT: GYPTIAN

Gyptian is a Jamaican reggae singer from  St. Andrew, Jamaica.  In 2005 he scored two hits, "Is There A Place" on the Seasons Riddim and "Serious Times".  The twenty-three year old singer has been dominating the Jamaician charts with hits including "Is There a Place", "Beautiful Lady", and the chart-topping ballad, "Mama, Don't Cry". Gyptian was nominated for Best New Entertainer at the 2006 International Reggae and World Music Awards,

His style musically  has been compared to established Jamaican artists, such as Sizzla, Luciano and Beres Hammond.  Gyptians music has been labeled roots regge or lovers rock.  With song about love and political issues.

Gyptian released his first album on VP Records. On 12 December 2007.   As of May 2010, his single "Hold You (Hold Yuh)" had peaked at number 33 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Chart.

 

 Born: October 25, 1983

Age: 26

Genres: Reggea

Reppin: Jamica

Buzz Worthy Releases:

Years Active: 2006-present

Label: VP

Aligned with: Sizzla,Nicki Minaj, I-Wayne

Occupations: Singer,DJ

Side hustles: n/a

Website: http://www.gyptian.com/

Facbebook: http://www.facebook.com/OneGyptian

Twitter: http://twitter.com/_gyptian

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/gyptian

i-GOTNEXT: SERANI

Craig Serani Marsh, a.k.a. Serani is a new Reggae artist signed to JVC Entertainment. Serani was born April 18, 1980 in Kingston, Jamaica. He is best known for his involvement in Sean Paul's album The Trinity and his 2008 single No Games.

“Serani” is a member of the hit making trio Daseca and has been producing and writing hit songs for a number of years now. Serani and his DASECA crew are credited for helping bring into the limelight other Jamaican heavyweights such as Mavado, Alaine Laughton and Bugle with their catchy beats such as the Anger Management riddim on which Mavado voiced his landmark hit "Real McCoy". DASECA productions has also produced hits for other Reggae icons such as their colleague and Alliance crew leader Bounty Killer, Busy Signal and Vybz Kartel amongst many others. They are also the backbone of The Alliance affiliated band Anger Management.



In 2006, Serani co-produced the first two singles on Sean Paul’s new platinum album “Trinity,” including ‘We Be Burnin',’ which was the first released single. ‘We be Burnin'’ track helped Trinity break a Jamaican record of 107,000 copies sold in the first week. Serani also produced the album ‘Smash’ riddim which hosts the song ‘Dutty Wine’ by Tony Matterhorn. Also Dutty Wine was the number one song in Jamaica and England for a lengthy period of time. He been responsible for rhythms such as the hugely popular Anger Management, Chaka Chaka, Dreaming, Gully Creature, Build Back and Fire Links’ Gullyside rhythm to name just a few. His first and very successful attempt at singing was on Mavado's hit song Dying which is featured on the latter's début album Gangsta for Life: The Symphony of David Brooks. He sang the hook and Mavado chanted the verses. Mavado’s international hit. It is Serani’s voice bawling “Dying” throughout the song, which earned him attention for his vocals, instead of his dexterity as a composer. He also appeared alongside Mavado in the acclaimed video.




MUSIC VIDEO: DYING WITH MAVADO

MAVADO FEAT. SERANI - DYING
by will1604

Instrumental in the careers of Mavado, Alaine and Bugle, Serani continually demonstrates his passion for nurturing young artists. That same drive is being channeled into launching his own solo career as a singer. In 2008, Serani landed a contract to record two albums for JVC Entertainment. Serani is recording his own songs and promoting three new singles entitled “Doh” featuring Bugle, "No Games" and “She Loves Me”. Serani is now busy constructing his debut album, focusing on the raunchy “She Loves Me” as the next single .

MUSIC VIDEO: NO GAMES


MUSIC VIDEO:SHE LOVES ME




LIVE VIDEO: STINKIN RICH
Serani Live at Shatto Ballroom www.belizeanvibez.com

i-GOTNEXT: R.City

R.city is a US-based Caribbean Hip-Hop group signed to Kon Live label. Born and raised in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, they have written or co-written songs including the 2008 Sean Kingston hit "Take You There".

Combining hip-hop, pop, and Caribbean flavors, brothers Theron and Timothy have written hits for Akon, Usher, the Pussycat Dolls, Ashlee Simpson, and many others while using the name Rock City, eventually shortened to R. City.

Artist who have recorded Thomas brothers' songs include:
Booba, "King"
Sean Kingston, "Take You There"
Sean Kingston, "Your Sister"
Sean Kingston, "Change"
Sean Kingston, "Got No Shawty"
Kardinal Offishall, "Bring It Back"
Blak Jak, "All I Know"
Brick & Lace, "Bang Bang"
2XL, "Like It Like That"
Jesse McCartney, "Make Up", "Relapse", "Freaky"
Corbin Bleu, "Willing To Go"
Akon, "The Rain"
Nicole Scherzinger, "Supervillain"
Usher, "Birthday Girl"
Mario, "Music For Love", "Skippin"
Pussycat Dolls, "When I Grow Up"
Prima J "Rockstar"
Busta Rhymes
T.I., "My Life, Your Entertainment" (hook)
Colby O'Donis, "Follow You"
Jennifer Hudson, "If This Isn't Love"
Flo Rida, "Rewind feat. Wyclef Jean"
Flo Rida, "Priceless" (hook)
Plies, "Put It On Ya" (hook)
Janet, "Rollercoaster"
J-Shin, "All I Got Is Love"
Prima J, "Infatuted"
Prima J, "Rock Star"
Leona Lewis, "Misses Glass"
Timati, "Groove On" (ad libs)

The brothers decided after high school that they were going to try to make it in the music business. A move to America was necessary so they came to the States via Atlanta before settling in Miami. There they began writing for Akon, who quickly signed the brothers to his Kon Live label. After their song "The Rain" landed on Akon's hit album Konvicted, songwriting for others kept them away from their own music. It took until 2008 before R. City released the infectious "Losing It" single along with the mixtape Put the F*cking Album Out.

Their eclectic debut Wake The Neighbors is anything but a work in progress. Wake The Neighbors is the upcoming first studio album by the hip hop and R&B duo . It is scheduled to be released sometime in 2009, in the United States under the Konvict Muzik label.
MUSIC VIDEO: Losin It

R. City - New Music - More Music Videos

Music Video: Blame It

KING OF THE CITY Feat Usher


Rock City
Genre Hip hop, R&B, Reggae
Label Konvict Muzik, Kon Live
Producer Akon, Darkchild, Swizz

i-GOTNEXT PRESENTS: MELANIE FIONA

i-GOTNEXT PRESENTS: MELANIE FIONA


Melanie Fiona is a singer/songwriter from Toronto, Canada. Melanie was born to Guyanese Immigrant parents and grew-up in the inner city of Toronto [1]. Melanie Fiona's debut album The Bridge has been announced for release in the Spring of 2009. The debut single "Give It To Me Right" was released to radio stations on February 28th, 2009 and has peaked at #39 on Billboard's Canadian Hot 100.

Melanie Fiona aka Syren
Birth name: Melanie Hall
Origin: Toronto, Canada
Genres: Reggae, R&B, Pop
Occupation(s)Singer, Songwriter
Grinding Since November 8, 2008-present
Label: SRC, Universal Motown
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