June 14th, 2012

Dre Skull in Kingston

Dre Skull wrote a report for Vice about his recent trip to Kingston:

I gave Beenie Man two riddims to choose from and we loaded them up for him to listen. One was the track Popcaan recorded for “Get Gyal Easy” and the other was the minimal 99 bpm track that both Popcaan and Suku had recorded on. Unexpectedly, Beenie told me he didn’t want to choose and that I should make the decision. He had not yet listened to either one and he left the room for a bit. While he was gone both riddims were played loudly for everyone in the control room, and everyone weighed in. People liked both of the tracks, but after some back and forth the minimal 99bpm riddim won out as the one he should voice. Beenie came back in and, hearing the track, started getting more animated. I had kind of wanted him on this one, ’cause it has a bit of a throwback feel, and I thought it might bring out some classic Beenie Man. It did.

Read the whole thing here.