Shouts to The Heatwave blog for picking Vybz Kartel’s “Yuh Love” for their October charts. If you are checking on Dancehall or Funky or the intersection of the two genres then add The Heatwave to your feedreader. There are not enough blogs that go as deep. And speaking of deepness check out the “Funky Bashment” podcast that The Heatwave just turned in for the XLR8R podcast series…and if you check that tracklist closely, you might just spot an exclusive early appearance of an upcoming Mixpak release.

Assassin’s “Hand Ina Di Air” grabbed the number one spot on The Heatwave Dancehall charts (see the video above). Big track!!!

Check this great article about Natalie Storm and Dylan Powe on the “Letter From Jamica” blog. Natalie recently voiced a big song, “Look Pon Me,” that features her incredible catchy flow on a Funky riddim straight outta the UK. This will be included on a brand new EP dropping on Mixpak next month. Is the riddim produced by UK Garage bigwig Sticky? Yes. Did Dexplicit kill it on the remix? Indeed. Stay tuned as we do this one record at a time…

As a young label, we don’t have the PR muscle to break every record as hard as we’d like, but we’re keen to believe that quality releases will breakthrough…even if it takes some time. In that vein, we’re proud to relay that Fool’s Gold boss and DJ extraordinaire A-Trak has picked Dre Skull’s “I Want You (Dre Skull Remix)” as an honorable mention on his October Top 10 list. We’re more than pleased to grab that eleventh spot! Check out his full Top 10 for some other great cuts.

Limited pressings of “I Want You” are still available.

jess jubilee

Jess Jubilee is something of a genre-busting powerhouse. Not only did she grow up on the sounds of Miami Bass, Breaks and Grime, but as one of New York’s most eclectic, exciting and ear-splitting DJs, she’s channeled it into a new genre all of her own. You could call it “jump up and down like you’ve never partied before when you hear it” music, you could call it what you get when you put bass heavy electro and happy hardcore into a blender and mix it with a forty of malt liquor. Now, in addition to serving as part of the explosive Flashing Lights party coming out of NY, a blogger for Trash Menagerie, Production Manager at famed nightclub Studio B, Jess has also just put out the straight-fire “Paypur EP” with colleague Udachi, which you can and absolutely should support on Beatport HERE. I talked to Jess a bit about booty bass, where the hell the music industry is going, bad advice, badmovies, and whether or not aliens are going to stop stealing her weed anytime soon. Read on!

Jubilee & Udachi – Paypur (320, direct link)

Interview – Brendan Arnott (my text in bold)

Mixpak: You’ve got an amazing new release on Nightshifters, and I was wondering if you could break down the backstory to the “Smoke Rings” video for us, whether aliens stealing your weed has been a big problem in your personal life?

Jubilee: I think we are addressing a common problem that no one ever wants to speak up about. After the video and song came out we received several messages saying “that happens to YOU too?”. Our whole lives we thought it was just us.

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Mixpak Records is proud to present the official video for the Vybz Kartel single “Yuh Love.” Shot on location in Jamaica, starring Vybz Kartel, and directed by Terminal 4 Media.

Support this release by purchasing the single or our limited edition Kartel t-shirt.