It was a pleasure to have two quality sounds grace our ReggaeMania Radio studio for Sound System Fridays on January 18th – inside was Jamaica’s legendary Richie Poo representing Silverhawk Sound, alongside Killa D reppin' LP International Sound out of Flatbush, NY.  They were passing through as a prelude to the REAL STEEL event that was scheduled for Saturday night at Hickory House also featuring King Turbo (promoters of the event) and early warm-up by Don Rankin. I was a [...]

Don Rankin brought it last Friday Night - arriving early and bringing their own machine.  MC and Don Rankin President Fouti Rankin was first to select and play the sound, accompanied by his full-time selector Curry.  The crew kept it easy, but, fast tempo for the first half-hour, after overcoming the turbulence, quickly steadied down to deliver one of the more entertaining shows seen on Sound System Fridays. It wouldn't come down to playing 'all dubplates' all night as some [...]