The duo mesh extremely well together, delivering nothing short of a high-energy performance and exactly what dancehall fans expect from Paul’s international beat. One of the tracks on Paul’s upcoming album Live N Living, is “ Boom,” which features Busy Signal. I thought that Dutty Rock would be big enough to sell diamonds, which was my way of saying that I was a ‘diamond in the rough.’” Photo Courtesy of Sean Paul We called ourselves The Dutty Cup Crew because of burning the chalice, or the cup of the chalice which was dirty. “It was a bunch of kids I used to go around with and DJ on a mic, for different dances. “Like a big, dirty rock, a term that we often describe ourselves out in Jamaica.”Īdditionally, the name stemmed from the crew Paul came from, called The Dutty Cup Crew. “Dutty Rock” means ‘big diamond,” Paul explains. From there, I was producing and decided to call my production team, Dutty Rock Productions.”īut what is the meaning behind the name “Dutty Rock?” There are two meanings behind the name of both the production label and the track. “That album definitely put me on the international level. “The Dutty Rock album came out in 2002, and it was the biggest album, selling 6 million copies that year,” Paul told CelebMix.
For as many artists out there, I have never heard a negative thing about Paul, to which I shared with him.įans of Paul know that his record label, Dutty Rock, was also named after his second studio album of the same name.
What’s even more badass, was that as we went to many of these international destinations, every bar and/or club we hit up, you better believe artists like Minaj and Sean Paul were the most requested songs, by us (Americans) and island locals.īranding today is essential, regardless of whether we are talking about the entertainment industry or the real estate industry. You better believe tracks like “Blazin’” and “Moment 4 Life” were the top tracks throughout our three-month adventure. As soon as we had arrived, rapper Nicki Minaj released the fan-favorite album, Pink Friday. Hell, I remember back in 2011, when I was studying abroad on the Semester At Sea program, where I had just arrived in the country of Dominica (no, not the Dominican Republic). International reggae artist Sean Paul and CelebMix’s Andrew Rossow chat over Zoom Growing up as a Paul fan with his hit tracks of “Get Busy,” and “Gimmie the Light,” has really helped frame the growth and transformation of dancehall music and reggae music over the course of the past 30-years. Never in my wildest dreams would have I anticipated ever coming face-to-face with the Grammy Award-winning Jamaican dancehall artist, but boy was I surprised when the opportunity presented itself.
But there’s one name that every Millennial my age will never forget. Every week there’s a new artist that comes out of the woodwork, who often has a manufactured brand.Īs a Millennial, it’s hard to keep up with most of today’s new artists, no thanks to the digitization of music and streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud, and of course, YouTube. Let’s be honest, today’s music industry is oversaturated with music that exists only to objectify women and cry wolf as to the same old relationship problems two individuals have.
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