Munga Honourable, Konshens

Sadeke Brooks, Staff Reporter

Last Summer it was Munga Honourable; this year Serani and Konshens are the new artistes creating waves in the dancehall for the season.

With songs such as Stinkin Rich, No Games and She Loves Me, Serani is making his mark in the dancehall industry. He has been on the dancehall scene since late last year when he collaborated with Mavado on Dying and with Bugle on Doh.

According to Ice of ZIP FM, Serani is one of the best and most consistent new artistes.

Serani, Serani and Serani

"Serani, Serani and Serani. That's the top three. He is the most consistent for a young artiste. Him tune dem always a shot," Ice told THE STAR.

He said there are other artistes like Bugle, Konshens, Laden and D Major who help to make up the top 10 on his list of noteworthy new artistes.

"Dem have tune weh a shot inna dance and pon radio. Yuh tune can play forever on radio but unless it really buss inna di streets ,it nuh really buss," ZJ Ice said.

For Kurt Riley of Fame FM, Serani and Konshens are the two hottest new artistes.

youthful vibe

He says Serani has a youthful vibe in his music while Konshens brings some level of self-awareness as he sings about the power of music and following one's dreams.

"On playlists around the world those two artistes are getting a lot of love," said Riley while noting that their songs are in heavy rotation in Japan, England, Hawaii, Trinidad, Barbados and the United States of America.

Serani was not noted as one of the hottest new artistes by Producer Stampede, creator of Stampede Street Charts, but Konshens was one of his favourites. He said Tyrical who sings Ghetto Prayer is also getting a lot of airplay.

"People a tek on to him now and Winner a get likkle play. When people start talk bout yuh, yuh see seh yuh a gwaan wid a ting," he said.

While their eyes are on the artistes that are doing well in the hard core dancehall market, Selector Jigsy of Dangerzone said singjay I-Octane is poised for great things this summer.

"The message weh him a send through him music different. Other new artistes a do song weh too commercial. Weh him a seh a sum'n fi di youth dem listen to," he told THE STAR.

He also said the artistes who are doing well now will be the highlight of the summer.

"Summer soon done enuh so if yuh naah put out the music dem now weh can hit de people, a December wi a talk bout. But de song dem weh dem a put out naah last more than two months," said Jigsy