Terry Lynn & Johan Hugo "Jamacian Girls"
Published Jun 22, 2009
Lynn is one of the most interesting new artists from Jamaica. Eschewing the time honoured practice of proving one's worth in the dancehall — always much harder for women to begin with — she has embraced European and North American-bred dance music. The title of her first album "Kingstonlogic" was directly inspired by Daft Punk's "Technologic," and was released in Canada through Last Gang — not a typical route for an artist from Trenchtown. In classic terminology, she is a "sing-jay" who both sings and raps over a track.She is both outspoken and omnivorous in her tastes in dance music and has put a high priority on collaborations with non-Jamaican artists. RCRD LBL hosts a new tune made in collaboration with Swede Johan Hugo, one half of Radioclit, the team responsible for last year's extremely popular download "The Very Best Mixtape" featuring Esau Mwamwaya. It's a concise and conscious roll call of Jamaican Girls who have gone on to international fame (including Grace Jones, even though "she's kind of spooky") done over a pop-friendly electro-dancehall base.
The track comes from an EP put together by Red Stripe beer entitled It Was Written, which is available as a free download from the Fader.
Download or stream "Jamacian Girls" here.