Marvin Sparks

I caught up with reggae and dancehall artist Wayne Marshall to discuss prevalent issues within the world of dancehall and the (controversial term alert) "Reggae revival". We spoke about: growing up in the business with the Bounty Killer-led Alliance to now moving with the Damian & Stephen Marley-led Ghetto Youths International,  revival of both reggae and the '80s revival within that,  whether he regrets partaking in the much criticised Island Pop era,  Jamaican media's focus on Jamaican reggae's lack of commercial success in America to  will he'll judge his forthcoming album, True Colors, success on sales. Wobbly video, but ah so it go more time uzeet? Couple songs for you to check which were mentioned in the video: Latest single, "I Know". Can grab that on iTunes and others. Wayne Marshall "My Heart" cover by Danish artist Klumben "Mit Hjerte" Original video for Wayne Marshall's "My He...

Yeah, back with another installment. The dancehall takeover on MTV UK's urban site. Last one with Popcaan proved a big winner. Twitter was going crazy from the tweets I managed to see whilst on holiday in Jamaica (the grind doesn't stop). Seems like everybody wanted to know "Wah gwaan Popcaan?!" as it was posted on at least 14 other websites including many leading dancehall ones. Thanks for that. Appreciate it. (Yeah I typed "marvin sparks" & "popcaan" into Google. It was raining + I was bored) This time around, I interviewed Wayne Marshall. Yeah, interviewed him outside the studio of a popular hitmaker, but all in good time. Back to Wayne Marshall, some of you may know who he is, others may be wondering "Who?" or "The washed up G-Spot singer", but you'd be wrong. Not only is he a member of Bounty Killer's Alliance along with Busy Signal and Mavado, he has one of the hottest songs bubbling in dancehall circles right ...