Last year, the single has become an insider sensation in dancehall circles because of its strong lyrical content, catchy delivery and its pro-black sentiments in a nation grappling with its identity, and has endeared Black Queen's single to local disc jockeys and Black Power activists. I get tweets all the time from disc jocks over there playing the song," she said. I have been getting feedback from that part of the world, because the video is playing on a number of video stations over in the motherland. "The song is now taking off in Nigeria and Zimbabwe. 4 on the HYPE TV Top 20 charts this week, and maxed out at No.2 on Suzie Q's 'Video Alley' show on TVJ. As an artiste, you have to take risks in order to grow and develop, and I am just going with the flow of things," she said.īlack Queen scored a hit last year with the conscious single Black N Proud which peaked at No. and an artiste who is free to dabble in different genres of music, and experimentation with different sounds. She said she is not worried how her reggae fans might view her decision to make a hardcore dancehall track with sexual overtones. Mi ah go all out inna the streets with the promotion, and the selectors dem a give me the support," an elated Black Queen said. When it drop a dance, ah crazy money pull-up it get. "The song ah buss fast, everybody loves the hook, dem love Boom Boom part and Sadiki intro sell off. The single, recorded on Portmore-based Macho Kid's label, made its premiere at Hot Mondays, and got several spins at Weddy Weddy, and Gi Weh Wednesdays as well. Other singles to watch for include Tonight and Happy Like This.Reggae-dancehall artiste Black Queen has gone raunchy with her scorching new single, 'Up Inna We Belly', featuring selector Boom Boom and a mad intro by dancer Sadiki. Noface Unknown's most recent video for the song, I Am the Chosen is number six on the FIWI Choice top 10 charts. The song is getting play in overseas markets from Canada to the USA to the Caribbean. The video is number eight on the Blacker Top 20 Video Countdown which airs on FLOW TV, and in the top 10 of Stampede Street charts Tank Up gave the artiste his first number one hit in June, after it soared to the pole position of the FIWI Choice Top 10 charts and held that spot for three straight weeks. Right now my career ah tek off, it's not the mask, it is the sound," he said. "If yu touch in the streets yu haffi tank up, when yu get pay month end yu tank up, and if yu de pon yu haffi tank up, is an ambitious slang. He believes the 'tank up' slang is pushing the songs popularity. The song is being played in numerous parties, the song has been re-released and remastered because of how it tek off and you can hear the song everywhere, in buses, and taxis, and regular cars passing by," he said. "Taxi drivers love the Ta nk Up song, mi no know why, it just take off because it give dem a vibe fi touch the road, is a hustler's anthem. The song has become a street anthem in the bustling cities of Kingston and Montego Bay and their environs, but the song has caught fire with one particular demographic - taxi drivers. Dancehall artiste Noface Unknown is pleased with the success of his breakout single, Tank Up.
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