I have to start off by saying 2003 was a monumental year in musicfor a variety of reasons.  First being the obvious progression of Dancehall Reggae music, driven by the astronomical success of Sean Paul, who has broken more records and charts for Dancehall than any other Dancehall artist before him and has aided in the education of this music! His album, “Dutty Rock” and the various collaborations released throughout the year, established Sean Paul as a key artist to reckon with selling more than 5 million copies worldwide!

Added to Sean’s success was the release of Buju Banton’s album, Wayne Wonder’s conquering of US radio with “No Letting Go” and Elephant Man bringing his energetic enthusiasm to America and BET/MTV! One of Dancehall’s leading riddims; The DIWALI helped to break R&B artist Lumi Dee in the spotlight. (Although I for one don’t appreciate that it was done without credit being given to the riddim being a Dancehall riddim). Other albums released this year included; Beres Hammond, Wayne Marshall and Sizzla – what an amazing amount of tunes he dropped and more!  Both Ce’Cile and Mr Vegas signed record deals with Delicious Vinyl courtesy of Lickshott, which sadly went under quickly after the deals were done.  Vybz Kartel and Kid Kurrupt signed deals with Greensleeves Records.  BIG YARD opened shop down in Jamaica, signing Kip Rich and VP also opened an office there too.::::::: Full Story :::