Dancehall News

The meaning of “Limb by Limb” comes straight from the hardcore dancehall of the early 1990s.

The meaning of “Action” is simple. Terror Fabulous and Nadine Sutherland trade lines about desire, and the woman tells the man she wants results, not talk.

The meaning of “Tight Up Skirt” is simple. On his 1997 dancehall hit, Red Rat talks to a woman whose figure-hugging clothes overwhelm him, and he plays his reaction for laughs.

Half of everything. That’s what A$AP Rocky would reportedly have to give up if he ever cheated on Rihanna, according to a claim now making the rounds about the couple and their long running marriage question.

The meaning of “Here I Come” surprises many listeners. Barrington Levy’s dancehall classic, often called “Broader Than Broadway,” tells a story about a young mother who doesn’t want the duties of raising a child.

If you’ve searched for the meaning of “Murderer,” the short answer is that Barrington Levy’s 1984 dancehall song warns listeners about violent people who pass themselves off as respectable.

“Wa-Do-Dem” is a Jamaican Patois phrase. Eek-A-Mouse gave his own translation in a 1982 interview with the UK music paper Sounds.

In a 2018 interview with The Gleaner, Yellowman described the title as flexible. “It can mean anything, you know.”

The meaning of “Ghetto Red Hot” comes from its central question. Super Cat asks where his critics are when the ghetto “run hot,” meaning when the community is in crisis and families are struggling to feed themselves.

Shaggy listed his kings, paused, grinned, and quietly slipped his own name onto the list. “Beenie Man is a king.