JAHDAN BLAKKAMOORE FEAT. MATT SHADETEK | DECEMBER 18TH 2009 | KÖLNER STADTGARTEN, COLOGNE, GERMANY | PART 1. Setlist: Get Hustlin / What You Know About This / Go Round Payola / Runaround. JAHDAN BLAKKAMOORE FEAT. MATT SHADETEK | DECEMBER 18TH 2009 | KÖLNER STADTGARTEN, COLOGNE, GERMANY | PART 2. Setlist: Let's Go / Earthshaking / The General / Cash Flow.

JAHDAN BLAKKAMOORE. Jahdan Blakkamoore has long made a name for himself as a gifted and inspiring Reggae/Dancehall/Hip Hop/Dubstep artist. His music has been described as 'Urban World Music with a message'. Jahdan's sense of melody, superb song writing skills and ability to effortlessly cross over genres has solidified his status as Reggae royalty. His group Noble Society, received Best Reggae Album of the year on iTunes for "Take Charge" in 2008 and he has not stopped to win over audiences since. His September 15th, 2009 released solo debut album "Buzzrock Warrior" with more than a couple overt nods toward the dubstep and grime movements, was also voted Best Reggae album of the year on iTunes. Jahdan Blakkamoore is a Brooklyn local hero. Born in Guyana, after crossing into the US alone and undocumented at the ripe age of 8, he quickly began to absorb the swirl of music that thumps out of car trunks and crackles across the pirate airwaves of the borough of kings. Making his first impact with NYC's golden-era street rap legends Boot Camp Click, Jahdan Blakkamoore has been bridging the gap between hiphop, dancehall and roots reggae ever since, collaborating with artists ranging from DJ Premiere and M1 of Dead Prez, to reggae singer Lutan Fyah, jazz great Branford Marsalis, to his own hiphop/ reggae trio Noble Society. Jahdan was introduced to the sound of the UK Grime upon linking up with 77Klash & Team Shadetek for the street smash 'Brooklyn Anthem'. Excited by the viral success of that tune - it sparked a YouTube dance craze among the Carribbean teens of NYC and was featured on best-selling videogame EA Sports Madden '08 - Jahdan has linked up with DJ/Rupture and lifelong Manhattan boy Matt Shadetek to continue his explorations into the world of the international urban underground via 'We Are Raiders'. Known for setting trends, mashing genres and breaking rules, Dutty Artz masterminds DJ/Rupture and Matt Shadetek continue to blaze a trail bringing songwriting and humanity to the Dubstep, Cumbia and Global Underground scenes. While mash-ups, unlicensed sampling, pay-by-mail vocals and other forms of one-way non-collaboration prevail in these producer/DJ-oriented scenes, the Dutty Artz team place an emphasis on the more difficult but intensely more rewarding route of collaboration, dialogue and friendship, creating music with long legs capable of crossing national border-lines, social boundaries and musical maps.