Ras Ceylon ain’t just another conscious rapper, he’s been around to see quite a bit, straight up and has one of the most strongest personalities in the rap scene. This track got him a nomination in the Best Male Category at The YES Home Grown Awards last year Fact: This video was shot mostly in Kandy and was directed by Manoj Siriwardana

at the big daddy top spot on the YES Home Grown Top 15.. Andrew De Silva’s single “Now That I Believe”dropped out of the countdown and paved way for the Lovetrap remix of “Outside” by Dropwizz

The first edition of this branching out to Sri Lanka turned out to be a pretty refreshing change in the scene as it didn’t seem restrictive like most competitions. All bands that battled it out felt pretty much in their element and gave their fans probably some of their best live performances in a while. It was more than a ...

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We came across this tribute article, Yazmin Yousuf – The unsung hero of Home Grown music, written about our very own hardworking Yazmin Yousuf and we wanted the rest of the world to see it and appreciate! – From Anu and Housni of team YazminYousuf.lk

There are originals and then covers, the sort that get owned by that soul the original production lacks and brought on by the artists who do that take 2. This is that cover we speak of…word of caution: addictive!

Since its a Friday, we gotta give you a dose of something just too darn good for a day like today and our pick is “Realize It” from Dj/Producer Dilee D’s Ep Dark Forest which was released thru Vilena Records a year ago.

Its been a while since we did a review of anything but hey, here’s to a fresh start. So we went to see “The Last 5 Years” on the opening night (yesterday) and this is what we have to say..this musical  is everything but regular. We give this – the ultimate Awesome-dary rating! At first, it was a little confusing ...

in case you were not there at the gig which was held a few weeks ago Treasure A Lovely Day Respect Purple Rain Route 66 God Bless The Child Que Sera Sera

PERFORMANCE P O E T R Y FOLKSY BLUES TRIP-HOP CONSCIOUS CONSCIENCE I N C O N C E R T This by the looks of it, its gonna be another good one!

It is a big week of releases for this UK based Trance producer from CMB, first there was ‘Save Me” and now this single which also sees him partner up with Mino Safy..Just like the previous release, this single also gets the remix treatment by Denis Sender. Its released thru SuandaMusic The Denis Sender Remix

You want big? You got big! Nuff Said.

This is a very interesting take of the classic that was used by Ranidu for a mashup not too long ago. Its almost like they made us feel really bad for Saima and shed a tear for him too.

“My first spoken word piece, bringing some attention to #casualracism in Australia” – Larry T Hill Priceless, is what this is…click already!

This is a rarity “This is Rz Omars new track. We’ve jammed it a few times and I dig it so thought we’d put it up. He is from Kalmunai, East Coast Sri Lanka” – Larry T Hill

We’re glad that the crowd funding helped them a little with making this transpire and now, lets take some time off to support a brilliant cast! This is on today & tomorrow THE LAST FIVE YEARSA musical by Jason Robert Brown  Featuring: Anushka Senanayake Asitha Tennekoon Natasha M Senanayake Eshantha Joseph Peiris Sarani Perera Isaac J Smith Savini Chandrasinghe Sachiththa ...

And this remix is beyond killer and breathes in new life to this generations classic “Tsunami”

This is a very cool thing and currently he is at number 28..cast your vote here and help him become number 1! Lets do this for Sri Lanka!

Man, now this is what we like to call…stellar!

Awesome Cake Day Greets to Kaushalya Fonseka aka KK (How Its Done fame.YES Home Grown Award Winner (best female), Ruki Dole (Dj.Rapper/Rude Boy Republic) & Nadine Samarasinghe (Singer/Vocal Coach) from us here at team yazminyousuf.lk photo credits: Aki Peiris for YES Home Grown Awards (KK) support an independent photographer by recommending their work we don’t know the photographer responsible for Ruki or Nadine’s click ...