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Inside the clapboard barbershop, raindrops against the zinc roof muffle the music coming from the soundsystem in the distance, and a lone BlackBerry supplies the soundtrack as conversation quickly morphs into a full-blown performance. While time and the vagaries of the music industry will dictate the specific course of Ice Cold’s career, nights like these live as testament to the energy of the music in the streets.

Sevens Clash off the beaten path. Sometimes with all the industry driven focus on artists it’s nice to get out into the streets and see what’s happening on the ground, so while in Jamaica recently we traveled deep into the infamous community of Highlight View (aka Mud Town) just above Papine in Kingston to link with up-and-coming deejay Ice Cold.

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