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This is My Ghetto Story - Baby Cham Pt.1
Jay Wil - Game Over Pt. 2
Jay Will - Game Over Pt. 1
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Beenie Man - Setting The Trend
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Tanto Metro & Devonte: Musically Inclined
Good Love with Cherine Anderson
Chico - It Go So Now
Idonia: The New Age Flow
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Pirates of the Caribbean - The Music Edition
Aidonia - Next Level

Hardcore and innovative aptly describe the persona of Aidonia. The year of 2006 has been a tumultuous one for Aidonia. He has seen the departure of Vybz Kartel, a close friend, from the Alliance. He himself has been the subject of controversy around the same period of time. Despite the recent events Aidonia stays steady in his course to try to take Dancehall to a higher level. We chat with Aidonia about the direction of his career and his ultimate goals.

Interview conducted by: Heike Wollenweber

Peppa Pot: Your style is very lyrical who would you say influenced you in your music?

Aidonia: It-s not really one person still, cause as you can see Bounty Killa is really my favourite artiste. We have to have ears for good music so, over the years, Baby Cham and Beenie Man to an extent as well, Vybz Kartel to an extent, Sizzla to an extent, Capleton to an extent, Lady Saw to an extent. We just take good things from these people and put them to one and form Idonia.

Peppa Pot: Do you write your own songs now?

Aidonia: Yeah.

Peppa Pot: What do you think about the music industry in Jamaica?

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Aidonia: Well, compared to the rap industry then, it is kind of slow in terms of our artistes breaking out. In the US you can come with one song and you blow up massive and the ting start get right off. In Jamaica you have to be deh pon the grind, you haffi deh pon di road regularly. You can voice 20 songs and it nah go nowhere but you still have to do it, you know. The business inna Jamaica still is more of a hustle if you look at it, because more time you go so, boom, and do your work and it look to you like nutten nah gwan but on a next end someten a gwan but you don-t know about it.

Meanwhile inna di music business overseas, dem sign you. If you are talented dem sign you, put in a good work, put a good 15 or 17 songs to choose from with an album and come out. In Jamaica it-s more likely singles and then we a break an album. My view still, is that the US business is more professional. The business nah really professional out here. A man just do music and do him ting and him go a studio when him want. And music is really a 24 hours a day ting so we just need some more professional work done inna di business.

Peppa Pot: Do you have an ultimate career goal?

Aidonia: Ultimate goal. Well, you know, Bob Marley is one of the biggest artiste ever from Jamaica. We don-t really do the same music as Bob but we want to get recognized like Bob. Even sell more albums than Shaggy did a few years ago with dat special album deh. We don-t look at it just on a normal level. Sean Paul do something good for the music, Bob Marley do something good for the music, Shaggy do something good for the music. At the end of the day, I want dem to say, Idonia do something good for the music, too. At them level deh we wan look, to do something special for Jamaican music, to take it to a next level, a next step forward for the music.

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Peppa Pot: I have to ask what-s going on with you and the Alliance?

Aidonia: Mi just get a call after Spectrum and dem tell mi seh mi no longer a member of the Alliance. After that mi just make the media know that I never left the Alliance so the people know mi nah switch like that.

Peppa Pot: Do you think this will affect your career and if so, how?

Aidonia: No. It will not affect my career. People know what and what go on. I am not the person to take side between Killa and Kartel so other members were offended cause everyone switch and turn against Kartel. Mi record “Addi a mi Daddy” and dem never like it. If anything it will affect my career positive and not negative. I was not wrong.

Peppa Pot: Do you still talk to Bounty Killa and Vybz Kartel?

Aidonia: Kartel alone mi talk to.

Peppa Pot: Who handles your management now?

Aidonia: Sharon Burke. Solid Agency still does my bookings. Everything still remains the same where the business side is concerned.

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ocean ah seh:
nuh matter dem didi gwan du yuh ting
Posted: Wednesday February 21st, 2007

escobar10 ah seh:
aidonia and kartel fi stawt dem own thing now with the res a dem followas
Posted: Wednesday February 21st, 2007

goddah ah seh:
yuh f---up yuhself cause KARTEL SUCKp---
AND YUH AH SIDE WIT p---MOUTH BOWY DEY AND
DIS BOUNTY KILLA COMMONSENSE NO NANSENSE
LEARN DAT AH KNO HATE BUT AH DAT MI SEH p---FACE
Posted: Wednesday February 21st, 2007

goddah ah seh:
yuh f---up yuhself cause KARTEL SUCKp---
AND YUH AH SIDE WIT p---MOUTH BOWY DEY AND
DIS BOUNTY KILLA COMMONSENSE NO NANSENSE
LEARN DAT AH KNO HATE BUT AH DAT MI SEH p---FACE
Posted: Wednesday February 21st, 2007

antsman ah seh:
donia u a di boss no tek no side yah mi yute cuz at da end of da day u gona look like p---, all weh a gwan a 2 manchange dance hall n a kartel n donia movado lyrics r like nursey rhymes, but these 2 man go in depthh, bouty fi low f---ery cuz real bad man no trace nor fight ova gal
Posted: Wednesday February 21st, 2007

Ricky Z ah seh:
Gwaan Do u ting diddiididi donia, U and Kartel r the boss, Nuh watch ntn, Kartel jus go back to being u an mek haters gwaan tlk, u still ahve di whole jamaica lock
Posted: Thursday February 22nd, 2007

lightingo ah seh:
A last year ATI mi deh backstage a fine out seh Donia was apart of di Alliance. Di whole of JA seh mi betta dan Kartel lyrically, but him jus have one stlye him tuff still but over time him jus like Kartel...dem best work is not commercial...plus Skatta buss him and him dis di man Kartel bring him to di Killa an him dis di Killa suh him a guh last as long a Kartel did maybe less time cause right now him stale. Di yout real bad lyrically still big up Donia. Alliance, Movado sell sell sell off.
Posted: Thursday February 22nd, 2007

nakeitabless ah seh:
Forget Alliance KARTEL and AIDONIA sell offfffffff. The two biggest thing in a JAMAICA some p---y just hateing Donia no seh nothing yuh have yuh fans WORLDWIDE. KARTEL yuh lack di UNIVERSE. BIG UP THE BLOOD CLA-- GAZA STRIP. SOME P---Y FI KNOW SEY BAD MAN NO SWITCH. UP TO DI TIME
Posted: Friday February 23rd, 2007

brooklyn king ah seh:
yuh don no Aidonia gwaan do yuh thing, as while as kartel, mi two artist in jam rite now. kartel n Aidonia have jam lock, straight. big up big time...
Posted: Friday February 23rd, 2007

fabizzle ah seh:
nu fool caan stop donia career. teach a the boss 1 don
Posted: Friday February 23rd, 2007

dongilberto ah seh:
Kartel and idonia fi team up now an lock dancehall
Posted: Saturday February 24th, 2007

kimona ah seh:
U n kartel need 2 forget the All(man)iance n form a Galliance the real n proper way.
Posted: Saturday February 24th, 2007

bucham ah seh:
donia a real bad man yu an kartel fi par an lack di world wid pour mad lyrics.
Posted: Saturday February 24th, 2007

skallawa ah seh:
Mi hear some man a talk bout Cartel suk p--- and rae rae..doa figet seh Killa a ole nYamma 2....how u fi rate dj pon dem ting deh...:goodahyah eediaT ..bunty a mi Dj...jus like how mi rate Vybz and donia..dem artise deh necessary fi dancehall survive and thrive mi ute...if ppl fi start rate artist pon wedda dem suk p--- di whole a dem Dj wuda get bun out..u heard.....Right ting fi Donia lef and branch out as an individual..from u know u a song writer u nave fi side wid no man nor nuh group
Posted: Monday February 26th, 2007

PEASHEAD ah seh:
donia ur the boss any boy after a last.donia from all angle busy cant test donia a real real big round town.]
Posted: Tuesday February 27th, 2007

rudebwoy3 ah seh:
didi donia odda don donia none tall
respect my youth gwan do u ting ur flow sick memeba mi told
different ting....
Posted: Thursday March 1st, 2007

GODDAH ah seh:
DONIA
DAT BIG MAN
COMMONSENSE SEN YUH BACK TO DA KILLER LEARNING
YUH TALENT MAD
BUT YUH TU HYPE MA NIGGA dat mi seh
nuh f---ery
Posted: Friday March 2nd, 2007

zyona007 ah seh:
NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH! DONIA HAS BEEN AWARDED THE MOST REQUESTED ARTIST BY VP RECORDS PROMOTION REGGAE DANCEHALL DRAFT PICS MAVADO TOOK SECOND PLACE! DONIA CONTINUE DOING YOU!
Posted: Saturday March 3rd, 2007

mrlegendary ah seh:
THEY HAD THE PERFECT CREW AND FUKED IT UP..ONE BAG A FUKIN FOOL
Posted: Saturday March 3rd, 2007

peashead ah seh:
yow donia and movado straight ganster for life.donia gwaan do ur thing mi boss but a movado a the real thing.peace out
Posted: Thursday March 15th, 2007

cheray ah seh:
MURDA VILL: AIDONIA VYBZ KARTE THE BOSS TO R.SS ANY OTHER DJ RUN LASS
Posted: Saturday March 17th, 2007

christabel ah seh:
movado ah seh:
mi true friend yesss
Posted: Tuesday March 20th, 2007

pumky ah seh:
aidonia just keep the faith
put dancehall to the level where you want it to be. respect
and remember god nah sleep.
peace
Posted: Thursday March 29th, 2007

big_battt ah seh:
dididid donia nu watch no face me still deh ya a suport you 100%
Posted: Thursday March 29th, 2007

big_battt ah seh:
donia us do you thing dont mec ppl an them mouth put you down....^^^^^
Posted: Thursday March 29th, 2007

jiggafras ah seh:
it real f---ed up how everything guh but mek me seh someting and i want everyone fi respond. On a jamaican level the whole a dem hard but if kartel and idonia want mek it big dem fi wait dem time cause a america me live an whole heap a people nuh know dem except places weh jamaicans dominate. People know bounty and beenie from wen beenie do song wid janet and bounty do song wid no doubt and refugees etc. So every body fi look pon dis a know seh ano jus run mouth ting an everyman waan seh dem bad, once u naaw sell u soul do wat u have to fi stay alive. Everything soon squash and alliance good again. busy signal large!!!!!!!!
Posted: Wednesday April 4th, 2007

badasskera ah seh:
mi nuh care weh nobody wan seh aidonia a mi man n him have the world lock n mi say him n kartel a mi artiste and them need fi team up an tek ova dis bloodcloth world dem can conquer any rass ting cause everybody kiss bouny killa bloodcloth ass but mi say aidonia n kartel need fi do it di real n proper way
Posted: Wednesday April 11th, 2007

biggsbma ah seh:
yo goddah go suck u mumma bout idonia 2 hype. nuh watch nuh man hype cuz wi nuh f--- man.try build up fi u.long as a man nah disrespect then everything gud.
Posted: Friday April 13th, 2007

PinkJade ah seh:
Bounty love de passa passa too much thats why we not hearing nuttn from him lately cause him busy a trace off de man dem. Do your thing Aidonia, you have the place locked and yu cute not to mention how yu body hot!
Posted: Saturday April 14th, 2007

rickstar ah seh:
aidonai u a mi yute but you shoudnt follow suck p--- kartel ,kartel a par wid ----man(beenie man) now ,you a still good yute
Posted: Wednesday May 9th, 2007

blaxx ah seh:
ano weh udo a how u dweet di 2 man dem sell out di link y dem neva go 2 batweeny fi a break dem ano gansta dem a fool ina badman place a killa mek nuff a uno can talk bout dumnia d sketell
Posted: Thursday May 17th, 2007

clumsy ah seh:
j to the o ppppp! jus keep the hype and get u stripe, cause geting those girls is wat we do right!! size ten large up. u must bus
Posted: Sunday June 3rd, 2007

shottakels6 ah seh:
donia a real bad man,very talented, him and di teaha fi link up, 2 tek dancehall 2 another level,nuff respct fi di 2 artist deh
Posted: Sunday June 3rd, 2007

shznick ah seh:
Yun dun know donia a mi artist movado ryhmes a real nursery rhymes fi true... but that might just be a plus for him cause they easier to catch...but both a dem a good artist.. Donia will kill anybody lyrically though
Posted: Wednesday June 13th, 2007

shznick ah seh:
what i cant take is when producers and selectors and radio personnels take sides a talk bout dem a alliance an dem nah play kartel and donia music... they are robbing the people of a fair choice..mi seh play all a the artist dem and mek the people decide a who a the wickedest.... big up portmore empire.. common sense straight..
Posted: Wednesday June 13th, 2007

spranglers ah seh:
guh suck yuh mumma goddah are what the f--- yuh name kartel a the boss while killa a ride ass gun shot stuck inna yuh bloodclautt it nuh blow pass look out fi the new artise RUSTY dem man deh a the real man an the man a only 15
Posted: Friday June 15th, 2007

daviyon ah seh:
yow some man fi go suck dem madda a wha some p--- feel like a diss mi artist kartel. yow bounty fi go suck fi him madda and stop ball fi gal who nuh want him cau pay p--- him suck any body wha get at mi bou s
Posted: Sunday June 17th, 2007

daviyon ah seh:
yow dont f--- with me i will f---ing f--- u up i aint no motherf---ing bait i hat to f--- up the hole alliance
Posted: Tuesday June 19th, 2007

daviyon ah seh:
p---!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Tuesday June 19th, 2007

AVAIO ah seh:
look like the man dem ah suceed inna fighting donia, nah play the man tune dem. mix cds yuh cant find the man tune dem, and mi ah talk bout wicked tunes, but its ok. every song busy ah do now is ah year too late. just get more gritty, stay pon di grind, cause man weh really respect hardcore lyrics cyaa leff yuh out, so it go
Posted: Monday July 2nd, 2007

mrlegendary ah seh:
Busy signal better than aidonia by far, Busy signal have a style him make, aidonia recycle kartel and cham...
Posted: Friday July 6th, 2007

jamrocboy ah seh:
Idonia sound like badman chi chi man when him a seh addi a him daddy. How can he be your daddy when him neva did even sex yuh mother.
Posted: Thursday July 12th, 2007

Rkatec ah seh:
and movado recycle egg nog style...theres a thing call figure of speech when di artist say ah next artist ah dem daddy hes talkin musically thats where his style come from....get unuh thing sort out st0p with these dumb remarks..
Posted: Friday July 13th, 2007

fraskid ah seh:
frasa s
Posted: Tuesday July 24th, 2007

fraskid ah seh:
what i got to say is dis di artiste dem fi stop pree war an unify dat a di only way real money ago start mek an right now cah tell no lie Donia u a maddest ting oh an big up solitear crew unnu large fras out!
Posted: Tuesday July 24th, 2007

reesee ah seh:
Yo Idonia a you a de boss u hear!! A you run tings and u right fe no tek no side!! Plus u link up with the right person KARTEL anyway!! Me jus a pass fe hail u! Much LOVE!!!!
Posted: Monday August 13th, 2007

mrlegendary ah seh:
No when a artiste seh a next artist a him Daddy him a ---- man..
Posted: Saturday August 25th, 2007

inchrist1986 ah seh:
mi rate donia to di max, him hard mi nah lie. To me him woulda mek ole heap a soul come to God if him use him Talent fi Christ still! Thats how vicious him is.
Posted: Wednesday August 29th, 2007

topshattabx101 ah seh:
DIDI A DI BOSS...LYRICS OVA NOISE....SINGAS (MAVADO) AND MAN WEH MEK UP DEM OWN WORDS (BOUNTY)CYAAN END YUH CAREER MI DON....!!!
Posted: Friday September 21st, 2007

Jamaicanstrawberry ah seh:
Aidonia Yu large..Vybz Kartel a mi daddy , who want vex..... Jump a cliff .. A dat mi sey... donia and kartel fi life
Posted: Tuesday October 30th, 2007

Mi Rasta ah seh:
bullet
Posted: Wednesday November 14th, 2007

Fulla ah seh:
JOP fi life Aidonia mi boss, big up di Techa......... JOP mi seh..... nuh pree a JOP Fulla
Posted: Thursday November 15th, 2007

aidonia_ukku ah seh:
WELL ITS CLEAR TO SEE THAT THERES ONLY BETTER THINGS COMING FOR U IN DA FUTURE,ITS BETTER WITH YOU STANDING ALONE SO WHEN U GET TO THE TOP U COULD ONLY THANK URSELF FOR BEING THERE AND ALSO WIT DA HELP OF UR REAL FANS OUT HERE.
Posted: Saturday December 1st, 2007

khalaz ah seh:
Khalaz fi chant dis:
eey bredren yo go shuda be of living a +_ve print in dis livity,of which i think you can,
blaze i tup
Posted: Wednesday December 12th, 2007

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