Not since the days of Bobby Konders’ and Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez’s ragga-hip-hop hybrids of the early to mid-’90s has the US-Jamaica bashment connection seemed so energized as it does with Brooklyn producer Dre Skull’s Mixpak label.

Buy the July/August issue of XLR8R magazine to check out a nice profile of Mixpak in their Labels We Love feature. If you have trouble getting the hard copy, read the entire issue online.