International recording artiste Elephant Man has jumped on a dancehall remix of French Montana-Nicki Minaj mash-up, ‘Freaks’.
The remix features French Montana, Minaj, Edley Shine, Wyclef Jean and the bombastic delivery of the ‘Energy Gadd’.
“It’s an official remix. Hebrew from Hot 97 contacted me to do it, and right now it get over 500,000 spins ah farrin last week, and this week, ah over 300,000 spins; the ting look good,” Elephant Man said last Thursday.
The dancehall remix treatment of the popular single was done by DJ Suss One, who teamed up with the Refix Kings to do the song which features with Wyclef Jean, Edley Shine and Elephant Man.
The Freaks single has a strong dancehall component because it features a sample of the Chaka Demus and Pliers’ Murder She Wrote and Little Vicious’ Freaks.
In the meantime, Elephant said the response to his Best Harlem Shake single has been phenomenal with the official video racking up over 200,000 views on YouTube since its release.
“The other day, I went to do radio promotions in Brooklyn and the thing tun up, everybody ah Harlem Shake,” he said.
He said that the single is number one on various reggae charts in the US and Europe. “The Jamaican version has a great impact, everybody is doing it,” he said.
Elephant Man recently released a battery of new singles such as Wata Rave, featuring Lovindeer and the gospel-tinged God Never Fails.
“The selectors love God Never Fails, dem say it remind them of my other hit, Too Bad Mind, and that it come along right now, worse at a time like this with so many spiritual, emotional and economic struggles; it connects,” Elephant Man said.
He is also working with producers such as Markus Myrie, Stephen Di Genius, Suku from Ward 21, DJ Frass and Andrew Blacks from UIM.
“Right now, dancehall nice again, the key is to get the spins,” he said.
