American reggae fusion band Slightly Stoopid scored their first No. 1 on the YouTube Jamaica chart for the week ending August 7, 2025, with their single The Upside Down, featuring B-Real of Cypress Hill and Chali 2na of Jurassic 5. It is also B-Real and Chali 2na first No. 1 on the musical island.
The California-based group — consisting of Miles Doughty, Kyle McDonald, Ryan Moran, Daniel “DeLa” Delacruz, Paul Wolstencroft, and Andy Geib — released the track on July 17, 2025. The official visualizer promoted mostly in Jamaica over the past week, earned 700,000 views globally, 400,000 of which came from the island.
The song features Doughty (vocals, guitar, bass), McDonald (vocals, guitar, bass), B-Real (vocals), Chali 2na (vocals), Moran (drums), Delacruz (saxophone), Wolstencroft (keyboards), Geib (trombone), Rashawn Ross (trumpet), and Tye Zamora (bass). It was recorded, produced, and mixed by George Spits, James Wisner, and Slightly Stoopid, mastered by Melissa Harris Chambers, with artwork by Dan Mumford.
Blending reggae and West Coast hip-hop, The Upside Down was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas and is the first single from the band’s forthcoming tenth studio album, expected in 2026. Formed in Ocean Beach, California, in the mid-1990s, Slightly Stoopid’s catalog incorporates reggae, ska, rock, funk, and hip-hop, alongside a strong live performance tradition.
“The song has an underlying theme of more love in this world… The magnitude of music bringing us all together is real,” the band told High Times in a recent interview.
Back on the YouTube Jamaica chart for the week ending August 7, 2025, other new entries include Kraff Gad’s Pretty Rockstar at No. 8 with 208,218 streams, No. 10 is Lila Iké’s All Over the World with 185,482, No. 13 is King Cruff’s BUNCH with 132,223, No. 16 is Nhance’s Stay to Myself with 118,687, No. 17 is Slingerz’s Live Your Life with 118,055, and No. 18 is Alkaline’s Key Man with 116,517.
The YouTube Jamaica Chart presented by World Music Views is sponsored by Courvoisier. The chart established in 2018, tracks the most popular music and music videos on YouTube from Friday to Thursday each week.
The rest of the chart this week sees Masicka’s Rich Sex at No. 2 with 401,034 streams, A!MS’s Need Somebody at No. 3 with 340,736, Valiant’s Passenger Princess at No. 4 with 331,167, NIGY BOY’s Options at No. 5 with 278,195, Vybz Kartel’s I Know at No. 6 with 224,011, Chronic Law’s NY Girls featuring cjthechemist at No. 7 with 210,353, Moliy’s Shake It To The Max (FLY) Remix at No. 9 with 163,255, Armanii’s 8:00 PM featuring Malie Donn at No. 11 with 154,376, A!MS’s Light & Love featuring Hypertone at No. 12 with 149,401, Masicka’s Scope at No. 14 with 146,264, Masicka’s Mute at No. 15 with 145,941, Malie Donn’s Body Tea at No. 19 with 119,820, and Kant10t’s Rags to Riches at No. 20.
