Dancehall vocalists in non-dancehall music

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what are yr favourite dancehall vox performances in other musics. hybridisation a gogo

― gareth, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The new Roots Manuva LP has a great big dollop of dancehall in the music; RM's style is more or less as much toast as rap anyway.

The LP seems to have received a mixed-to-frosty reaction around the UK Hip Hop world, mostly for not being a straightforward hip hop LP. I think it's great, and all the better for not being a straightforward anything.

― Tim, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Now I want some toast.

― Greg, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

He even talks about toast.

― Tom, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Not totally non-dancehall I guess, but two records come to mind: 'Shine Eye' - Ragga Twins/Junior Ried - fantastic early breakbeat; and equally good 'Suicide Murder' remix, with Bounty Killer and Jeru The Damaja trading over the beats to 'Ice Cream' and 'Danger'. Has there ever been a good record featuring rock + toasting?

― joel, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i remember seeing a band called raggadeath (!) on the canadian mtv- equivalent once. don't remember much about the music except it was one of those tepid, shallow things you tend to forget rather quickly. a true death metal/ragga hybrid would be awe inspiringly terrible.

― your null fame, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

does Junior Reid on the Soup Dragons' "I'm Free" count? (as good, I mean? pro'lly not...)

― M. Matos, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Kardinal Offishall

rae rae rae

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 6 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

baby cham with jully black "the day before"

good tune.

― cybele, Wednesday, 31 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Scritti Politti with Shabba Ranks covering the Beatles' "She's A Woman." Way, way better than you'd guess.

― Douglas, Wednesday, 31 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

eleven years pass...

http://wayneandwax.com/?p=7658

I’m very happy to share some new work that involves quite a bit of collaboration: two articles and a truly epic mega-mix devoted to the rich, ruff-and-ready sound of raggamuffin hip-hop — aka, dancehall-derived flows over breakbeat-based beats (ca. 1987-94). It’s a distinctive and special repertory, near & dear to me and my co-curator, Pacey Foster, and as longtime readers of W&W will discern, it’s a sound that emerges directly from the circumstances I examine in my dissertation.

It was my dissertation, in fact, which led to this latest article over at Cluster Mag, a contribution to their new Party issue (launching in full next week). This summer’s spate of reggae-laced hip-hop tracks led Cluster editor Max Pearl to ask if I could bring some context to the phenomenon, and I was more than happy to oblige. You can find it here:

― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 October 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago)

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