Tim Finney on Ragga Ragga Ragga! 2003 in the Voice!

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― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 24 November 2003 23:54 (twenty-one years ago)

oh, i thought this said "rubba rubba." woosh.

― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Monday, 24 November 2003 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)

waaah! I HAD HIM FIRST, GODDAMN IT! ;-)

(I did, too--his Luomo piece is here, I'm just not running it till it comes out U.S. domestically in February.)

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 24 November 2003 23:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Yay! The Finney takeover of the world is now in full flight! :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 November 2003 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Fantastic. congrats, Tim. Best (maybe even the only?) non-web piece I've seen on one of the definitive records of the year.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 00:31 (twenty-one years ago)

is this the comp with the voluptuous women on the front? #271?
if its the tip of the iceberg, what else from this year should i check out (i know there is that huge "riddims" thread but a top 5 list of easily available comps is easier). thanks!!! :-)

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 00:36 (twenty-one years ago)

(so selfish aaron!) its a great article! congrats Tim.

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 00:37 (twenty-one years ago)

ILMafia!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 00:44 (twenty-one years ago)

"Related Stories:

Sterling Clover's review of Sizzla's Rise to the Occasion"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 00:46 (twenty-one years ago)

ugh i didnt see the linx sorry :-(

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 00:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Aaron, I posted that quote with reference to the vast ILM conspiracy in music-journalism!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 01:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Tim, ace article, mate!

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 01:19 (twenty-one years ago)

pfft. been there.

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 01:40 (twenty-one years ago)

(kidding, kidding. congrats tim.)

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 01:41 (twenty-one years ago)

(does he even check ilm these days?!)

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 01:41 (twenty-one years ago)

ok spencer but it still doesnt change the fact that we actually have the sizzla record in stock at my store right now so i will prob check it out.

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 02:06 (twenty-one years ago)

does he even check ilm these days?!

He posts regularly! Usually only briefly on a few threads when we're all mostly asleep, admittedly. He'll see this soon enough. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

go tim go!

― etc, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 04:42 (twenty-one years ago)

yay tim.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 05:16 (twenty-one years ago)

(haha this is more interesting to me than the usual ilmafia etc - how many contributors to the vvoice music section exist outside the us/uk?)

― etc, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 05:40 (twenty-one years ago)

seward exists on like mars or something, i think?

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 05:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think I mentioned this above, but GO Tim!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 06:21 (twenty-one years ago)

australia represent etc etc. i saw this the other day and laughed out loud (in a good way!) more Tim!

― gaz (gaz), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 07:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Thumbs up Tim!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 10:03 (twenty-one years ago)

nice one Tim!

What do people think about the biggest Ragga Dancehall Anthems 2003 set? Too much overlap with Ragga Ragga Ragga 2003 to justify getting both.

― alext (alext), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 11:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I got the biggest anthems set cos I didn't have RRR03 - if you don't have that I'd go for the Biggest set cos it has more up-to-date stuff on.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 11:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't find Ragga Ragga Ragga 2003, I'll have to settle for more playing of Ride Da Riddims.

NB: How is the cover for, to quote Tico Tico "arse/tits action", haha.

Congratulations Tim, surely this is only the beginning.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 11:46 (twenty-one years ago)

RRR03 is the one to go for if you're after cover booty. Biggest 03 has an expensive car in an urban environment, very evocative I'm sure.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 11:49 (twenty-one years ago)

congrats tim! (ps i know we've has this argument already, but both tim and sterl's pieces read edited)

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 12:03 (twenty-one years ago)

congrats.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I got the Biggest Anthems in HMV while buying the Alex Park single.

Also noticed the Scooter singles and last album for a tenner each which is surely a bargain.

― alext (alext), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Not so much on the last album - good for a fiver though. Singles for a tenner is a must.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 13:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Congrats Tim! That's awesome!

― dj keith, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

"Maybe it's the counter-intuitive perversity of the arrangements that incites DJs to respond with increasingly familiar and anthemic vocal melodies in an attempt to hold the track together" is the best apologism for what the kids actually want that I've read this year.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Is this better than the Ride Da Riddims compilation?

― David Gunnip (David Gunnip), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks everyone! But more big-ups for Sterl are in order I think - the Bertol Brecht bit is inspired.

Mitch, my piece wasn't edited too much - maybe about a hundred words or so. (ha ha it may not be believable from my lazy blog posts but the stuff I write for my local mag is all 100 word capsules so 500-600 words seemed really expansive!)

Aaron, other good comps: I guess the Greensleeves double comp is the best one to go with (it's yet to turn up in Australia). The VP ones don't look too good (as with the Def Jamaica comp they pointlessly waste their time trying to water everything down a bit - speaking of which the Def Jamaica comp (rap/dancehall collabs) is intermittently very good in spite of that fact). Otherwise there's a lot of not strictly legal comps that I've seen for order on the net. The advantage of these is that they often look more up-to-date than the official comps, and they're also usually mixed so that you get a couple of different DJs toasting over the one continuous riddim - which is definitely the best way to hear this stuff!

I wouldn't discount buying artist albums though - the Sean Paul, Wayne Wonder and Elephant Man releases from the last twelve months have all been excellent, and I've heard similar things about the new ones from Vybz Kartel, Ward 21 and Sizzla. Most of these tend to have a good cross-section of different riddims.

Personally though most of my listening is done via net-radio and (where possible) downloads.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 01:34 (twenty-one years ago)

thanks Tim :-)

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 04:50 (twenty-one years ago)

nice one!
congrats!

― hector (hector), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 05:12 (twenty-one years ago)

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