Dancehall: The Rise Of Jamaican Dancehall Culture book and double cd comp. on Soul Jazz

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Tracklisting
1. Yellow Man — Bam Bam
2. Tenor saw — Pumpkin Belly
3. Reggie Stepper — Cu- Oonuh
4. Chaka Demus and Pliers — Murder She Wrote
5. Pinchers — Agony
6. Michigan & Smiley — Diseases
7. Ini Kamoze — World A Music
8. Junior Murvin — Cool Out Son
9. Triston Palma — Entertainment
10. General Echo — Arleen
11. Barrington Levy — Here I Come
12. Cutty Ranks — Chop Chop
13. Lone Ranger — M16
14. Super Cat — Trash and Ready
15. Trinity — Jamaican Dollar
16. Cornell Campbell — Boxing
17. Gregory Isaacs — Soon Forward
18. Conroy Smith — Dangerous
19. Jacob Miller & Trinity — I’m Just A Dread / One Shut
20. Lady Ann — Informer
21. Brigadier Jerry — Fred Locks A Dreadlocks
22. Eek-a-Mouse — Wa Do Dem
23. Sister Nancy — Only Woman DJ With Degree
24. Early B — Deaf Ears
25. Trinity — Uptown Girl
26. Toyan — Spar With Me
27. Horace Ferguson — Sensi Addict
28. Clint Eastwood — Jump and Pawn
29. Half Pint — Greetings
30. Reggie Stepper — Under Mi Sin Ting
31. Frankie Paul — Call The Brigade
32. General Echo — Track Shoes
33. Cornell Campbell — Mash You Down

DO WANT!

The book looks spectacular. Essential collection i'd say.

haven't listened yet but it looks to be evenly split with obvious picks and tracks i don't know which i guess is standard for sj. the book is by the same author who put together the king jammy's book so imagine it would be pretty good.

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they picked a good (and relatively rare) cutty ranks track so that's nice

just skipped through, its a really good selection. only exception being 'murder she wrote' which is maybe a little too late or on the cusp for this comp. good song but its clean sound stands out too much

WANT

This looks like a must-buy. Glad to see Pinchers on there - love the guy's voice, been wanting to start a thread on him for a while but figure there'll be about 3 posts. Just from scanning that list I'm fine with "Murder She Wrote", the Bam Bam Riddim definitely belongs on the comp. Somebody like Ini Kamoze or even Junior Murvin seems like more of a left-field pick than Chaka and Pliers.

those tracks both fit. the junior murvin is some oddball 80s digital track and the ini kamoze is the rhythm made popular by 'welcome to jamrock'. seriously murder she wrote just sounds like a different era than the rest of it, although i guess its inclusion might get newbies to buy it

putting it at the end would have been nice because the flow of the mix overall is excellent

btw the lady ann track <3

of the ones that were new to me this might be my fave

i would really not hate this for a chanukah present

Why does there have to be so much Jamaican music that I want?

i didn't know welcome to jamrock was such a beatjack btw

Yeah, it's really too much. The vocal on Welcome to Jamrock itself is pretty uninspired too, imho.

not really a beatjack imo, world jam was just a throwback rhythm

yeah, i get that, i was just surprised because the beat sounds pretty modern to me (esp that huge bass).

I wish they would cut down on the obvious tracks (do I really need "Here I Come" on every nth thing they put out) but there is enough gold on here that even I can't complain too much. Book looks amazing.

"Yeah, it's really too much. The vocal on Welcome to Jamrock itself is pretty uninspired too, imho."

Crazy-talk.

yeah i can't back you up on that, sorry hurting.

yah wtf

yeah, i get that, i was just surprised because the beat sounds pretty modern to me (esp that huge bass).

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Monday, December 22, 2008 11:55 AM

right, the original does sound a little different, more trebly. i guess they re-recorded the whole thing.

orig is sly n robbie production, no?

nice

that's still some pretty serious bass though

"orig is sly n robbie production, no?"

Yup.

hey can you dudes recommend some sly & robbie joints, either solo or producing for others -- i have taxi fare or cab fare or whatever the one w/ "baltimore" is called, ive also got that gregory isaacs 'beach party' lp and the padlock ep ... what else is must-hear? i think ive got some other stuff but im in the airport right now and its not coming to me at the moment

about to head home, but quickly: Isaacs' Mr. Isaacs (Blood and Fire re-issue) and Soon Forward are both must haves.

I like Sly & Robbie on Black Uhuru's Red. Saw them with Black Uhuru that year (81?) at Howard U. What a show.

Nice to see Lone Ranger's M16 on here, I always thought that one didn't get enough play.

'chop chop' and 'murder she wrote' are both sly & robbie

deej get their Reggae Greats Dub collection--ignore the genero cover. Also Grace Jones stuff is must have. Red is awesome as is Guess Who's Coming To Dinner. Gregory Isaacs galore. The Auralux collection is a good starting point as is the Pressure Sounds one (there is some overlap.) Taxi DJ Link? I think has some more recent-ish stuff.

I have this -- everything on it is good.

http://www.emusic.com/album/Sly-Robbie-Sly-Robbie-Hits-1978-1990-MP3-Download/10868226.html

herbman hustling is good taxi track (lol @ retarded video)

badass riddim:

Oh man I've got that riddim ^^^ on the Trojan Eighties comp, one of the tracks on the Dancehall CD that I can't remember at the moment or be bothered to run downstairs and check. Sticks in the head all day, anyway.

Bloodfire Posse's awesome "Rub-A-Dub Soldier" is on that riddim (not the Sly & Robbie version though).

i would be happy to want this.

jah will provide?

aw thanks man, merry xmas to you too!

this is a good collection

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thats the one i have -- love it -- "VIA Music" is the shit

The photo on that book cover is sweet.

xp - the dennis brown track on it is killer. i had it stuck in my head today

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1. Lone Ranger — Barnabas Collins
2. Nicodemus — Dog Is Better Than Gun
3. Johnny Osbourne and Papa Tullo — Rock And Come On Ya
4. Ini Kamoze — Trouble You A Trouble Me
5. Half Pint — One Big Ghetto
6. Yellowman — Sensemilla
7. Shabba Ranks — Respect
8. Trinity — Vampire
9. Barry Brown — Two House Department
10. Madoo — Have You Ever Been To Heaven
11. Early B — History Of Jamaica
12. Papa San — Money A Fe Circle
13. Tiger — When
14. Welton Irie — Bill Fold Wa You Fa
15. General Trees — Everything So So So So
16. Johnny Osbourne — Trench Town School
17. Edi Fitzroy — The Gun
18. Anthony Johnson — Strictly Rub A Dub
19. Jah Thomas & Radics — Saying Dub
20. Professor Nuts — Ina De Bus
21. Errol Scorcher — Roach In De Corner
22. Triston Palma — Collie Man
23. Barry Brown — Tourist Season
24. Buju Banton — Massa God World A Run

Looks nice

it is! selected by Steve Barrow. "Barnabas Collins" and "History of Jamaica" are especially great.

Eternal...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmICNNX0_ak

it is hard to believe so many tracks could be so so good