talk to me about shabba ranks

s/d?

right now i'm stuck off the swag -- what about the music tho?

i don't dig dancehall as much as i thought i would a few years ago, but i def really like the more r&b influenced/inflected side of it (in terms of recent stuff, things like demarco & ricky blaze) (as opposed to stuff that's more clubby/percussive/grimy etc) so i feel like i might be able to get into shabba (i'll throw a 'no homo' in there just for his sake)

he's mad, bad an' wicked in bed...

search: love punanny bad - a compilation of king jammy stuff. not sure about post-"mr loverman" :/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3oaG_nZuNA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMaxL9Pu6Mc&feature=PlayList&p=D7B7A02E7E9366C5&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQwFsoCOsoo&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC5WY36qvSM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw5GUY1R3sQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUT5Uf96Rh8&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMaxL9Pu6Mc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtRJLmehofc&feature=related

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXXWF8tC3t8

x-tra naked and as raw as ever are the only 2 albums u need

cool thx

he's nothing like demarco and ricky blaze tho??

\(o_O)/

i really like shaggy fwiw

"muscle grip" reminds me of vybz?

sorry for all the reverse comparisons

shaggy is prob better for rnb/smoother joints. shabba did a handful of them but most of his stuff is digi-dancehall

search: wayne wonder obv

word, i should get on that one day. "no letting go" is seriously my favorite song of all time

search: TOK as well

t.o.k. is def the one-stop shop 4 r&b influence and homophobia

i don't dig dancehall as much as i thought i would a few years ago, but i def really like the more r&b influenced/inflected side of it (in terms of recent stuff, things like demarco & ricky blaze) (as opposed to stuff that's more clubby/percussive/grimy etc)

we have v. different tastes in dancehall. (i knew that tho) I can't stand all that demarco/ricky blaze shit. <3 shabba tho

I have his greatest hits disc, and that eight-disc King Jammy's Selectors Choice box has about seven Shabba tracks on it, so those are in my iPod, too.

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

idk about u man but i might just stick two fingers up to 2010 and call this my single of the year already

(was only gonna be 'dem a pree' anyway so)

lord if this doesn't leng down carnival something rotten i will eat my hat

too much talk of punnani, makes me feel a bit weird.

in the earlier videos in this thread.

man up imo

s'mainly because I just end up thinking about how weird it'd be if people over here sung about "fanny" all the time tbh.

no i do feel you in general sometimes tho. some of the stuff vybz has come out with this year in particular you just can't play to regular ppl!

also cf my obdurate one-man stand against gyptian 'hold yuh' i guess - gyppo if you are reading i think ur better than that tbqh

you really are belying your usernames though dude

I assumed he was dead

Oh well

"some of the stuff vybz has come out with this year in particular you just can't play to regular ppl!"

lol @ this year!

the inference being i think he's been catchier with it this year than he has for a while, yes.

anyway alex stop being a battycrease and back me up on this shabba cos i know u be loving it dogg

I'm just laughing cuz there are so many great Vybz songs from every year where I feel like I can't play to regular ppl!

That Shabba track is awesome. Ward 21 killing it as usual on riddim.

a friend of mine just texted me, he's buying a bunch of $2 CDs at a used book store and bought X-Tra Naked by Shabba Ranks and it's got a still-in-the-wrapper with promo condom in it