rolling dancehall & reggae 2016

Swahili Riddim is crazy:

https://open.spotify.com/album/2ysD7fLQbSXWDJjjSgBPET

ayy, Rvssian

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

this internet herb liked this alkaline too:

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

Nice new Popcaan tune:

https://soundcloud.com/madaroad-com/popcaan-ft-dosa-medicine-ky-kwengko-official-audio-big-12-records

for the new yorkers among you, here's a pair of free upcoming shows with Alpha Blondy and Sweet Micky(!) and MHD

Alpha Blondy
August 16 – Tuesday – 7:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan

Sweet Micky, MHD, Erick La Peau
August 21 – Sunday – 2:00pm – Central Park, Manhattan

idk why Demarco decided to make a video for the raw version of "Who the Fuck Cares" months after making a video for the clean version, but it's a good time and After Party still sounds great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3MxHxvcr6o

finally have some time to catch up

I absolutely love the Vershon version of Moskato, lyrics aside. the way the mixing adds drama to the riddim is so well done (also it undercuts the obvious 'hold yuh' debt):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Z3CfSa_nY

Road Elf version is good too!

agreed! Tifa and Konshens good on that one too.

wasn't sure about Champ until I got to the Spice, who kills it though I have a few more to check. speaking of Spice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAZCKqLSv3Y

ok, I dug Tifa and Kartel on Champ too. Though now I'm just replaying Sight & Wine

Actually The Champ for me goes something like

Kartel / Spice
Tifa

Aidonia/Sean Paul/ Voicemail

All of those are good, but only the upper three are great.

yeah I agree with that completely. had skipped the Sean Paul the first time through, but it's not bad! he's actually having a good year? realized this morning that both his cuts on All Inclusive are nice.

btw, if you haven't seen the video for Konshens 'Bruk Off' please watch, it is kind of amazing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6lDG6PNmCs

lol that's awesome! As is Spice in Pontypandy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=139p7gMYef8

good week for Popcaan; spared from Views and released this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_FX6UANhLs

Playlist updated through April.

ILM's Rolling Dancehall & Reggae Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

That Bruk Off video is intense!

I guess the riddim for that Alkaline "City" track was stolen from this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWbzPkqhqR8

don't really care who ripped off who, but want more versions. the Jordanne Patrice is okay, but I'd love to hear like Denyque on this

I'm boycotting the summer jams thread until there are at least leaves on the trees here, this Krishane & Patoranking should probably go there:

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

oooooh, loving the Krishane. And as I've mentioned before, I use summer jams as secrete magic against northern european weather conditions so basically the jams can't come early enough for me.

New Dexta Daps btw. It's growing on me fast. So much going on with him, always.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ft5bBP73Tc

nice, that really goes places. need to listen a couple more times to wrap my head around it even.

it's more i don't fully trust my summer jams judgment just yet, though I can't imagine Inconsiderate not sounding good when it's warm.

Have you found a link for the Mad Rush Riddim anywhere yet, Rob? None of my go-to sources seem to have it.

Haven't looked too hard but only on YouTube so far

The Vybz Kartel single from the upcoming album is more of the same I guess, and doesn't sound better than most of the stuff he has released this year, but still good stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw-8dD_6MmY

I prefer One Phone Call though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYzM-81TEB8

really feeling Spice right r/n

nice Jahmiel flow on "Power":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryUD4UVLV3w

lol should I listen to Vybz Kartel's "Summer"?

oh wait don't bother with "Power" it's "23" that you want:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njnqom6Lapc

actually "Power" is good, but the riddim on "23" elevates it a little higher; really excited by Jahmiel's career thus far, he seems to be moving from strength to strength.

This has been a great month: there's other versions on that Ova Dweet riddim worth checking out (I dug Chi Ching Ching and Vershon), and this Teetimus and Tanto Blacks "Lifestyle Rich" is kind of incredible?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PUuhzur10U

Actually, there's another Kartel song (this one from the album - Summer seems like a loosie?) called Western Union that's REALLY good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jXE9L8Ufvo

I've been stuck on Crown Love Riddim (Christopher Martin! Kartel! Jahmiel! Tarrus Riley) for a while now. Ova Dweet is also good but Popcaan overshadows everyone else on it. That riddim though!

this was on the chronixx mixtape right? It got a single release just now. it is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy5uyFozHhs

it was yeah, good choice for a single, though that whole tape is incredibly enjoyable front to back

also thoroughly enjoyable is Assassin on this one-drop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1jZraFjLyE

anyone check out his album from earlier in the year?

and longneck is otm about that Rvssian Crown Love riddim

interesting piece with a slightly irritating framing ("dancehall lives again"...thanks to a bunch of non-jamaicans): http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/06/mixpaks-dancehall-revival

I'm curious to hear the Palmistry record. The first couple singles are intriguing -- pushing the feyness to the hilt is a clever way to take this route as a white britisher...I think? a whole album might be grating though

From what I'm told Spanish town is the Chronixx tune that's gathering the most momentum atm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8NKur1ztNo

I listened to the Assassin album and it was good but I haven't really returned to it.

haha i was just coming in to post that new yorker piece but less as "interesting" and more as "the FUCK is this TRASH"

like it's basically

1) dancehall was mainstream but formulaic
2) white guys have rode in to save it and make it different
3) drake drake drake for several paragraphs

lol perhaps I was being too generous, but mostly cause I think mixpak on balance do good work and, more pertinently, don't actually push that savior/progression narrative afaik, though I don't read their press releases or anything. I also had pretty low expectations for the fucking new yorker's take on dancehall so this was a bit quelle surprise. Mentioning Drake becoming de rigeur for writing about dancehall (in the anglo-american press) is a sad development, but iirc the piece at least implies that he's exploiting riddim culture as an excuse to jack beats?...not that I'm going to read it again to check that

It's more "because of Drake you can now write about dancehall in the new yorker" i'm afraid.

Mr Vegas about this:

https://www.facebook.com/MrVegasMusic/videos/10154195593144486/?pnref=story

mr. vegas otm

totally

yeah, that's a great video

"They want to bundle us together like we are some wild animals"
dude speaking truth

In other news I was wrong and Vybz' Summer 16 is a total jam.

yeah? I can't get into that one and it's not just the generic title. otoh, Fever is awesome and this new album might be great

I thought that at first too, lol. Then heard it on some mixshows and decided it just wasn't the case.

It obviously falls short of the original Summertime but it's still pretty good.

Ding Dong & Dexta are claiming this summer too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa7X4D4oZx4

Predicting a million pullups.