love this steel pan in outer space Masicka that just dropped:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H0nA_iSEwc
― rob, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
this dubby Kranium & Ricky Blaze is ~vibes~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzrbds2JmIw
― rob, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
Nice!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
as impressive a demo of his range as his last comp was, I'd be pretty excited if Ricky Blaze put out a project with a consistent sound
― rob, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 17:47 (six years ago) link
staying in that slow & vibey lane:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDyt4tlfD4w
(Alkaline, "Mirage")
― rob, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 00:13 (six years ago) link
I missed this Suku-produced Tifa track last fall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXXWrJcVAKA
<3 Tifa but that really makes me miss Natalie Storm
― rob, Friday, 26 January 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link
excited to see Shenseea making a strong crossover* move on "Love I Got For U":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URDyX3Q55c4
*don't really mean this from a business-side angle, more just adding new colors to the palette in a credible way
― rob, Saturday, 27 January 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
I'm feeling better about 2018 in January than I did about 2017 in August. World Vibes riddim is sweet. I think Konshens has the best voicing I heard so far (haven't listened to Charly Black yet, but he is sooo hit or miss; frankly the Kartel is trash), but the Voicemail video is nice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNrFSl0j6QQ
― rob, Saturday, 27 January 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
you know, I might like the Voicemail the most after all; also very pleasing to hear Alaine
― rob, Saturday, 27 January 2018 15:51 (six years ago) link
Agent Sasco with a bid to join the EU:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuYK4FeEIOA
― rob, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 15:23 (six years ago) link
missed the dembowish Vegas Mode riddim at the end of the year. I'm enjoying Ding Dong's version but haven't listened to all of them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15FFE0KGWXo
― rob, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 15:27 (six years ago) link
fyi, the new Hollie Cook is extremely pleasant throwback UK lovers if you're into that kind of thing (dog latin?). would love to hear a time-travelling Mad Professor dub version
― rob, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
I like Hollie Cook a fair bit, although I can never work out if it's a bit naff, a bit Lily Allen-goes-trad reggae or something. Lover's Rock revival should definitely be encouraged though
― Badgers (dog latin), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
That about sums up my feelings on her too, though I am enjoying this one (that said, I need to make a reminder to listen to it again outdoors in the June sunshine). I think it might be more appealing right now as the JA roots scene has quieted down quite a bit since I last checked her out, so there's not nearly as much out there to scratch my very infrequent itch for this kind of thing.
Or this one might just be better! I'm about halfway through and it's hewed quite closely to the cooing & sighing Bovell-produced lovers template without stepping into dodgier territory
― rob, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:47 (six years ago) link
Loving the World Vibes riddim, and while he’s (quite) far from being the best on it Kartel is NEVER trash, lol.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 1 February 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link
XD
― rob, Thursday, 1 February 2018 14:48 (six years ago) link
a few more goodies with that slow, mellow vibey sound mentioned upthread. at some point we might need to theorize on this--afrobeats influence? fucking Drake/OVO?
Popcaan "Bullet Proof":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0SPp7ApMIk
Alkaline "Load Up":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3c9jzUg824
― rob, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:42 (six years ago) link
I'll admit that Kartel on the Giggi Riddim (Ring A Rozy) is kinda weak. But this new one from him and Mixpak is pretty spectacular.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnERiIgDJQ0
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 16 February 2018 21:34 (six years ago) link
yeah that's nice! funny how throwback it sounds in 2018 (tho I guess that pinch of Pumpkin Belly Kartel drops in makes it deliberate)
getting pleasing album-coming-soon vibes from this new Poppy video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CJ1LGcsdYs
Shenseea seems to be on a "look how versatile I can be" campaign right now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7cPiV4uVng
― rob, Friday, 16 February 2018 23:04 (six years ago) link
pretty bold sample on this new Kranium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQfGecwBmeE
― rob, Friday, 16 February 2018 23:07 (six years ago) link
Kranium also has a very good voicing on the Break Through riddim that that Popcaan "Bullet Proof" is on
― rob, Friday, 16 February 2018 23:15 (six years ago) link
longneck, have I lost my mind or is this Sean Paul x Mavado track actually fantastic? halp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mj3aLcT7Qw
― rob, Friday, 16 February 2018 23:53 (six years ago) link
and while I'm both skimming links off robbo ranx and marvelling at Sean Paul-related tunes, this Dutty Rock produced Rope riddim is sweet: https://youtu.be/xiVSz_afpvM
― rob, Saturday, 17 February 2018 00:11 (six years ago) link
and one more, Busy Signal's "Dawg" is fire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr70YG9m_bc
― rob, Saturday, 17 February 2018 00:39 (six years ago) link
The Mavado and Sean Paul is pretty dope! Is Sean Paul the most underrated of them all? I sometimes think he might be.
And even Westwood has been playing the Rope riddim lately, actually. It has a nice groove that will work in most settings.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 17 February 2018 08:35 (six years ago) link
And No Odda... that’s probably the purest r&b song I’ve heard in a good while.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 17 February 2018 08:52 (six years ago) link
I was too distracted by the No Letting Go sample at first, but "No Odda" is really good! Maybe there's another Kranium album in the works? Rumors faded for me pretty quickly, but I just put it on and it's already better than I remembered.
tbf it's Mavado's "I'm blessed/ I'm sanctify" hook that makes that song for me (the song structure is also more interesting than I would expect), but surprisingly SP is pretty credible in spiritual mode. I am not and have never been a DJ but I could see Rope being fun as hell to play out.
― rob, Saturday, 17 February 2018 16:22 (six years ago) link
I really like the new heatwave mix - https://soundcloud.com/theheatwavemixes/now-thats-what-i-call-shelling-vol-1 - but I'm going mad because I can't seem to identify the song that starts at 00.11.50, between RDX - Bang and Aidonia - Bruki. The one with the Ben ova hook. Does anyone on here know what it is?
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 17 February 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
Russian's Bashment Time Riddim is a blast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LJafguTSyc
The Konshens version was released as early as in 2016 though.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 18 February 2018 23:41 (six years ago) link
oh that works way better in full riddim mix form than it does individually
― rob, Tuesday, 20 February 2018 16:06 (six years ago) link
saw this sweet and breezy tune on the fader:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U00JRRATURY
(Amindi K. Fro$t, "Pine and Ginger")
― rob, Tuesday, 20 February 2018 18:06 (six years ago) link
been way out of the loop for months, but this sounded like the best of the three (!) videos Konshens dropped for his new album:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqDwdT0_DrA
― rob, Saturday, 7 April 2018 21:41 (six years ago) link
I just wanted to pop in here and say that Popcaan's been on fire this year. Bulletproof is still my favourite, but these other ones are really nice also.
Inviolable:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbPyFvAl4w4
My Type:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68LZ5utJVr8
Weed Stettingz:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1DCZ2cfNYU
The latest one, Steamy with Jah Vinci, is not quite on the level of the other ones, but still pretty good:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPjxy8QlaPE
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 7 April 2018 23:05 (six years ago) link
Bulletproof is so great, definitely my favorite 2018 JA track so farbut you're otm, he's hit such a level of consistency, I really hope the new album rumor is true
Masicka has really clicked for me this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSVbK9cg-hs
― rob, Sunday, 8 April 2018 13:33 (six years ago) link
the riddim on Busy Signal's "Cut Off" is pretty wild with a real use-every ingredient-in-the-fridge ragga feel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM2rD1Hhe0k
― rob, Sunday, 8 April 2018 13:37 (six years ago) link
airhorn.wavhttps://pitchfork.com/news/rihanna-is-making-a-reggae-album/
― rob, Thursday, 3 May 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link
while we're waiting, here is an excellent new Spice tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJacsbqYFE0
― rob, Thursday, 3 May 2018 18:04 (six years ago) link
Under Water / Under Fire also sounding pretty great, especially since I've been rinsing Ramping Shop lately
― rob, Thursday, 3 May 2018 18:07 (six years ago) link
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 3 May 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
haha yeah it's probably the number one song I can think of that I would never play for anybody else
― rob, Thursday, 3 May 2018 19:28 (six years ago) link
I mean "heteronormative" doesn't even really do it (in)justice!
on a less problematic front, I'm about to start a thread for Jada Kingdom who I only just listened to for the first time today and I am immensely excited about
― rob, Thursday, 3 May 2018 19:31 (six years ago) link
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 3 May 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
Will check out Jada Kingdom though.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 3 May 2018 19:40 (six years ago) link
that's interesting. I've tended to think of the homophobic bookends as more like disconnected ad libs--meme-like, throat-clearing asides that were de rigueur at the time--but obvs the rest of the track's pornographic performance of the wonders of hetero sex *is* the other side of the coin
― rob, Thursday, 3 May 2018 19:44 (six years ago) link
When you listen to the supposed “clean” version, most of the lewdness is scrambled, but those “bookends” are left proudly intact - leaving the listener (me anyway) with an extra dirty taste in their mouth. Talking about rinsing...
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 3 May 2018 20:05 (six years ago) link
ugh, I have not heard that version, and that definitely positions those lines as integral
― rob, Thursday, 3 May 2018 20:17 (six years ago) link
in fresher news, this piece is worth a look: http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/women-are-keeping-dancehall-fresh.html. I would like to think we no longer need to mention "Bam Bam" in these kinds of pieces, but I get it.
I'm curious what ILM makes of Bad Gyal...not sure I've seen her mentioned despite topping FACT's tracks list last year. I was underwhelmed by whichever song that was, but "Candela" bangs and I just put Worldwide Angel on and it's dope so far
― rob, Thursday, 3 May 2018 20:26 (six years ago) link
Wait... has Spice jumped on the Zinc Roof riddim? Or am I reading that wrong?
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 3 May 2018 21:00 (six years ago) link
Yessss to Jada Kingdom! Unwanted” and “Love Situations” are great.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 3 May 2018 22:00 (six years ago) link
So is “Better Than That” with Govana. I trust you’ll be posting them on that dedicated thread!
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 3 May 2018 22:02 (six years ago) link
yeah that's a good one. I also like "Mirage," "Load Up" (both posted upthread I think) and "Juggernaut" wasn't bad iirc, so tbf 2018 hasn't been a total washout for him or anything--I just miss the feeling of 2016/17 when he was releasing good to great tunes at a steady clip. I expect he'll regroup though
― rob, Friday, 31 August 2018 13:30 (six years ago) link
I actually think he's been consistently very good this year. Fine whine is dope,and Perfect is good too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh-3-h3wPtQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaXsnHxoYgo
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 31 August 2018 13:39 (six years ago) link
oh yeah I had "Fine Whine" on my shortlist too but I hadn't heard "Perfect"--it's nice! I should probably check out that whole DJ Frass project
― rob, Friday, 31 August 2018 13:56 (six years ago) link
Well I'm jumping around, but so far this is way better than a producer showcase has any right to be. I might add "Mamacita" to the Alkaline list, Shenseea's "Instruction" is good if not exactly lyrically groundbreaking for her, and I'd missed this electric Mavado track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjPg4305aNc
― rob, Friday, 31 August 2018 14:07 (six years ago) link
I can tell I haven't listened to Robbo Ranx in a long while because I've never heard this fired up Shaggy track
― rob, Friday, 31 August 2018 14:09 (six years ago) link
okay this turned to mostly mediocre sap after the Jahmiel track ("Perfect" should be on the first half)
― rob, Friday, 31 August 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
I don't really know where else to post Karol Conka, who's still preparing her new album 5 years after Batuk Freak, but what's for sure is that the delay is not for absence of talent : everything I've heard (Maracutaia, Lala etc) is just as good (if not better-sounding) than her debut, which is very high praise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPvEAU8U-I8(clip intro lasts 1 min)
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
Liking this new Dexta Daps, “Pleasure”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=986GlOku-dc
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
I like that Dexta--is the rest of that tape any good?
Spice's new anti-colorism anthem is trending at #1 on youtube right now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXdl3mpCbz4
― rob, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:14 (five years ago) link
Nice.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
Kranium on a classic Kelly-esque riddim:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IJsBHv8vVo
― rob, Saturday, 27 October 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
He had me at "Early in the morning"
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 27 October 2018 23:15 (five years ago) link
rob, the Dexta EP is just three tracks, they’re all nice, but “Pleasure” is the best.
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 28 October 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
That Spice song, Black Hypocrisy, is a tune of the year, right?
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Sunday, 4 November 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
It's really great and the fake skin-bleaching "stunt" (a critique/interpretation that strikes me, a white non-Jamaican, as a deliberate misreading) seems to have paid off in terms of attention--it's at 2.7M views already.
I love that she also dropped the "Under Fire" video shortly afterward, in case you were worried she'd gone too woke
― rob, Monday, 5 November 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
The whole mixtape goes hard.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 5 November 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
I mean... "my pussy pretty like Shenseea face" - lol!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 5 November 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
btw, I think Rygin King's Tuff, posted above, might be in my top 5 this year.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 08:56 (five years ago) link
If you mean top 5 dancehall, I think it's my number 1. I don't think I've even mildly enjoyed any of Rygin's other songs, but Tuff is sublime! Tbh I have a very poor sense this year of what's genuinely popular in JA. I know Tuff was big, but is there a contender for biggest tune this year? As well as Forever did, I don't think any one track has emerged as its hit.
I made a post a week or so ago with a bunch of Aidonia and Govana tunes but it got eaten--anyway, those two have had great years. Put "VVS" alongside "Tuff" as examples of dancehall responding to trap in an exciting way.
I didn't have time to listen to much, but the first few tracks on that Spice tape were a blast.
― rob, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
damn I'd forgotten how gorgeous the netflixxx riddim is
― rob, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
feeling the Rygin King tune. Excellent, original use of autotune on that one and the production is sweet
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 21:58 (five years ago) link
I meant top 5 overall, actually. It's just so... life affirming.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 09:40 (five years ago) link
Legacy is kind of nice as well but obviously not half as good.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 09:41 (five years ago) link
I should give them another listen but yeah none had that instant sugar rush like Tuff. looking forward to hearing what else is in your top five later in the year, longneck
― rob, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
Fake Love is in there, at the very least!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
don't lock that list down just yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8HoEvDh70Y
Koffee, "Toast"
― rob, Friday, 23 November 2018 20:17 (five years ago) link
This new Alkaline is good too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT0gwGWHzBk
― rob, Friday, 23 November 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
if I was a dj I'd be real excited about Ding Dong's "Vibes"
― rob, Friday, 23 November 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
Spice - Romantic Mood is so so good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eqCwj7XWxk
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 24 November 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
yeah that's a great homage. The "No No No" interpolation is the only thing that doesn't quite work imo, but the rest is smart and subtle and bangs even if you don't get the references.
It's a little weird how refreshing and creative a 90s ragga riddim sounds right now, though I can't figure out if that one is new or not. Echoing something I said on the Rosalía thread but I feel like you could really make waves in JA production these days simply by not saturating the track with sound, leave some space/air and emphasize the syncopation again (n.b., I don't know music theory at all so I may be talking nonsense here).
― rob, Saturday, 24 November 2018 16:38 (five years ago) link
No, I think that's correct. The main problem in dancehall production atm is that a lot of it sounds stuffed and compressed. The Popcaan album sounded so refreshing mainly because it had a lot of air in the production, but at the same timeit could have used some new ideas about how you can use those spaces. The new Kartel is a case in point here too. It sounds as if it's on the verge of some sort of discovery but it doesn't quite get there. Imo it doesn't work but you get the distinct feeling that it might have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If8L0Zaskq0
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 24 November 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
Huh, that is a super interesting track! Is that really Kartel?? I'm getting some kind of uncanny valley effect from his britishy ohs (plus the IG ref). Secondly, re: the production, I agree that that sounds very close to novel. I like the crispness of the drums especially.
The Popcaan album, which I really like, is interesting in that I think it basically represents a capitulation to the idea that afrobeats took on the early '10s dancehall sound and improved it (the flipside to that being trop house, which took the same sound palette and made it bland). While there are of course good songs still coming out of JA, hopefully soon we'll get something radical.
― rob, Saturday, 24 November 2018 21:04 (five years ago) link
Yeah, Kartel seems to be on some weird britishy vibey experimental ish these days - or rather I guess he must have been at some point between the advent of instagram and his incarceration, lol. On the Illi Sanchea track that dropped a while ago he's even more freewheeling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uzFOeawzKg&frags=pl%2Cwn
I'm not into this one at all for some reason, although I guess it is... interesting. There was a fun moment when she was a guest on the Robbo Ranx show this week and she asked him straight out if he liked it and he tried really hard to avoid answering her question (he hasn't played it until this week and Robbo plays A LOT of Kartel).
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 24 November 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
Yeah that one's kind of a mess, though I'm not sure whose fault it is.
I might have to listen to that Robbo show though, haven't checked in with him in a long while. I'd basically come round to the "Kartel's vault was massive before prison" theory, but now I'm less sure.
― rob, Sunday, 25 November 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
Yeah, Kartel mentioning part of her name in the song and referencing the Beatles while doing the britishy accent thing makes the he-had-this-in-an-old-folder-all-along theory seem somewhat implausible.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 25 November 2018 21:27 (five years ago) link
So... uh... Stylo G got Nicki AND Kartel on the remix of this banger:
https://youtu.be/459bLvt7f9c
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 7 December 2018 22:30 (five years ago) link
that is good. lol at mixing the Kartel ad lib in right after the bleach line
You know Nicki could do a lot worse than going full snoop lion next album. I think the only thing off Queen I liked was the one that sampled Dave Kelly
― rob, Saturday, 8 December 2018 15:13 (five years ago) link
Yeah, a Nicki who actually went with her instincts instead of with what her marketing people thought was the right move for her might have been awesome.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 8 December 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link
OK thinking about dog latin's poll suggestion, I made a little list of tracks. I have a bunch of disclaimers but first here's the list. They're not ranked but I divided them into an upper and lower tier:
First TierRygin King “Tuff”Popcaan “Bulletproof”Koffee “Toast”Alkaline “Yaadie Fiesta”Busy Signal “One Way”Shenseea x Konshens x Rvssian “Hard Drive”Konshens “Turn Around”Kranium “No Odda”Popcaan “Lef My Gun”Masicka “They Don’t Know”
Second TierGovana x Jada Kingdom “Better Than That”Jada Kingdom “Banana”Govana “One N Move”Popcaan “Family”Mavado “Dress to Impress”Shenseea “Pon Mi”Spice “Black Hypocrisy”Vybz Kartel “Under Water”Aidonia “VVS”Alicai Harley “Naah Done”
― rob, Saturday, 8 December 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
The big disclaimer is I haven't thought about this too much, nor have I made an effort to find anything I missed. This was also a year where I heard a lot of good songs from favorite artists but rarely any clear classics, so in a bunch of cases I'd be open to alternates: Alkaline (I just love that riddim), Spice (as a white person I feel weird big-upping BH), Aidonia, Shenseea (tbh I'm not sure she put out a truly great song this year), and I still don't know which track on Forever is my favorite.
― rob, Saturday, 8 December 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
BH is a monumental song but I must admit that other songs, like Romantic Mood and Genie, are a lot more fun to listen to.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 8 December 2018 23:16 (five years ago) link
Is any dancehall crossing over to other year end music lists? At quick glance not seeing any in Pitchfork top 100 tracks list— also no soca or afrobeats
― curmudgeon, Monday, 10 December 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
The Popcaan album is the only dancehall I've seen on a list. Frankly, I wouldn't expect anything else to appear--it's been a somewhat quiet year.
― rob, Monday, 10 December 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
Why did you guys hide this Spice track from us all year? (and why is it not on the album?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOtj1aiHRw8
Spice • Tik Tak
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 22 December 2018 21:52 (five years ago) link
annual thanks to rob, longneck and co itt for keeping up with what’s going on. annual commitment to look into this thread more often! looking fwd to making my way through the list rob.
― Fizzles, Monday, 31 December 2018 10:54 (five years ago) link
thanks Fizzles! I just spent ten days in Trinidad & Tobago and now really want to tweak that list. If nothing else, it's now obvious that "Silence" is the people's choice off Forever and hearing it booming out of various speakers' the whole trip made it clear why.
this new Rygin King "Powerful" is quite good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OrpJCditas
― rob, Monday, 31 December 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link
I might have dismissed "Tik Tak" as a little too Spice-by-numbers when it came out, but it sounds nice this morning.
I'm not sure if it was being in the Caribbean or year-end second-guessing, but lots of things are grabbing me harder this week. There's a bunch of Alkaline, Masicka, and Rygin King that I'd put on that list now, e.g.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWgD_IG46gE
Ding Dong should probably be on there somewhere too.
I think this Aidonia was in a post that got eaten:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKVCA_iJcoI
― rob, Monday, 31 December 2018 15:24 (five years ago) link
rolling dancehall & reggae 2019
― rob, Thursday, 3 January 2019 16:13 (five years ago) link