a thread about dancehall albums

"Hahaha Doncorleonitis is awesome."

Don't get me wrong I really like Don Corleon but a bit more variety over a whole album wouldn't hurt. I think my favourite artist album from recent years is still Higher Level for that reason.

ward 21's full album is pretty good throughout. elephant man's good 2 go has a couple decent tracks, but way too many of the songs start with him going "aaaaah, good 2 go!" (as if the listener needs to be reminded of the album title on each song). i have a lady saw album as well that is just really cheesy. dancehall works better in singles methinks.

I don't think any of Elephant Man's catchphrases have been as good as his 'shizzle ma nizzle'/'shankle mi nankle' phase.

the new lady saw album is not cheesy, trust me. and, anyway, dancehall can do cheese very well, that's the beauty of it - look at tok. doesn't have to be all relentless lyrical agggression and rhgythmic envelope-pushing.

man I am all about the cheese - if you want to hear some crazy comedy check Angel Doolas "Shake That Thing" - it even has a vocal melody that (deliberately?) goes out of tune (or too blue?). (Angel to Paul: uh, thanks guy? Alliance a go blaze yuh) but still I would play it...

haven't heard the latest by Lady Saw. the one I have is called "Passion" and I fucking can't stand listening to it. it's not good cheese, but rather rotten-past-the-expiration-date-and-left-out-in-the-sun cheese. if that's your thing, well then bon appétit.

I don't like "Good To Go" recently. I was feeling it very strong but then I felt overdose with Ele's super fast'n'funny feat. breaks'n'weddy tongue lyrics which he was producing all of time during this year. Although he is always my favorite voice killer. As well, cheesy dancehall is my preciuos file in playlist this summer. Cheesy = superb sound somewhere between late afternoon sleep on the beach and love for dancehall. including acoustic guitar on the air sometime.

Daville - Andale
Lukie D - Forever Be
Voicemail - Bounce Hard
Brick and Lace - Done It To Me

highly recomended: Merciless and Floyde - Lovely Ladies Tonight

okay, I put Lady Saw Passion on and side one is pretty strong, except for "I Don't Need To Know" which showcases Lady Saw's ability to drop her Jamaican accent (why? it's lovely) and lay down a shitty r&b track. side two is where awfulness reigns, from the jaw-droppingly lackluster cameo by Beenie Man on "Healing" to the boring country/western tune (again sans accent). here's hoping the new one's better, cuz I do like her voice when she's not trying to imitate an American.

i saw a Kardinal Offishal mix on SLSK, anybody know anything about it? (this is not dancehall per se, or is it? p.s. any T-dot-based dancehall lovers out there?)

Good2Go has way way more than a couple of decent tracks (I only remember being blah about the Killah Priest track.)

See, I find the artist albums a bit lacklustre, tell truth. I loved the TOK one with "chi chi man" and "money to burn" on it, but it's about the only one I'd just put on the turntable and let play rather than pick single tunes off.

I get the feeling that dancehall artists make albums because they feel they ought to, because, really, the format doesn't make much sense for them.

Like riddim albums are actually more listenable because I think that having the same instrumental with different vocalists gives you more variety in this style than having an album of different instrumentals but the same vocalist on all of them...

TOK being the exception here because they pepper their albums with sing-y tunes and because there are lots of them, so you get more sonic variety.

essentialquestion for this thread: which is last dancehall artist's album who had all tunes before riddim ?

what?

Is there any album which is featuring all tracks previously unreleased as 7'' ?

I'm inclined to believe there was never a dancehall album like that (at least I've never heard of one.) Dancehall is and always has been a singles genre. Albums are a afterthought.

so that's why I'm aking you. speaking/writing about dancehall albums tracks changes regarding previously single versions is like Ele's weddy weddy or Beenie's zagazaga lyrical manifestations. as well there is always some wonderfull and szuper funny photos and covers.

or we should tell something wonderfull about Lady Saw 'Strip Tease' track order.

anyway, recently I like 'Gangsta Blues' and I'm waiting in line for 'Strip Tease'.

btw: it would be great to get an artist album with previously unreleased tracks.