Following up on my post a couple of weeks back, check out The FADER‘s Shabba-themed podcast, that accompanies their recent Shabba cover, below…

Yes, that Shabba; the ranking one. I am gonna have to keep this column dumb-short just to make room for the dumb-long tracklisting, still only a narrow core-sample of Shabba’s deep and broad 45-ography. I tried to drill through a good cross-section of his work with different producers from different eras, mostly avoiding the video joints and trying to include a few later/leftfield gems that are not necessarily part of the dancehall canon, either. And then I added a few associated jams and tributary Panamanian and Punjabi riddims to provide some context, give an idea of dude’s impact globally (you can even find samples of Shabba’s trademark ugh! On Egyptian pop records from the early ’90s) and make it a proper Ghetto Palms mix.

Download it here: Ghetto Palms 99: Shabba!.

Also, check out the full feature here.

Tracklisting is after the jump….

GP99 Shabba Ranks Blend
Shabba Ranks, “Pretty Please” (LOY)
Shabba Ranks, “Peenie Peenie” (Jammys)
Shabba Ranks, “Roots and Culture” (Digital B)
Shabba Ranks, “Wicked in Bed” (Digital B)
Sugar Minott, “Real Ragamuffin” (Digital B)
Rama f. Cheshire Cat, “Mera Laung Gawacha” (Bally Sagoo/Star)
Shabba Ranks f. Deborahe Glasgow, “Champion Lover” (Gussie Clarke)
Shabba Ranks f. Deborahe Glasgow, “Don’t Test Me” (Gussie Clarke)
Shabba Ranks f. Cocoa Tea & Home T, “Pirate’s Anthem” (Gussie Clarke)
Shabba Ranks, “Young Gals Wine” (Jammys)
La Atrevida, “Que Lo Que Es” Reggaespanol (Columbia)
Thriller U, “I’m All Out of Love” (Cosmic Force)
El General, “Teves Buena” (Gold Disc)
Shabba Ranks, “Trailor Load A Girls” (Epic)
Shabba Ranks, “Dem Bow” (Digital B)
Shabba Ranks f. Krystal, “Twice My Age” (Gussie Clarke)
Shabba Ranks, “Original Woman” (Salaam Remi/Epic Street)
Shabba Ranks, “Respect” (Shang)

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