Post Sting concert I am still filtering through all the content I have gotten from it. I just saw that I had a video on Sizzla’s perfromance, one of the all time greats so I had to post it…

Another drop of music that I’ve held on to for way too long. Some newer than others. Check out the goods below…

Busy Signal – “Right Now”

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

…via.

T.O.K. – “Bubble”

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

…via.

Anthony B. feat. Gyptian – “Never Want To Lose You”

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

…via.

Sizzla – “Only You”

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

…via.

Bramma – “Nuh Truss People”

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

…via.

Mavado – “Pepper”

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

…via.

Check out a few videos and links to download after the jump…

(more…)

Various tunes that I’ve been stacking to share with the people. Check out the goodness below…

Buju Banton – Want Yuh (Galzig Riddim) (via…)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Busy Signal – “Spliff Tale” (via…)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Mr. Vegas – “Ghetto Girls” (via…)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Mavado & Vado – “M.O.V.A.D.O.” (via…)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Ricky Blaze feat. Jim Jones & Nicki Minaj – “Feel Free” (via…)

Ricky Blaze feat. Jim Jones & Nicki Minaj – Feel Free by isergio

Vybz Kartel – “Dancehall Hero” (via…)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Stephen Marley & Jr. Gong – “Jah Army” (via…)

Jah Army – Stephen Marley featuring Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley by Stephen Marley

Busy Signal – “Get Outta My Way” (via…)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Kardinal Offishall – “The Anthem” (via…)

Kardinal Offishall – The Anthem by samhdot

Jah Cure featuring Rick Ross & Mavado – “Like I See It” (via…)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Sizzla – “Reaching Out” (via…)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Pressure – “Last Night” (via…)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Beenie Man – “Out & Clean” (via…)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Serani & Tony Matterhorn “Again & Again” (via…)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Check out a few videos and links to download after the jump…

(more…)

Just a quick peek into the life of an artist. Check out the short video below, courtesy of Creative Control…

Via The Heatwave, comes this hour-long starter kit on Dancehall Reggae for all those who may need it. This follows up their celebration of Sleng Teng’s anniversary a few weeks back. Great way to start the week, I say.

Check out the mix and details below…

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

I couldn’t quite keep it to one tune per year as I was also trying to make sure that all the key artists from this period were represented. I think I did pretty well in the end but I’m sure I left out some notable vocalists. I KNOW that there are hundreds of BIG TUNES that didn’t get featured.

I suppose there’s always someone who gets left out at a birthday party. Big up Lady Saw, Kiprich, Cecile, TOK, Terry Ganzie, Serani, Spice and all the other artists whose invites got lost in the post.

So here’s The Heatwave’s history lesson aka bashment birthday party. 25 years of dancehall. As Benjamin points out at some point, this is one for the iPod.

Download it here: Via The Heatwave: 25 Years of Dancehall.

Tracklisting after the jump…

(more…)

In The Fader’s latest release of Ghetto Palms they blended in a snippet of “Afro Beat” a collaboration from Damian Marley and Nas (which logic only reasons most be off of the Distant Relatives project), along with some Ethiopian soul music and the Weapon Riddim.

The fire-starter was “Afro Beat”—Nas’ collabo with Damian Marley which just leaked in a truncated snippet version. Featuring Nasir and Junior Gong alternating bars over a chop-n-quench of Ethiopian soul pioneer Mulatu Astatke, it manages to spear all three birds in one track even though it is barely a minute long. Luckily the original, a ’60s Ethio-jazz monster that foreshadowed the fusion experiments of Fela, is long enough to carry both of them. That gave me a framework to cut together a couple other Ethiocentric joints—beats that are so idiosyncratic they don’t even blend, exactly, but are so much on the same vibe it doesn’t even matter, really.

Ghetto Palms blend

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Afro Beat Snippet

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Track listings inside

(more…)

I spotted this mix over at The Heat Wave Blog and thought it was so weird and original, I had to share it. Check out the details below…

Here’s something a little different. Musical alchemist and Reggae Reviews contributor Dale Cooper has mashed up a dozen Sizzla tunes with the soundtracks from 10 old spaghetti Westerns, a wacky venture that’s actually not as wacky as it initially seems, since A) reggae artists have co-opted Western movie mythology for years, from acts like Lone Ranger, Clint Eastwood, and Reggae Cowboys to songs like The Upsetters‘ “Return of Django” and Josey Wales’ “Bush Wacked,” and B) Sizzla is no stranger to musical experimentation. Thus, it all comes together quite naturally, the airy, melancholy movie music from composers Ennio Morricone, Luis Bacalov, and Bruno Nicolai lending an epic feel to Sizzla’s towering vocals. …

Check out a sample of what you can expect below….

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Check out the tracklisting and a link to download after the jump…

(more…)

It’s only right that I put up this one. Check the video below…

Get the Flash Player to see this content.

Download it here: Sizzla Kolanji – “Thank You Mama”.

Sizzla – Conscious within yourself

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Lutan Fyah – What made us

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Junior Kelly – Out of control

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Steam – In the Ghetto

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Emanuel Stain – Dance in Peace

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Download inside
(more…)

I thought I would switch things up and post something with a little UK flavor to it. Plus its got my man Sizzla on it – you can never go wrong that way.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.