Various Artists / Dancehall Roughneck
| Album: | Dancehall Roughneck | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Feb 2009 | |
| Label: | Heartbeat | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-03-01 | Pull Date: | 2009-05-03 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | May 3 | Apr 26 | Apr 19 | Apr 12 | Apr 5 | Mar 29 | Mar 22 | Mar 15 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 19, 2011: | Music Casserole
Suzie Brown |
4. | May 02, 2009: | New World Disorder
Without You/No False God Combination |
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| 2. | Jan 01, 2010: | Music Casserole
Gimme Back Me Money |
5. | Apr 25, 2009: | New World Disorder
Suzie Brown |
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| 3. | May 09, 2009: | New World Disorder
Remand Center |
6. | Apr 19, 2009: | The Twilight Zone
Don't Know Why |
Album Review
Sadie O.
Reviewed 2009-03-13
Reviewed 2009-03-13
Dancehall Roughneck
Reviewed by Sadie O., 2/27/09
Dancehall from the early 90’s, re-released. Often very minimalist but fun riddims by Sly and Robbie – mostly almost entirely percussion, and quite an odd variety of vocal styles. Some of the tracks were huge, at last in Jamaica – Pepper Pot and Gimme Back Me Money, notably. Frankie Paul was clearly heading to “modern R&B”, but the rest range from highly quirky to really cool.
No overt FCCs, but track one is a bit nudge nudge wink wink.
1. 3:50 **midtempo dancehall riddim, chat about girls (rather naughty, if you can tease out the patois.)
2. 3:52 *finger snapping riddim, “R&B” vocals, talking about crack and sounding like it too. Odd!
3. 3:48 ***squeals and chatting, uptempo minimalist riddim with gloopy percussion.
4. 3:37 ****downtempo swingy skank with xylophone – very cool sound, very pleasant dancehall vocals.
5. 3:39 ***midtempo electronic syncopation, amusing mumbled vocals.
6. 3:42 **midtempo relaxed skank, pretty singing.
7. 3:45 ***upbeat electronic dancehall riddim, manic female vocals, fun sound.
8. 3:44 **midtempo minimalist percussive riddim with boopy sounds.
9. 3:49 ***starts with a farty noise, swingy downtempo riddim with both singing and dancehall chat.
10. 3:58 ***downtempo minimalist electronic bounce, rather pointless and odd-sounding vocals. I don’t know what this guy is trying to do with his face, but it makes me laugh…
11. 3:43 **uptempo syncopated bounce, inscrutable dancehall chat. It’s a love song, but to what?
12. 3:39 *midtempo syncopated riddim, dancehall chat.
Reviewed by Sadie O., 2/27/09
Dancehall from the early 90’s, re-released. Often very minimalist but fun riddims by Sly and Robbie – mostly almost entirely percussion, and quite an odd variety of vocal styles. Some of the tracks were huge, at last in Jamaica – Pepper Pot and Gimme Back Me Money, notably. Frankie Paul was clearly heading to “modern R&B”, but the rest range from highly quirky to really cool.
No overt FCCs, but track one is a bit nudge nudge wink wink.
1. 3:50 **midtempo dancehall riddim, chat about girls (rather naughty, if you can tease out the patois.)
2. 3:52 *finger snapping riddim, “R&B” vocals, talking about crack and sounding like it too. Odd!
3. 3:48 ***squeals and chatting, uptempo minimalist riddim with gloopy percussion.
4. 3:37 ****downtempo swingy skank with xylophone – very cool sound, very pleasant dancehall vocals.
5. 3:39 ***midtempo electronic syncopation, amusing mumbled vocals.
6. 3:42 **midtempo relaxed skank, pretty singing.
7. 3:45 ***upbeat electronic dancehall riddim, manic female vocals, fun sound.
8. 3:44 **midtempo minimalist percussive riddim with boopy sounds.
9. 3:49 ***starts with a farty noise, swingy downtempo riddim with both singing and dancehall chat.
10. 3:58 ***downtempo minimalist electronic bounce, rather pointless and odd-sounding vocals. I don’t know what this guy is trying to do with his face, but it makes me laugh…
11. 3:43 **uptempo syncopated bounce, inscrutable dancehall chat. It’s a love song, but to what?
12. 3:39 *midtempo syncopated riddim, dancehall chat.
Track Listing