| Various Artists / Dread Meets Greensleeves: A Westside Revolution |
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| Album: | Dread Meets Greensleeves: A Westside Revolution | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | 01/2013 | |
| Label: | Greensleeves Records Ltd. | |||
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| Add Date: | 2013-01-26 | Pull Date: | 2013-03-31 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 17 Mar | 3 Mar | 24 Feb | 17 Feb | 10 Feb | 3 Feb | 27 Jan |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 03, 2014: | Clean Copper Radio Wa-Do-Dem | 4. | Mar 02, 2013: | New World Disorder Oh Carolina | |
| 2. | Mar 31, 2013: | New World Disorder River Jordan | 5. | Feb 23, 2013: | Music Casserole None A Jah Jah Children No Cry | |
| 3. | Mar 16, 2013: | New World Disorder Heads High | 6. | Feb 16, 2013: | New World Disorderette River Jordan, Rumours |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2013-01-23 | ||
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Dread Meets Greensleeves: A Westside Revolution Reviewed by Sadie O., 1/22/13 Roots Rock Reggae and Dancehall from the great London-based Greensleeves label, compiled by Don Letts. Don was the guy who turned the Punks (The Clash, Johnny Rotten etc etc) on to Reggae, and he’s a great person to school the rest of us. All thriller, no filler. Deez ya riddims a rule de dancehall, iyah! CD 1 (Roots): 1. 3:16 ***relaxed midtempo bubble, harmonies by one of the great Reggae vocal groups. Bit of dub on the trap drums. Lovely… 2. 3:53 ****a classic. Eek’s first and biggest hit, deliriously goofy. 3. 3:52 ***slightly downtempo with syncopation and syndrum, all the right sounds. Barrington Levy was one of the great vocalists, usually associated with Dancehall. 4. 3:11 ****fine example of early toasting/dub. Some of the original vocals left in, and nice rhythmic toasting by Ranking Joe. 5. 3:49 **uptempo and bouncy skank, soulful vocals. 6. 2:50 ***slow, ponderous early dub, great toast – classic. Still love the “whether outlaw or Christian” bit… 7. 3:47 ***swingy downtempo skank. 8. 3:00 ***very familiar riddim, dubby, goofy toasting (not the same Nickodemus who’s currently a popular producer/DJ – that one has a “k”…) 9. 2:43 **sweet downtempo bubble – totally off-key vocals. Whew! 10. 3:31 ***downtempo simple skank with syndrum, totally and utterly crazy toasting (frighteningly, pretty much what most right-wing Christians are saying these days – if this wasn’t so goofy it would be scary indeed…) 11. 3:23 ****slightly downtempo skank, sweet, youthful tremolo-laden vocals. 12. 4:12 ***jaunty nyahbinghi march, from the master of the genre. Lots of handdrums, and a chorus of kids. Very religical. 13. 3:41 ***slow, but jolly as mess. Happy chirpy little keyboards, tenor vocals. 14. 5:29 **big drum intro, slow swingy bubble. 15. 2:32 *****total classic – the instrumental that brought dub into the world’s consciousness (and brought the melodical back into the counsciousness of anyone who had ever been to kindergarden – but in a good way!) CD 2 (Dancehall): 1. 4:04 ****uptempo, pointy electronic skank, several vocal styles, nice aggressive lyrics about pirate radio. Yay! 2. 3:29 ***pwoing! Slightly downtempo skank with stuttering guitar, sweet singing about pot. (there’s a theme in this disk…) 3. 4:08 ****classic dancehall about smoking – midtempo swingy electronic riddim, completely irresistible. 4. 3:48 ***slow, fairly forceful electronic dancehall bubble – rough toaster intro contrasts with Gregory’s beaufitul singing. 5. 3:49 ****wacky rocking intro, then sort of a goofy electronic Peter Gunn mambo, wonderfully stoned dancehall toast. All about dirty dancing… 6. 3:54 ***uptempo and upbeat Jahtari-style riddim. Original female vocals and toast. 7. 4:51 ***big chord, then bouncy, almost glitchy electronic riddim with no bottom end, huge hit for Mr. Vegas. 8. 3:16 ***stoned and goofy, completely lopassed bangy riddim, crazed dancehall toast I can understand moments of. 9. 3:20 ****fine, rootsy upbeat skank with syndrum and Gregory. Everything’s better with syndrum and Gregory! 10. 3:37 ****patchwork spoken word intro, then midtempo ultra-groovy electronic bounce, multiple dancehall toasters extolling the myriad virtues of pot. Woot! 11. 3:06 FCC – if you can make out the lyrics, it’s about the kind of dancing that has been known to result in pregnancies… ***siren, midtempo electronic bounce, distinctive baritone dancehall toast. 12. 3:05 ***bizarre fast handclap and trumpet riddim, hyperspeed dancehall crazed vocals – shizza manizza! 13. 3:22 boopy electronics, modern “R&B” vocals, love song. Riddim is ok… 14. 3:02 **boopy uptempo electronics, hyperspeed incomprehensible toast. 15. 3:46 ***sweet swingy rootsy riddim with sax and Sizzlas’ wonderfully gonzo vocals. But such a sweet love song! Aw! | ||
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