| Various Artists / Nice Up The Dance: Two Worlds Clash |
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| Album: | Nice Up The Dance: Two Worlds Clash | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | 04/2007 | |
| Label: | Soul Jazz Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-04-29 | Pull Date: | 2007-07-01 | Charts: | Hip-Hop, Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 1 Jul | 24 Jun | 10 Jun | 3 Jun | 27 May | 20 May | 13 May | 6 May |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 25, 2013: | New World Disorder Boomin' In Ya Jeep | 4. | Dec 10, 2011: | New World Disorder Boomin' In Ya Jeep | |
| 2. | Mar 24, 2012: | New World Disorder Boomin' In Ya Jeep | 5. | Apr 02, 2011: | New World Disorder Synthesizer Voice | |
| 3. | Jan 28, 2012: | New World Disorder Synthesizer Voice | 6. | Feb 26, 2011: | New World Disorder Boomin' In Ya Jeep |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2007-05-01 | ||
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[coll]: Nice Up the Dance: Two Worlds Clash Reviewed by Sadie O., 4/20/07 Great overview of the crossover between dancehall and hip hop, circa mid-80’s to 90’s. Quite a mix here – some cuts are almost roots rock, some are straight-up old school hip hop with just hints of Jamaicanosity. All are terrific riddims. Amazing history lesson in the liner notes. Go, Soul Jazz! FCCs – one almost hidden “shit on track 6, multiple FCCs on 10. I like 5 best, then 1, 2, 5, 9, 11, 13 – that’s a lot of killer tracks! 1. 4:36 ****buzzy, bouncy old-school hip hop riddim, danceable as hell, fun rap. 2. 3:27 ****starts with famous movie threat, then midtempo reggae/dancehall remix from multiple hits with Cutty Ranks’ rap over everything, manic cackles in the background. 3. 3:55 **electronic dancehall riddim with male chorus and female rap with heavily processed vocals 4. 4:38 ***midtempo hip hop with a bit of one-drop and sample of Augustus Pablo’s melodica. Very NY style rap, with obvious cleanup job, class struggle lyrics. 5. 4:44 *****downtempo skank, insanely dance-worthy, lunatic rap. 6. 3:07 FCC: “shit” in intro ***starts with talking, then downtempo dancehall skank, classic dancehall vocals. 7. 3:36 ***boopy and scratchy downtempo dancehall, sweet tenor rasta rap. He’s really saying “if it’s not Jah”… FWIW… 8. 3:37 ***just rap at intro, riddim comes together slowly, minimalist dancehall skank. Sean Paul was one of the major dancehall originators. 9. 4:03 ****bouncy danceable electronic dancehall, sweet harmonized rap/singing, cool lyrics. 10. 3:34 multiple FCCs: “motherfucking” “shit” ***random whistles and horns intro, fantastic deep baritone and hyper tenor rap. Pity about the FCCs… 11. 3:55 ****short talking intro, then fantastic hard old school hip hop riddim with dancehall vocals. This riddim is CRAZY! 12. 3:29 ***remix of a classic rock steady hit, downtempo skank, female singing. Lovely! 13. 3:45 ****fantastic midtempo dancehall riddim, very minimalist, great harmonizing vocals by major hitmakers. | ||
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