| Various Artists / Dancehall 2 : The Rise Of Jamaican Dancehall Culture |
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| Album: | Dancehall 2 : The Rise Of Jamaican Dancehall Culture | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Feb 2010 | |
| Label: | Soul Jazz Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-02-07 | Pull Date: | 2010-04-11 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Apr 11 | Apr 4 | Mar 28 | Mar 21 | Mar 14 | Mar 7 | Feb 28 | Feb 21 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 13, 2018: | ad hoc variety show Two House Department, Sensemilla | 4. | Sep 18, 2010: | New World Disorder Have You Ever Been To Heaven | |
| 2. | Jul 30, 2011: | New World Disorder Sensemilla | 5. | Aug 07, 2010: | New World Disorder Dog Is Better Than Gun | |
| 3. | Jan 01, 2011: | New World Disorder The Gun | 6. | Apr 17, 2010: | New World Disorder Ina De Bus |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2010-02-05 | ||
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Dancehall 2: The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture Reviewed by Sadie O., 2/5/10 Second installation of Soul Jazz’s fantastic overview of the early years of Dancehall in Jamaica. All killer, no filler! A few tracks were hits outside a Yard, but most are revelations. Play often and LOUD. CD1: 1. 3:11 ***very downtempo alternative version of the great hit about the soap opera vampire of the 70’s. random screams to help paint the picture, fun lyrics (“Barney chew you neck like a Wrigley’s”)… 2. 3:15 ****jaunty midtempo dancehall skank – nice up de dance! Great lyrics, too. 3. 7:01 ****sweet rub-a-dub style bubble, essential dancehall. Includes the dubby toast. 4. 3:51 ***slow hard skank with electronic machine gun noises, pretty tenor vocals. 5. 3:12 **slow skank, rather depressing lyrical premise. 6. 6:37 ****classic downtempo dancehall skank, long spoken intro, then Yellowman does his take on a dancehall favorite – bit hit. 7. 3:58 ***spoken intro, gruff vocals, incomprehensible dancehall chanting with only little bits of music for first music. Turns out to be a series of shoutouts to the great toasters and DJs. 8. 4:03 **very downtempo rather fragmented skank with lots of percussion elements, lyrics rather abusive towards non-believers. Vocals get seriously weird – all choked up over the idea of not believing in the bible… 9. 3:11 ***midtempo dubby skank with semi-nonsense vocals. 10. 3:47 ****this is great because it’s so non-slick… slow (and apparently warped) riddim, high, quavery vocals. 11. 5:44 *****classic dancehall sound, with extremely educational lyrics, and there WILL be a quiz afterward. Actually, there’s a dub which includes bits of completely unrelated singing. Huh! The bizarre juxtaposition of vocals gives this another star… 12. 3:47 ****interesting electronic skank, economics theory lyrics. CD2: 1. 3:38 ****bouncy midtempo electronic riddim, truly odd vocals. 2. 3:32 **almost bluesy midtempo skank with double tom beat, apparently a rather misogynist rant, but it’s hard to understand anything at all… 3. 3:47 ****uptempo rootsy bubble, fun crazed vocals. 4. 3:15 ***same downtempo riddim as track 10, but very slightly less warped dubplate. All about being a Very Naughty Boy and becoming a big star. 5. 3:57 *****excellent – downtempo electronic riddim with crazed vocals, lyrics both weird and true. 6. 3:44 ****bit of vocal intro, downtempo stepping razor skank, praise of Reggae. 7. 3:29 ***same riddim as previous track (too bad they don’t run together) – the dub; no vocals. 8. 3:51 ****jaunty upbeat skank, goofy lyrics. 9. 8:52 ***kill him? Oh – the roach in the corner! That’s ok then. Downtempo skank, bit of electronic noise, and very dubby dub. 10. 3:35 ***downtempo skank, pretty harmonies, all about trying to get the police not to arrest you for selling pot. That’ll work! 11. 3:56 ***same riddim as CD 1 track 10 and CD 2 track 4, lyrics all about loving your tourist pals. 12. 3:56 ****rather nondescript riddim with lots of tambourine, crazed gruff vocals from Buju Banton. | ||
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