rolling dancehall & reggae 2015

dig this 90s-ish Popcaan track "Fix Tings". excited to see if he can keep momentum going this year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNioow7FCNY

also feel obliged to mention this pretty credible Eddie Murphy song "Oh Jah Jah"

on second listen, I'd like to upgrade "dig" to "love"

pretty sweet riddim from Digitall on this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc_dIRHlV7E

Both those songs are great, although i haven't been able to bring myself to listen to the Eddie Murphy track. Hopefully Popcaan does attempt to build on his increased profile this year. It's nice to see dancehall getting coverage in areas in which it is usually invisible.

Hope for 2015: Spice gets a similar level of coverage. She is the most vital dancehall artist of the moment and deserves a much wider audience. It's very pleasing to see her getting props in various end of year polls, but i really hope this overdue respect breaks out from these dancehall specific areas.

Konshens sounds great on the Brit Jam Riddim.

Konshens - Bring Back Love Making

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7st9rZp-o

CeCile is brilliant over the Cute Bubble Riddim, which is the same riddim as 'Lyrics to the Song' by J Capri. It's not as vital as that version but it's still accomplished.

CeCile - I Wanna Fuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9NFDpFTrnI

ha, I did not know that riddim was called Cute Bubble, very apt. Lyrics to the Song slowly grew on me and ended up being one of my favorite tracks for the year. ^that is probably the best thing I've heard from CeCile since "Back Way"

cosign on Spice. lyrically she's probably a little too extreme for crossover potential, but I would think she'd be an easy figure for non-dancehall stans to pick up on. Like A Man should have broken out even if it is pretty inside baseball.

general EOY thought for me: does anyone here fuck with Alkaline? I've liked songs of his I've heard on mixes, but whenever I listen to him in isolation I can't get into it, so I've basically stopped bothering and think I might be missing some good stuff. or is he just a third-gen Kartel copy with the boundary-pushing turned up obnoxiously high?

"Back Way" meant "Ride"

gregus, you didn't mention that Cute Bubble was a ladies-only riddim. these are all pretty great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sljEy-TBLM

http://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/3Hut52sC4BKkS8yd7vNmE3

I also do not see anything in Alkaline, his whole personality and performance seems a poor amalgamation of other more talented artists. His new track 'Ride On Me' is terrible, a extremely poor Young Thug facsimile. His popularity/notoriety seems to have been predicated, as Spice mentions in 'Like A Man', almost exclusively as a result of him apparently tattooing his own eyeballs.

'Ice Queen' by Yvbz Kartel and Toian is just destined to be a massive hit. It's also my favourite Kartel since 'Mamacita'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy3ISTGJSvk

Sevana 'Bit Too Shy'. A lilting ballad that is helping to warm these cold January days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u8XYe1_5n4

Forks, i love the idea of a spotify playlist, is it possible for someone other than you to add to it?

I don't mind monitoring it; if you wanna start your own for your own picks plus these (and that's a smart thing to do!) you can just pull from that list and modify as you want?

(but if you see something pop up on spotify post facto that isn't on the list feel free to send ilx mail to remind me?)

nice one forks, very much appreciated (plus all the other rolling lists too)

I did not know that Toi had become Toian and was still releasing stuff, that is *very* exciting! "Ice Queen" is fantastic. I'm enjoying the annual tradition of Kartel duetting with my favorite overlooked female singers featuring the lyrics "you deserve it".

apparently Toian has a roots EP coming out next month. by the sound of "Rude Boys", it could be excellent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flrdtKwINHQ

I don't dislike Kranium on this, but man I hope Latty J gets to put out some solo stuff this year. she took that ward 21 sleng-teng-y riddim last year but was left off the release for some reason:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Nw-t6IDXY

speaking of Kartel, this track was on some EOY list I read and it's pretty fire, though fair warning this is a lyrics video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyYlJcZPa6I

This is the first thing I've heard by her, but she has become my favourite new dancehall artist on the strength of this. I love the contrast between the pop vocals of the chorus and the hardness of the verses.

Badgyal Unyx - Ekpi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgQOkVmSuPg

This track does nothing special, but on these cold dark days, this riddim, and collection of artists, cheers me up.

Chi Ching Ching - Way Up Stay Up (Feat. Beenie Man & Popcaan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZMwzvPMYL4

Busy continues to carve out his own niche:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nw7IPfUe5k

sometimes I wish his choices cohered into more of a plan but I also like so much of what he does just drifting from sound to sound

I like Popcaan going against the good-vibes grain of this riddim:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbd2rGocRdE

missed this one back in October. or maybe it didn't sound quite as nice as it does in frigid February?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyPDZBSg9xs

been trying to figure out which thread to post this in. obv it's not really dancehall, but I'm not sure Murlo has really earned his own thread just yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF7cWbsW3ls

just popping in overly late to say that spice ep recommended upthread is brilliant. i'd heard "like a man" at the time but somehow it slipped my mind, it's quite something tho

XD, I definitely had the thought last year at some point: "why isn't lex repping for Like A Man?" do check out the whole Cute Bubble riddim too if you haven't yet

Popcaan continuing his roll:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00rlTrZyEYo

lots of good versions on this dark bubbling Fix Up riddim. Popcaan's is good, but here's Mavado for variety's sake:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jp72aste54

Dexta Daps lovely "7eleven" is hitting pretty big in JA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LyHNcEx7jY

^^counting down until I can post that one on the summer jams thread tbh

I'm glad this piece on Assassin not being credited on rap songs was written, and I hope he does get credited on that Kendrick track when it's more official: http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2015/03/12/392541701/assassin-raps-best-kept-secret.

wringing my hands over dancehall's lack of crossover success feels pretty pathetic, but it is a little frustrating thinking how good some 90s-style rap-ragga collaborations would sound right now -- feel like there's a lot of dancehall in rap's current DNA that would make it a seamless connection.

There's a ton of good stuff on this ZJ Liquid tape: https://soundcloud.com/zj-liquid/ruppinz-mixtape-dancehall-2015.

Leads off with this Kartel banger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMJD7N-f1x8

I guess it's Assassin week on the internet? http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/10/interview-why-kanye-and-kendrick-keep-putting-assassin-on-their-songs

http://static.unitedreggae.com/music/disc/disc-3285-protoje-ancient-future.jpg

^ this is excellent (that's Protoje's new Ancient Future album if you've got images off).

the production is immaculate and draws from all kinds of sources: the diva-ish "Love Gone Cold" is disco-reggae; "Answer to Your Name" is big-beat-esque ska; lots of hip-hop influence all over it. I particularly liked when it draws on the harder early 80s Roots Radics proto-dancehall sound (which people were just praising on the dub/reggae for idiots thread) rather than just the usual 70s roots sources. It's a good fit for his delivery which reminds me of those early-rap influenced deejays like Welton Irie.

nice piece by Erin Macleod here: http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/mar/12/protoje-i-wanted-to-capture-the-history-of-jamaican-music

That sounds GREAT on contact; i'm into it

7 Eleven is one of my favourite songs of the year, I wholeheartedly second Rob's suggestion of it being a summer jam. The track he did with Tifa has really grown on me as well.

Dexta Daps & Tifa - Jealous Ova

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVaeCfs09Xk&list=WL&index=6977

Anyone who loved 'Snake Charmer' or 'Back It Up' should love this:

Destiny Sparta -Hot Gyal Wine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3TSgGolEAM&index=72&list=WL

yeah "Jealous Ova" is great, though I didn't realize I'd only heard the clean version until I downloaded the (very) explicit one

good call on that Destiny Sparta. have you head D'Angel's "Nah Lef"? I think you'd like it: https://soundcloud.com/djkaas/nah-lef-dangel-autoban-r

I particularly liked when it draws on the harder early 80s Roots Radics proto-dancehall sound (which people were just praising on the dub/reggae for idiots thread) rather than just the usual 70s roots sources.

Guess I will re-listen to these Protoje tracks. My first listen all the way through just gave me an its ok (but derivative feel). But yeah, since he tries it all from ska onward, I can see him getting hype from some who would not otherwise (and attention from folks like me who want someone who can do all that, but somehow want it to sound new and fresh)

I try not to overhype the 'roots revival' crew since it wasn't too long ago that I would never have even tried this stuff on principle (and I think that applies to the majority of reggae fans on ILM), but I do think this sound has gotten much sharper and in Chronixx they've found a really charismatic singer to serve as a focal point. I had low-ish expectations for Ancient Future, compared to Chronixx, so my reaction was def pleasant surprise and I can see it not clicking for others, though tbrr 'derivative' is kind of missing the point.

The Roots Radics sound connection in that post was mostly a reference to "Bubblin" so maybe start there if you're giving it another try ("Criminal" is also nice).

Thanks. Good points. I do really like Chronixx voice. I know some folks who are quite fond of the roots revival sound so am curious to see what others more into other styles think of such artists.

It's a fine line for me for sure. That forthcoming rootsy Toian EP I mentioned upthread turned out to be pretty bad

This is a quick, quarterly reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and a few album selections) are being posted as updated to a thread-specific Spotify playlist that I'm maintaining. I just did a quick sweep prior to posting this message and updated as of today with everything that's been added on Spotify since it was first mentioned.... dancehall is really well represented on Spotify and well over 90% of what's been talked about on thread is up for listening.

That playlist is currently a bit more than two hours of music and is clickable below. Give it a spin and subscribe if you want to listen along through the year.

Rolling Dancehall and Reggae 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist

I am also pretty excited about this free show in Central Park at SummerStage:

Saturday June 27 - 3pm - VP Records 35th Anniversary with Maxi Priest + Gyptian + Bunji Garlin and Fay Ann Lyons + Massive B (Bobby Konders and Jabba)

cf. rolling afropop, but now that Patoranking is on VP I feel fine posting this here. the bass on this ("Daniella Whine") is immense:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljkLsq887rA

glad I waited for the video to post Busy Signal's genius/instantly dated "Text Message"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl1CsAdfaLk

today is tomorrow

great stuff; love busy so much

quite like this Ricky Blaze-produced Alexus Rose (who I know nothing about) remix with Kranium: https://soundcloud.com/fmerecordings/alexus-rose-feat-kranium-left-out-remix

Talking of remixes, this remix of 'Dancehall' featuring Spice, Konshens and Gaza Tussan is terrific, even better than the original. The main benefit being hearing properly recorded vocals over the beat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6mp10tO89w

The 'Civil War' riddim is great, my favourite on it is Ryme Minista 'Murda Dem'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2aEPIQvqZI&list=WL&index=99

Given the first warm weather of the year where I live, '7 Eleven', 'Jealous Ova' and this new track by Ishawna, 'Glory Glory (Good Fuck)' have been sound tracking my days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkL0YQZl2Eg&index=84&list=WL

Sorry that lats track posted is actually 'Wah do Dem' by Vanessa Bling aka Gaza Slim. Which, despite not meaning to post it, is also great.

This is 'Glory Glory' by Ishawna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbu7XDXvtA

"7 Eleven" has stayed in constant rotation for me, fantastic song. have been returning to Cute Bubble a lot too

that Dancehall remix is hot! nice to enjoy Konshens on something, it's been a while for me. also Spice has been relatively quiet this year, though I dig the throwback vibes on "Needle Eye Pum Pum":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj9_cZKCAIY

and the new video for "Back Bend" is another thesis waiting to be written:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSfZV4_GqZI

of course five minutes after posting that about Konshens I hear the excellent "1000 Forward":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scm3rlZEhYg

XD XD at this new Stush:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B7GtUynDEM

Sorry that lats track posted is actually 'Wah do Dem' by Vanessa Bling aka Gaza Slim. Which, despite not meaning to post it, is also great.

oh hey this *is* great. I'd only checked out the other voicings on this riddim and hers is much better

I Octane's "Dont Stop di Vibes" is pretty much perfect apart from being on the On Fleek riddim:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3WnuO0nqfw

I was going to apologize for liveblogging this thread today, but every time I check sna I don't feel so bad about it

never apologise the last three weeks' worth of posts in here contain straight fire. "7eleven" and "back bend" in particular >>>>>>

that ishawna single is a very funny juxtaposition, also discovered her "restraining order" from last year which is brilliant

It's approaching the time of the year when I really want to cane loads of dancehall and those Spice tracks are brilliant.

also it is extremely fantastic to hear stush back

yeah, I cannot believe that Stush video only has 189 views, but I don't have much of a sense of her career from over here

That new Stush is fantastic, particularly lyrically. I agree that it is depressing to see that song have such a pathetic number of views, but not that surprising given that the first time I was even aware that song existed was when you posted it.

'Bend Over' is equally impressive. Spice is just imperious at this point.

Unsurprisingly Ishawna releasing a gospel song comparing great sex to a transcendental religious experience has led to some criticism.

http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20150413/news/news1.html

Which basically just gives me another reason to enjoy it.

Given the discussion regarding accreditation and tokenism about Agnet Sasco/Assassin, this new song shows drives home why it is so depressing how one of the most consistently thrilling performers in dancehall is continually used in the role of what is essentially a live sample.

Agent Sasco - Real Bad Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG-wjZnEMtw

started grad school so I barely have time to do any listening let alone posting, but you should hear Popcaan's version on Life Support if you haven't:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNr0CbQk6Fk

Idk if anyone uses Google Play but I've set my 2015 Dancehall & Soca playlist on there to public so here it is anyway - it's a few tracks longer than the thread specific spotify one:

https://play.google.com/music/playlist/AMaBXymCOVU6tU7Im5znEQSxA0DA_kDFRYpNQYLPbAnNvt9vwvTnF4u1mDRFJ8ePu1QNuvJoeIXD81vtI6jvwQmA1NusdNOm0Q==

Vershon's "Inna Real Life" is number 1 in JA right now, at least according to the random chart I look at sometimes, it's nice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNjcgy7pV2Y

this starts with a barrage of unfortunate similes, but is pretty worth reading: http://www.vogue.com/projects/13362670/reggae-revival-jamaica-chronixx-protoje-roots-music/

no idea which thread to put this in (LargeUp called this 'afro-soca'), but this Suit of Black (Assassin, Bunji Garlin, and Kardinal Offishall) track is nice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rBBHxVPTC0

Fay-Ann Lyons and Mavado on the same riddim:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXY0vPGFl-Q

(and apparently afrosoca is the producer's term)

rob, which charts are you checking? I try to look around but most of these sites seem pretty non-authoritative.

Definitely not authoritative: http://www.reggae-vibes.com/jamtop20/jamtop20.html
I basically just use that to see if there's some big track I've missed through my haphazard youtubing and random blogs

Thanks, I've been using that one a bit too. Keeping up with dancehall/soca is a full time job it seems. I wish there was some sort of official chart.

As we move to the end of the year, I'd like to drop a quick note to encourage any readers / lurkers / ilxors to post their favorite dancehall / soca / reggae / tropical / roots tracks from this year to the thread so that I can hoover them into the ongoing spotify playlist. Last chance for any accessible stragglers that may not already be in the lexicon.

forks, Weed Is My Best Friend is up on spotify now: https://open.spotify.com/album/4H2r6DRRwodfh0bQu6Mhop

some recent stuff I like:

Tifa, "Ratings"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmoaWWOVrDo

after J Capri's accident (relieved to read today she is headed to a full recovery!) I looked up some of her tunes I missed earlier this year. Really like "Heat My Love":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpJj6st4G68

and "Tuff Love":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=47&v=IOVlT73zxjw

^sorry for fucked up URL. neither J Capri is on spotify, but here is the Tifa: https://open.spotify.com/album/49qIpekzDVW2sqFQ36yz7P

love love love j capri, didn't know she was injured.

added "wife me" and "ole digga" with Konshens (hit as an american single in '15).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-tllfgXpWw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5q83A_r8V4

Can I just say mood riddim?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjNXrmFKJ6U

Also willing to stan for Vybz' Viking in EOY polls. Just putting that out there.

oh shit, RIP j capri. i had no idea she'd been in an accident :(

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Singjay-J-Capri-dies

Oh no, RIP :( So young and already with so many classic singles - "Lyrics To The Song", "Reverse It", "Pull Up...", "Wine & Kotch" ...

:( RIP. Likkle is one of my top jams this year.

that's terrible, RIP. what a promising, though already amazing career as etc said.
I knew about the accident but they'd just reported a couple days ago that she was likely to recover :(

aw man. RIP.

Popcaan has had such a quietly awesome year. I can't imagine him attempting something like this before now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Xq2THQXNk

If he put together a mixtape of his best 2015 tracks, in some ways it would be better than WWCF

^sorry, that's the "rough" version of "God Alone", here's the final mix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rBb4UV0FpA

and I guess I never even posted "Way Up"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWLT4OZjIyI

did anyone here ever get into Samantha J's "Tight Up Skirt" from a while back? it was cuet kinda teenpop-dancehall. she did a song with Dej Loaf earlier this year too that I wanted to like but it didn't quite get into. this is promising:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qCTkXGTzE4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRdSFi4KvDE

missed this Dexta Daps song over the summer (Who Bad):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRdSFi4KvDE

oof, Dexta link is actually: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RosT0LHkZWs

somehow missed this Charly Black song that has 20+ million views (!!) and, judging by the comments, is huge in latin america:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K71gPNn52vE

reading back over the thread I feel obliged to acknowledge that I got over my aversion to Alkaline a little bit, especially this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nTe4rdSVWw

can't summon the will to sort out which Kartel tracks are worth listening to and which were scraped out of the bottom of the barrel, but "Pressure" is good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SPV2TbLBg0

I'm sure there are others, longneck?

also, I just posted this in the Soca thread and nommed it in the eoy poll, so while I'm generally spamming the board, you really need to hear this Olatunji track, Big Business:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8r9UtFvegg

Yeah, I'm behind on all the Kartels that have been flooding the market these past months. And once you do get behind it's easy to mistake something old for something new, etc. But I'll try to make an effort soon. Looks like this one is picking up steam right now:

https://soundcloud.com/21sthapilos/vybz-kartel-mile-high-club-pink-eye-riddim-kwashawna-records-2015-21st-hapilos

yeah, thats not bad! terrible riddim name though

R.I.P J Capri. One of the most exciting artist with the most potential to have emerged in years. Having listened to her music a lot in the last week, I think her best track is 'Lyrics To The Song'. Not quite as immediate as some of her other tunes, it's the kind of song that becomes more vital every time you hear it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5J2_PJoDtw

And from this year 'Likkle' is terrific

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwiFq23v_Yg

Speaking of Kartel I really like 3am:

http://youtu.be/tmSJkegVeTk

hey any of you aware of a good year end summary and/or list for dancehall? feel like I am pretty behind. there is an pirate urban radio station in Boston that plays a lot of dancehall and I am digging much of it a lot but I am pretty out of the loop otherwise

these guys have a terrible name but are good selectors imo - http://www.dummymag.com/lists/the-best-dancehall-riddims-of-2015-according-to-hipsters-dont-dance

HDD do good work, lots of great stuff on that list. I haven't seen any other lists yet. Largeup usually does one but they're pretty rare ime.

Yeah, that's a good list. Lots of favourites.

Largeup's list came out a while back:

1. Vybz Kartel, "Dancehall"
2. Busy Signal, "Text Message"
3. Jamie XX featuring Popcaan and Young Thug, "Good Times"
4. Vershon, "Inna Real Life"
5. R City, "Locked Away"
6. Popcaan, "Rup Rup (Bad Inna Real Life)"
7. Future Fambo, "Bloodclaute Song"
8. Aidonia, "Nuh Boring Gyal"
9. Busy Signal, "What If"
10. Mavado, "Up Like 7"/"Boy Like Me"
11. Dexta Daps, "7Eleven"/"Shabba Madda Pot"
12. Kranium, "History"
13. Spice, "Needle Eye"
14. Alkaline, "Fleek"
15. Gyptian, "All On Me"

They've got a soca and a riddim list too.

inna real life is so good

thanks all for sharing these lists too

vershon is performing in Boston tonight at the holiday party of one the pirate stations I mentioned so they've been playing that tune a million times a day

dancehall pirate radio station holiday party sounds like a pretty great time

kind of a weird, confused list from LU, but I suppose it accurately reflects their crossover dreams and attachment to a handful of established artists. also super male-dominated, though tbf this wasn't that stellar a year for women in dancehall

list seems fair enough, though perhaps more perfunctory than celebratory. "their crossover dreams and attachment to a handful of established artists" = r city, fambo, aidonia?

girls weren't up to snuff this year, don't force it. 'cheerful giver' is the only thing i'd have considered iirc and even that rather came and went

hdd list is money for old rope really but you're unlikely to find better around these days i suppose

"It’s rare in dancehall that a clean version is better than the dirty (raw) but"

this was a bizarre statement... stone tablet of truth in years gone by but notably v much reversed in the last couple; to me it now seems like all the original songwriting goes into the cleans and the raws are the ancillary afterthought products just for slackness in the dance purposes (actually dexta on seh feh mentioned upthread is the only one that comes to mind this year where the clean was a lazy sfx sop)

it has indeed been p magical how u can hear 'inna real life' one million billion times and it never does get old or anything less than thoroughly amenable

quite possibly the secret weapon is its beginning with [raises eyebrow] "KWETHTYON" which is always great and the best and cutest intro lisp since 'no more' by 3lw

this has been the only decent bit of dancehall writing published worldwide in 2015 and i claim my five pounds ty

dancehall pirate radio station holiday party sounds like a pretty great time

ya i would've loved to have gone but i got two little kids/worknight/etc., it was called "irie christmas", all day yesterday they were broadcasting from a jamaican restaurant until the party at some club

list seems fair enough, though perhaps more perfunctory than celebratory. "their crossover dreams and attachment to a handful of established artists" = r city, fambo, aidonia?

perfunctory is a fairer way of putting it, and since this is likely to be the only list I see, I'm not mad at it.
established artists = gyptian and mavado, though "dancehall" at number 1 feels awfully *shrugs*
crossover dreams = r city and jamie xx, and as much for what they wrote as for their inclusion. they didn't even mention OMI though so points for that.

absolutely would share in that eyeroll for 'dancehall' except lol i truly honestly do feel gaza tussan miraculously hits some essential leyline vein on his appearance on the remix. can hardly explain but in his total pointless never-to-be-repeated anonymity he fucking nails the titular it with an improv classic verse imo, whatever that it be

#1 should prob still be '7eleven' tho. do feel like a lot of onlookers recoiled when/if they eventually realised dexta was not so cutesy nice after all but instead a brilliant anarchic splice of jackie wilson and mavado

mavado himself was dominant on every single thing he touched this year, deserved placings and really should even have featured more. gyptian maybe more of a gripe but i can't easily let go of the sentiment for him either tbf

i liked the all-dancehall mix of 'good times' w/ assassin, konshens and kranium (gr8 album btw) even if it did take way too long to come out

rest of 'dancehall' past tussan is obv tourist tat tho yeah

Rumors is really great, wasn't expecting much of a splash but it deserves more attention for sure. and yeah the Dre Skull remix of 'good times' is nice but lol yes I didn't even know it had finally officially been released

been revisiting some Mavado tunes since your post, and "My League" is also v good. I will have to give that tussan verse another listen next

Chronixx on dancehall riddims always welcome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh9nsr1yX-A

I'm wrapping this playlist for the year. It has been updated with a few new adds (Vybz, Ishawna, Samantha J, Gyptian) and includes every track mentioned on thread that is available via Spotify's US catalogue as of EOY 2015. If I missed something or if a track comes available sometime in the future, bump here to let me know and I'll add.

Rolling Dancehall and Reggae 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist