Rolling Dancehall & Reggae 2012

xp : never really cared that much for capleton, tbh (dunno why...prob too histrionic?), but yeah 'the return' is great.

the #TNS riddim is incredible, so many great voicings on this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Lo0OeXXqo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONRwk8XQ5ko

also feeling the Wet Up riddim a lot:

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

also, not to be all self-promoting and stuff but i wrote this and would like you guys' opinions - http://www.theclustermag.com/blog/2012/03/life-after-vybz/

still reading, but what riddim comes on after Hot Water in the mix?

Disorda riddim

ty, I like that a lot and had missed it

really nice piece and pretty thoroughly otm throughout. I don't think Tomahawk Technique was ever mentioned here, but ugh is it bad. Still waiting for Popcaan to do something as great this year as last--not really feeling that TNS track, but I think I just don't really love the riddim--but I didn't realize he was so young. Definitely agree that Lady Saw is having a shockingly great run right now. And yeah, everyone is right about Riva Stone.

really digging this

konshens - so mi tan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21AgmUWVPLo

yeah, that's excellent. I've lost count of solid Konshens tracks this year, dude is spoiling us and I never even bothered listening to his album. though I guess that riddim is from 2010 according to a (less good) Agent Sasco youtube I found.

Great article brainwasher!

also i f/ with all of these tunes.

the Love Bug riddim is a nice bit of summery warmth:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-r0GxYZl_U

awesome to see Cluster publishing all these ilxors writing about dancehall. Erin Macleod on sound clashes: http://theclustermag.com/blog/2012/04/sound-clash-ressurection/.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ko-MR8MsM&fmt=18

gorgeous

I-Octane making a grab for populist summer anthem status here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk1uEn7bmpE&feature=relmfu

xpost, always excited to check out Toi

Toi's gentle breeze voice is the perfect vehicle for a love=being stoned metaphor isn't it?

i'd love to have some of the dancehall cru join us for dancehall monday on turntable.fm: Link

to contribute, new track from demarco, apparently a popcaan diss (lol):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifw_UrwazXU

can't really do stuff like turntable.fm at work unfortunately. this thread bump reminds me I've been meaning to ask what everyone thinks of Potential Kidd's A Yuh So Nice which the internet tells me is very big in JA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o8GuRP8p28

i couldn't stand it at first, but that potential kidd is really good! a really different sound then most of the genre these days as well. though the part where he says he'd rather be a rapist than gay is somewhat offputting.

:/ christ, I didn't even notice that. otoh, i have to agree that it's initially very grating, which is probably why I didn't parse the lyrics

been thinking about bumping this thread just to double down on the 3 posts prior to potential kidd. the LoveBug riddim might be my favorite so far this year, at least in the sense of enjoying version after version. Washroom have smartly kept most of them at around the 2:00 mark, so it pretty much demands full-riddim mix treatment. The Toi is wonderful and the I-Octane is pleasantly reminiscent of Overproof from last year.

Love that Toi track!

"Coolie Gal" is several kinds of dubious, but it's sweet to hear Popcaan in such good form:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwJZf9aJ2Wc

This new Loudspeaker riddim from Mixpak has promise. Predictably excited to hear the Natalie Storm, but here's Machel Montano:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfWPPbDpODg

Konshens "Mad Mi"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLmsMAA23nw

wau

lol not sure why I was so waued by that^

playing catch up on June's releases and this Tuff Head riddim is a standout:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imYTOFc1cTQ&feature=relmfu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LZOaMckOGI&feature=relmfu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tr1tmzAths&feature=related

the mixtape pictured in that video is really good. It's not the most artfully mixed thing you'll ever hear though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbI-z6GDGQ&feature=relmfu

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/jamaican-dj-fugitive-on-drug-charges-for-10-years-pleads-guilty-to-skipping-us-trial/2012/07/19/gJQARUJ0vW_story.html

Glendale Goshia Gordon, who performs under the name Busy Signal, could face between 12 to 18 months in prison and a fine of $3,000 to $30,000, under sentencing guideline recommendations.

...

Gordon, 33, was charged in February 2002 with two counts related to cocaine trafficking, which carried a sentence of at least 15 years in prison. He fled the U.S. before his trial was to begin in Minnesota and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He has been a fugitive for the past decade.

“You knew you should appear, and you didn’t,” U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank said while asking Gordon a series of questions Thursday.

“Yes, your honor,” Gordon replied.

Gordon was detained by authorities in London in May and accused of traveling with false documents, including a passport that listed a different name. He returned to Kingston, Jamaica, and was arrested at the airport there.

weird that after he serves his sentence he has 45 days to return to Jamaica or face the original charges, no?

yes, weird, weird.

haven't been paying that much attention lately. hence...diggin' the 'tuff head' riddim posted upthread. dunno if they've been mentioned elsewhere, but i've also been quite enjoying the 'repja', 'overtime' and 'bassline' riddims - this last one is produced by genius.

anything i should really look up to?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Hnr_42-c8

on repeat this friday afternoon

^^^ absolutely massive and crushing

that is incredible

This sounds slightly more amazing played pitched up the way Robbo Ranx does it, but still:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvdGR4NgONM&feature=relmfu

Popcaan is pretty nice on Summer Wave too, though not nearly as ebullient as Gaza Slim.

Is Chris Martin's "Na Na Na" getting much airplay Tim? I wasn't pleasantly surprised to hear it on the radio in Bern rather randomly a few weeks ago.

this video should have been reserved for a Fatima al-Qadiri collaboration or something, but I found it a mesmerizing, awkward solution to Vybz being locked up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMsh8k2PIJE

apologies for bombing the thread, but has ILM talked about Tommy Lee's unhinged style yet?

(warning: very NSFW video and hateful lyrics):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PAhZxRuq2c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB2Ttw7owLU&feature=related

^still not sure about Tommy Lee: silly & cartoonish or genuinely unsettling?

anyway, this Tifa track is great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTa9nb_JgGU

^^ love it. oddly, that 'poolside' riddim instinctively seems the kind of stuff suited for some kind of threatening/deep/male vocal which makes 'hold on' even better for working out of that - biased, imaginary and probably stupid from my part - context.

can't muster enough will to listen to the tommy lee tunes, tbh.

this sounded great yesterday, while working late at night :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bip06lFzLlo

i think you're spot on re the Tifa and the expected gender dynamics. more broadly, no one in dancehall sounds like they're having nearly as much fun as Tifa this year. That faux-dramatic opening--the deep breath especially--to "Ex Man" still makes me chuckle every time.

lol, I didn't exactly sell Tommy Lee did I? idk, the Psycho video is sort of a mesmerizing attempt at being genuinely antisocial in a way I don't think I've seen in JA recently.

and yeah, Dust is nice! Ward 21's new riddim, Bex, is pretty good too, though no one voicing really stood out to me. had high hopes for Deewun with either Timberlee or Tifa, since last year's "Gimme 60" with Natalie Storm was a personal favorite, but I need to revisit them, kind of blended when I checked it out the other day.

another current favorite, Aidonia's "Militancy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqrpyR2t0Ks

going to carnival this wkend for the first time! i'm excited

the first time??? it is the most fun

in the Uk or elsewhere?

in Notting Hill!

do many ppl on ilx go?? i never see talk abt it

i am going to be at the Good Times Bus tomorrow and along the parade route on Monday

Nasty love for me

i just came back from both days at carnival and i'm like whoa

feel pummeled, essentially, but in a good way

norman jay was sick, crowd generally well behaved both days and some of the floats were outrageous. a few of them only had like 5 morose-looking guys nursing beers trailing behind, which was a little sad.