rolling dancehall & reggae 2013

on the one hand, this is really obvious; on the other, it pushes every button i want pushed in the summer

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

this is lots of fun too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrskxzl2Aek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU54hyb474c
liking this assassin, he's really excellent at his top form. good to see di genius still producing too, he seems to have gravitated away from riddim releases recently

I see that Chronixx is doing some US East Coast shows in a few weeks.

Been without Internet access at home for a couple of weeks and I got a few things I wanted to share here, but this is taking precedence right now. Probably doesn't quite belong in this thread but this Lea Anna song is gorgeous:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oDNoKWfbiA

I see that account has been terminated. Not sure if this will stick:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIakw7OD7uM

While I miss their collaborations, O and Cham on Madhouse's Boom riddim are my favorite thing from the past couple of months:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq7ytw8M75g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq7ytw8M75g

lol having youtube troubles today:

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

Shouldn't the summer jams thread have started by now? J Capri & Charly Black's "Whine & Kotch" (prod. by Russian, er it's RVSSIAN now I guess)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKJIIHgy1E0

I'm already sick of the Year of the Comeback, but damn Ninjaman's new tracks this year have been fiery:

"Dawg Nyam Yuh Supper"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOiB8Cpy5cA

"Ninja Mi Ninja"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD03R0aPd6Y

recognition is due that Popcaan probably has 2013's maybe-trying-too-hard-but-still-apt summer anthem here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWUfahDBcs0

rebel mc returns and pulls in a few chums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guc3xSj7wQs

loving this.

Mavado + Spice, who has been on fire this year (Mavado not so much):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSqm64JnO4c

Blak Ryno "#1 Stunna"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sef897XINcw

Konshens "Tan Up An Wuk"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXXR7QWLJbw

that Agent Sasco/Di Genius track, "Tell Unuh," chilli posted a couple months ago is great. Sasco is also my favorite on the hyper infectious Moggela Riddim:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC8cBncDRyk

Konshens is good on that one too ("How We Living").

Agent Sasco has been great this year.

'Next Top Model', 'Tell Unuh' and 'Shell' are all terrific.

Very true and I haven't even heard Yeezus yet.

poor neglected thread, here is a great Chronixx tune:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ7Yoj5QwiA

this should probably be noted though I'm not sure it works (Mavado f. Nicki Minaj):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylbysq2r90E

it's a bit of an attempt to rewrite "hold yuh" on nicki's part

have been feeling these

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKJIIHgy1E0

I'm coming around to it, but the Mavado/Nicki thing feels a little undercooked. Nicki's rap is definitely a near carbon copy of her "Hold Yuh" appearance. I quite like her singing at 2:38 and the last minute or so works much better imo. It's too bad they decided to use both her vocal approaches, which is something no one has ever said about Minaj before.

both those songs you posted are great and they remind me that there are a few major hits that haven't been posted in this thread yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAnrv0Kye0w

hi dere Vybz Kartel, this is a total jam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiVPv8kI2Kw

there's been a ton of great 90s influenced stuff this year. JA music is so adept at using its past this stuff all sounds fresh to me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOvUW2NOcdQ

this is nice too, though the intro with Konshens voicing So Mi Tan over the Real Rock riddim is such a tease, would love to hear more that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQyGMHNR614

great finds! that "hi" is taken from some stock rap sample, no?

can any of you guys ID this song/artist?

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0NGiffZvTwg

RIP Prince Jazzbo

http://www.factmag.com/2013/09/12/legendary-reggae-artist-prince-jazzbo-has-died/

dwfx, that song doesn't ring any bells. What's it recorded from?

I have played "hi" on repeat since I posted that. The lyrics are amazing.

I don't live in the UK but this new Stylo G seems poised to be pretty massive:

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

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dOGyzVzVk8

It's curious that it's coming out in 2013, but Busy Signal spitting over Sarkodie's "U Go Kill Me" is nice:

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

I kind of stopped paying attention to Tommy Lee Sparta after he swerved from the horrorcore/goth stuff and got goofy, but this video makes a strong case for his aesthetic remaining potent, the vibes anything but pure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Dci1u6L3s

Samantha J's "Tight Skirt" making a compelling argument for teenpop-dancehall:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqs4uuq8cPY

Loads of good stuff on the Toasted riddim, all of it super slack (apart from Kartel's brilliantly out of character "School"):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4j1keZzX5k

Busy should be getting subsidized to release these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3WYse6XfCQ

This Shy FX and Liam Bailey song sounded good when it came out, but in this freak snow & freezing cold we're having in Oregon, it's like a revelation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW-AHPZ5YEM

I need to finish going through everything on this thread and your ilx nomination list...lots of good stuff

thanks man! I plan on posting an EOY list with links at some point, probably closer to christmas. I've been super busy and need to catch up on recent stuff. interesting to see what dancehall others nominated--quite a few tracks where I couldn't pick between two songs from one artist (like "Chronixx's "Here Comes Trouble") ended up getting nommed--I was trying to be a bit more strategic with my nominations this year, though tbh I think Differentology is the only one with a shot.

Yep, seems like that's the one crossing over a bit

signs of life from Ward 21:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqBopETgbd4

I already mentioned this on the Bunji Garlin "Differentology" thread, but I really love this melancholy comedown:

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

and this imperious viking call to arms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3c5gH9UzvU

the year in making fun of dancehall artists:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xyAAjIiDSA

listening to more soca will be my new year's resolution for 2014

argh, missed that s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xyAAjIiDSA

resisted this all year, but it's christmas right:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zCoCa6b6cU

missed this Cham a few months back. rediscovered on this excellent mix by The Large:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmSGDaW1btw

also just realized I never posted Dye Dye here (this couldn't be much more NSFW, even the nominally clean version):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s47FeilYwQs

my favourite dancehall of the year, in no particular order:

agent sasco - tell ununh
aidonia - fi di jockey
blak ryno - #1 stunna
denyque - all night long
konshens - drink and rave
lea-anna - find my love
popcaan - unruly rave
samantha j -tight skirt
stylo g - soundbwoy
tommy lee - maniac
vybz kartel - hi

I'll heartily cosign that whole list and add:

chronixx - odd ras & here comes trouble
ninjaman - dawg nyam yuh supper
tifa - lyrically educated
macka diamond - dye dye
qq - ghetto gal
j capri and konshens - pull up to mi bumper
vybz kartel - school
shy fx - soon come
denyque - make me believe you

glad someone here likes that Samantha J track. I posted that to my women-in-dancehall tumblr and picked up like 100 teenaged followers.

i have to thank you rob, i'm pretty sure my first listen to most of those tracks came as a result of your posts on this thread.

i cosign those tracks in your list, many of them nearly made my list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7L7PTS_4jY

new thread: rolling dancehall & reggae 2014