rolling dancehall & reggae 2013

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