rolling dancehall & reggae 2015

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