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
― rob, Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
Konshens "Mad Mi"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLmsMAA23nw
wau
― rob, Thursday, 31 May 2012 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
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
― rob, Sunday, 17 June 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
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
― rob, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbI-z6GDGQ&feature=relmfu
― rob, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 02:24 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 20 July 2012 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
weird that after he serves his sentence he has 45 days to return to Jamaica or face the original charges, no?
― rob, Friday, 20 July 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
yes, weird, weird.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 20 July 2012 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
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?
― rusty_allen, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Hnr_42-c8
on repeat this friday afternoon
― bugler, Friday, 3 August 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ absolutely massive and crushing
― smells like ok (soda) (dayo), Saturday, 4 August 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
that is incredible
― a hoy hoy, Sunday, 5 August 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Tim F, Monday, 6 August 2012 11:10 (eleven years ago) link
Popcaan is pretty nice on Summer Wave too, though not nearly as ebullient as Gaza Slim.
― rob, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 02:50 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― rob, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 02:52 (eleven years ago) link
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
― rob, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
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
― rob, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 03:22 (eleven years ago) link
^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
― rob, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
^^ 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.
― rusty_allen, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
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
― rusty_allen, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 02:09 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― rob, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
another current favorite, Aidonia's "Militancy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqrpyR2t0Ks
― rob, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
going to carnival this wkend for the first time! i'm excited
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 23 August 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
the first time??? it is the most fun
― just sayin, Thursday, 23 August 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
in the Uk or elsewhere?
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 23 August 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
in Notting Hill!
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 23 August 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
do many ppl on ilx go?? i never see talk abt it
― just sayin, Friday, 24 August 2012 09:19 (eleven years ago) link
i am going to be at the Good Times Bus tomorrow and along the parade route on Monday
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 25 August 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
Nasty love for me
― just sayin, Saturday, 25 August 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 27 August 2012 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
this could be a minute shorter, but I think it's the first thing I've heard from Masicka that suggested he has some range (haven't been paying strict attention tbf):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l79ZapGvhec&feature=related
― rob, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
^nice
cool production here from russian, that no diggity humming is endlessly catchy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH6YjyNjG9c
― chilli, Saturday, 1 September 2012 05:52 (eleven years ago) link
^my favorite Vybz track this year
― rob, Saturday, 1 September 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
My favourite Vybz tune this year is "Lip Gloss" but "Dynamite" is great.
― Tim F, Saturday, 1 September 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
XD XD XD
is there a Fall Jams thread?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GRFlBCHLHQ&feature=related
― rob, Saturday, 22 September 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
new video (which is terrible tbh but I like the song) from the soon to be free Busy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSRStNqbR8w&feature=BFa&list=UUu7Zk8EDuzM35hbS_Km7C-g
― rob, Friday, 28 September 2012 02:19 (eleven years ago) link
Cham over these stripped bare Dave Kelly-ish riddims have been such a highlight this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZJdbr7-8Io&feature=related
― rob, Friday, 28 September 2012 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
any other Oregonians read this thread? LargeUp posted this video the other day that was filmed here (somewhere in central OR from the landscape):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCxLJhWO8wM&feature=player_embedded
― rob, Saturday, 6 October 2012 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
another great Russian production:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIHtx3qQfKw
― rob, Saturday, 13 October 2012 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
This thread is such a browser killer, I think I'm going to stop embeds from here on out. If you haven't yet heard Lady Saw's "HEELS ON" go to youtube or spotify or whatever and do so immediately.
― rob, Monday, 15 October 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
As someone who loves updates on here and listens to every youtube i say NOOOOOOOOOO
just use bookmarks man
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 29 October 2012 11:36 (eleven years ago) link
Can’t argue with that.
After being super quiet for a lot of the year, Mavado has suddenly put out two great tunes back to back. Not surprisingly these are both Di Genius productions.
Touch Down:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un5AfeA3g4k
That's the clean version^, which I think I prefer. Here's the raw: http://youtu.be/zqi1itkhJc4.
Disrespect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB80acz0JPM
― rob, Monday, 29 October 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
this is rather nice isn't it?
I-Octane & Bounty Killer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGUVQXtZfgk
― rob, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
and another excellent combination (Gappy Ranks & Busy). riddim really evolves on this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7RL4zgCeos
― rob, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not always sold on Masicka's skills, but he manages to find himself on some of the more interesting productions out there, like this from Equiknoxx. The only downside is that they are frequently about a minute too long:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE6S2F7B6lU
― rob, Monday, 19 November 2012 01:28 (eleven years ago) link
Tifa and Spice's "Why Yuh Mad" might be the best thing I've heard all year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdMEBSVj_0s
I want to check out other voicings on this riddim (Dog Bite), but I can't stop playing this.
― rob, Thursday, 29 November 2012 03:07 (eleven years ago) link
Konshens put out so much stuff this year I started overlooking his tunes at some point and probably missed some good tunes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLn78Xk_iag
"like a Burger King combo"
― rob, Saturday, 15 December 2012 04:36 (eleven years ago) link
more Konshens tunes tunes tunes tunes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Nrc4JDBQQ
― rob, Saturday, 15 December 2012 04:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.afropop.org/wp/6432/running-down-the-year-part-1/
Someone named Sax*n Baird at afropop worldwide lists some of his fave caribbean tunes for 2012:
Machel Montano – Go Down (Loudspeaker Riddim)
Popcaan – “When Mi Party” (Summer Wave Riddim
Vybz Kartel – ” R U Ready” Ft Stylysh (Buss Up Riddim)
Tnght Riddim – The Heatwave Refix Featuring Mr. Lexx & Nikisha
he also likes Montreal dj Poirier – Soca Road EP
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 15 December 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
thanks curmudgeon--please post more lists if you find them. I haven't seen any yet. Last year I made a few friends a playlist of my favorite dancehall from the year, so I'll probably post that list here soon and nominate a bunch of it to the ILM poll. Would love to see anyone who reads this thread's lists too--top 5 or whatever.
That Montano track has shown up on at least one other list I saw. My girly taste means I like Natalie Storm ("Rock the Runway") on Loudspeaker and Gaza Slim ("Independent Ladies" raved about a bit upthread) on Summer Wave more.
― rob, Saturday, 15 December 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link