Sevana has never really clicked for me, but "Mango" might be an exception:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-yeBrtOeek
Definitely intrigued by the idea of hyper-arranged rnb-dancehall
― rob, Friday, 31 July 2020 14:24 (three years ago) link
This is pretty fucking marvelous right? Aidonia & Govana, “Yeah Man”https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9R-tGfG9JmM
― rob, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 01:47 (three years ago) link
YES
― just sayin, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 02:36 (three years ago) link
it is
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 08:24 (three years ago) link
yah, this is dope
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
Really loving the new Popcaan mixtape as documented on his dedicated thread
Love to see him crossing the reggae/dancehall divide (which is being blurred so productively this year, I am super excited) on this new Protoje jam "Like Royalty":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFxyPB_LcBA
― rob, Friday, 7 August 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link
dont know where to put this, but its fun - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000l6zw
"The biggest dancehall rhythms of the last 35 years, as selected by 50 of the world's leading dancehall influencers - DJ’s, producers, journalists and artists.
Including contributions from Clevie, Tony Kelly, Sly Dunbar, Wayne Wonder, Buju Banton and Sean Paul."
― just sayin, Monday, 17 August 2020 06:14 (three years ago) link
I really like how much space some new riddims have, like on Intence's "Authentic"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgAS9kql9T8
― rob, Friday, 21 August 2020 14:16 (three years ago) link
^produced by Zimi who also did "Yeng" so that makes sens
― rob, Friday, 21 August 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
shouldn’t that be “sence”?
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 21 August 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
yeng
― rob, Friday, 21 August 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbPa0QH_zxALila Iké Live on TDC
― Nabozo, Saturday, 22 August 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
reposted that on her dedicated thread coz it needs more post(er)s
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 22 August 2020 18:49 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytCD7RtWrgA&ab_Vybz Kartel - Run DancehallHow does this guy get access to a studio in prison again ?
― Nabozo, Saturday, 12 September 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
Let it be known that I hate YouTube's way of linking up channels etc. Same for the new wiki thing of bringing you in the middle of the text.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytCD7RtWrgAVybz Kartel - Run Dancehall
― Nabozo, Saturday, 12 September 2020 16:39 (three years ago) link
A tease at only 2:00 but Shenseea & Tarrus Riley's "Lighter" is good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Pavo7eCmI
― rob, Saturday, 12 September 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
The new Dexta Daps album is very good. It’s More Songs About Fucking And Pussy, including this one with Spice:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCemP9EIXLs“A Plus”...and a few that aren’t:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TI2Gb3-CTA“Most Wanted”
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 13 September 2020 11:41 (three years ago) link
A new single from Daddy1, who rob posted about back in July:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur-V7_nweX8Daddy1 - Double Up
― vcrash, Thursday, 17 September 2020 09:18 (three years ago) link
Have you guys gotten into Rytikal yet? Feelin it
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 18 September 2020 00:43 (three years ago) link
His “Cookie Jar” is very good at least - and very much NSFW:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGOfoh_tOYE
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 18 September 2020 10:58 (three years ago) link
“My World” is good as well, in a different way (be warned: this video has an overdose of gun toting):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo62cqam424
Those are rad. I especially like the riddim on "My World"
Since everyone in the comments mentions Rytikal's similarity to him, I think we're overdue to note Skillibeng blowing up this year (though I think I actually liked the Rytikal I heard more).
Mr. Universe is the one afaict:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnWRXV3NqQA
― not right at all (rob), Friday, 18 September 2020 12:42 (three years ago) link
"Defy the Odds" worth a listen too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=livBTPJRwP0
― not right at all (rob), Friday, 18 September 2020 12:56 (three years ago) link
Brik pan brik still my fav skillibeng
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 18 September 2020 23:25 (three years ago) link
Dexta's Call Me If is the undisputed highlight of the Liquid Sunshine Riddim, but the whole thing has a nice vibe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ78X-MDiyA
Oh, and Danii Boo's Why goes hard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCwqgNqBj38
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 18 September 2020 23:30 (three years ago) link
“Call Me If” is also on Dexta’s Vent album, see above
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 19 September 2020 10:54 (three years ago) link
production on Skillibeng’s “Defy The Odds” is gorgeous.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 19 September 2020 12:44 (three years ago) link
Same. Seems likely Rytikal will shed the comparison p quickly. As per breastcrawl's post, the production on "Defy" is more interesting than the vocal, though I do like Mr. Universe.
Sorry to dispute, but I think the Liquid Sunshine version I'm most taken with is Denyque & Shanell Muir's "Same Guy," which would have been an event on ILM in 2012:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h9XJSekvL4
― rob, Saturday, 19 September 2020 13:09 (three years ago) link
Impeccable widescreen production from Di Genius (!) on this new Govana, "Strike Force"
CW: the video is violent: https://youtu.be/I7MsoX_sCMA
― rob, Saturday, 19 September 2020 13:15 (three years ago) link
The Denique is good, but Call Me If is *almost* good enough to get me divorced. Top ten song of the year to me.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 19 September 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
haha, well with that endorsement in mind I'll definitely revisit it
― rob, Saturday, 19 September 2020 16:03 (three years ago) link
get divorced to get with Dexta? lol what’s going on here, longneck?
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 19 September 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
lol, I'm still happily married thankyallverymuch. My somewhat exaggerated point was that no one can make adultery sound quite as paSHhhuuuuuhhhhnate as Dexta these days. It makes one want to live more dangerously. In a good way, of course.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 19 September 2020 22:38 (three years ago) link
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Ti4AAOSwvfRdtsx7/s-l300.jpg
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 19 September 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
I mean, to me at least, this is precisely the spirit that is lacking in r&b these days.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 19 September 2020 23:14 (three years ago) link
another great riddim on Skillibeng's "YK Dat Guh":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-6xvNXFxg
really excited about this new staccato style (see the Zimi productions above), basically the exact breath of fresh air I was hoping for
― rob, Thursday, 24 September 2020 13:30 (three years ago) link
Maybe this is hipster dancehall but I'm into ithttps://duppygun.bandcamp.com/album/bunout-boss-ep
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 20:16 (three years ago) link
RIP the absolute legend Bunny Lee
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/07/bunny-striker-lee-jamaican-reggae-producer-dies-aged-79
― rob, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
Iwaata continues an amazing year:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn2KI1sdJogIwaata, Bakersteez - Furda More
― vcrash, Friday, 9 October 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
^wasn't sure about Iwaata on that at first (he sounds so American it threw me), but Zimi is basically JA artist of the year for me at this point, he's bringing a blast of fresh air. But what else do you like from Iwaata? I haven't really listened to much since "Cut Off Jeans"
other good new stuff:
Rytikal, "90s"; this guy rules, thanks for mentioning him deej
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oxW67JKMhc
Skillibeng, "Crocodile Teeth"; love the last-track-on-the-trip-hop-album production here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMWdX1_cEXg
― rob, Saturday, 24 October 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
oh wait I forgot that I recently liked Iwaata's Zimi-produced* collab with Intence "Havoc"
*btw a little searching suggests Zimi might not be an individual
― rob, Saturday, 24 October 2020 13:37 (three years ago) link
he sounds so American it threw me
Also now realizing this is Bakersteez, who I read about in the Fader a long time ago and forgot about
― rob, Saturday, 24 October 2020 13:39 (three years ago) link
Some other Iwaata (who appears to have gotten rid of the space sometime in the last little while):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7acB7Ovq_NwLike How
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz8BpfeBGtUDigi Loan
I like the way he interacts with the riddim, generally - something kinetic-feeling about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST_Jx7NmnBEDetta Play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J9wJ1O1hx0Start It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWgjS4yjTVIScience
He's put out a ton of videos over the course of the pandemic.
― vcrash, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLW83_mSgls
Masego feat. Shenseea - Silver Tongue Devil
Romantic stuff, Wizkid vibes, love it.
― Nabozo, Saturday, 14 November 2020 20:36 (three years ago) link
haha I just this minute made a post about Masego on the rolling r&b thread! great minds et cetera.this track is produced by IzyBeats of Koffee fame btw (for the longest time I assumed that their producer tag was in fact Koffee’s own tag)
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Saturday, 14 November 2020 21:27 (three years ago) link
ooh that is nice! Izy is so good with guitars
― rob, Saturday, 14 November 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
Masego catching a fire over on the rolling r&b thread fyi & btw
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
Alkaline — "Buryberry" [sic?]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILFKfDwwc4
It's been a while since I heard Alka on a riddim like this (light as air), it took a second to adjust but then it clicked completely, reminds me a bit of the "City" era
― rob, Saturday, 5 December 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
Teejay with a banger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRwTbXN6U5k
"City of Gods" (I also like his "Big Drip" a lot)
― rob, Saturday, 5 December 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
I love the deep sub-marine, almost dub-techno riddim on Jahvillani & Skillibeng's "Smooth":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDHKi_cw5Ec
― rob, Saturday, 5 December 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link