VA-From Jamaica With Love-Reggae Summer Hits-2007-SPLiFF

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Posted:2008-10-14 16:57:25 | Category:Reggae

VA-From Jamaica With Love-Reggae Summer Hits

ARTiST...... : VA
TiTTlE...... : From Jamaica With Love-Reggae
lABEl....... : VP Records/Hardwax
GENRE....... : Reggae
ENCOdER..... : Lame 3.97
QUAlitY..... : VBR 44.1kHz
StORE dATE.. : 00-00-2007
RElEASE dAtE : 10-11-2008
SiZE........ : 89,2 MB
TRACkS...... : 19

t r a c k s Û

01 Krystal & Shabba Ranks°-°Twice My Age 03:44
02 Ini Kamoze°-°Hot Stepper 03:45
03 Tenor Saw°-°Ring The Alarm 03:10
04 Sister Nancy°-°Bam Bam 03:10
05 Althea & Donna°-°Uptown Top Ranking 03:29
06 Wayne Smith°-°Under Mi Sleng Teng 03:20
07 Cutty Ranks°-°A Who She Me Dun 03:31
08 Mr Vegas°-°Heads High [Kill Dem With It] 03:40
09 Tanya Stephens°-°Google 02:56
10 Tanto Metro & Devonte°-°Give It To Her 03:31
11 Beenie Man°-°Romie 03:45
12 Sean Paul°-°Infiltrate 03:38
13 Beenie Man°-°Who Am I 03:16
14 Sean Paul°-°Deport Them 03:08
15 Shabba Ranks & Deborah°-°Mr Loverman 05:31
16 Foxy Brown°-°Baby Can I Hold You Tonight 03:30
17 Wayne Wonder & Buju Banton°-°Bonafide Love 03:47
18 T.O.K.°-°Footprints 03:32
19 Sizzla°-°Just One Of Those Days 03:51
68:14 min

n o t e s

Reggae Summer Hits is part of Australian record
label, Hardwax's (in collaboration with VP
Records), seven part collection of Jamaican music
spanning ska, roots, lovers, dub, one drop and
dancehall.

The selection kicks off with Shabba Ranks' massive
tune Twice My Age, on the riddim of the same name,
released in 1988. Both tune and riddim are
dancehall classics in their own rite - most
recently the riddim was released under the name
Twice Again in 2006, updated as a bashment riddim
by Steely and Cleevie.

Following, is a selection of reggae dancehall
staples and arguably some of the most recognised
reggae dancehall tunes. Tenor Saw's seminal hit
Ring the Alarm was released in 1985, at the
beginning of the digital dancehall age. The song
features one of the most remixed and re-used
riddims of all time ? the Stalag 17 riddim, (check
Sister Nancy's Bam Bam for another version).

Another highly remixed riddim/tune, Under Mi Sleng
Teng, also features. With over 180 versions
existing, Sleng Teng is regarded by many as the
very first fully digital riddim, and was also
released in 1985, by King Jammy.

With the incredibly infectious A Who She Me Done by
Cutty Ranks, the selection turns to the nineties
dancehall sound - the perfect sound for summer.
Heads High by Mr Vegas has long been a surefire
dancefloor hit, with one of the catchiest choruses
you will ever hear.

Beenie Man, deservedly, has two tracks on the
compilation - Romie and Who am I. The latter being
one of the biggest tunes on the Playground riddim
in 1998. Another huge tune on the Playground riddim
is also featured - Sean Paul's Infiltrate.

While I agree that Beenie Man deserves two tracks
on the album I would have liked to see a Bounty
Killer or Capleton tune, rather than a second Sean
Paul track.

Sticking to more well known tunes, Hardwax Records
have included Mr Loverman by Shabba Ranks, a U.K.
number three hit in 1993, shortly before Shabba's
comments on a popular T.V. chat show regarding
homosexuals put his U.K. career in serious
jeopardy.

The compilation is rounded off with a couple of
reggae tunes, one of the biggest reggae hits of
2005 - Footprints by T.O.K. on one of the biggest
reggae riddims in recent years - Drop Leaf by
producer Don Corleon, and Sizzla's Just One of
Those Days.

This C.D. is an excellent introduction to dancehall
music for the uninitiated, or just a great
compilation of classic tunes for any fan of reggae
dancehall.

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