Bernard Collins (The Abyssinians) - Satta Don + Bongo Herman - Thunder Storm Part II (7" Clinch)

Satta Massagana is probably one of the most recuted riddim song of all times in Jamaican music. The original song was recorded in 1969 at Studio One but Mr Dodd released it only in 1971, thinking a song with Rasta lyrics in Amharic would never be a hit ! The original song is also in the introduction of the legendary movie "Rockers"...
The lyrics looks like this song was made for the dancehall but it's worth get it as it's a very good cut !
I'm not sure of the year of this cut, matrix number have no date in Roots Knotty Roots, another release with matrix DSR MML 2183-A says 1992. Bongo Herman's cut is from 1992 for sure as stated in RKR.



- Bernard Collins - Satta Don (7" Clinch DSR 18855A)


- Bongo Herman - Thunder Storm Part 2 (7" Clinch MML 2184B)

Real Rock Riddim (7" Dubplate Singles - 97 Crew)

I don't know how to call that, if they voiced the artists themselves or if it's a sort of blend where they take Buju and Capleton a capellas to put them on the Real Rock riddim (Jammy's version). I'm not a fan of this type of "remix" generally but here it's pretty much well done, as well as I bought this two singles years ago even if it's amateur work.
United 97 Crew is a little "soundsystem" from suburb of Paris composed by youngs turbulent dancehall cats, I don't know them but I saw videos they put on the net, nothing good to post here...




- Buju Banton - Sound Fi Dead @ 320k


- Capleton - Run Di Place @ 320k

Hard Times Riddim (Gibbo Records - 2004)

There's a lot of wack riddims in this One Drop era and only a fews are worth listening/buying. Definitely this Stephen 'Gibbo' Gibson's Hard Times is one of the best that were done this past years... Stephen is the son of the legendary Joe Gibbs (1943-2008) that formed the Mighty 2 with the engineer Errol Thompson (1952-2004)
This is a rip from the VP's Riddim Driven vinyls series.




- I Wayne - Living In Love @ 320k


- Capleton - That Day Will Come (aka Small World) @ 320k

Garnett Silk - Complaint (7" Penthouse)

This is one of my favorite cut of the great Garnett Silk (1966-1994) made for Donovan Germain (Penthouse Records) label on one of the most killer riddim coming out from Jamaica : King Tubby's "Tempo" riddim (or Tempa).
I ripped this longtime ago and I'm not at home so I can't drop the version and I have no label scan under my hands other than this one... I'll post them asap.


- Garnett Silk - Complaint (Penthouse 7" - 1992) @ 320k

Jacob Miller - Peace Treaty Special (Top Ranking 1978)

Back to Roots Rock Reggae with Killer Miller's Peace Treaty (1978). This era was very wild and rivals political gangs decided to sign a peace treaty to stop murders between PNP and JLP garrisons. In this one Miller name the most famous gunmens of the seventies and performed it at the Peace Concert in 1978 while he made Claudie Massop (from Tivoli Gardern - JLP) and Tony Welsh (from Concrete Jungle - PNP), ones of the most influencial gunmens at that time, shake their hands on stage. In the same concert Bob Marley did the same thing with Manley and Seaga. (Source Natty Dread N° 55)





- Jacob Miller - Peace Treaty Special Extended (+ Fatman Riddim Section Togetherness Rock) (Top Ranking - 1978) @320 k

CD III - Get Tough (Prelude 1983)

(First I have to say that my english isn't perfect so I try to be as clear as possible)

This is the N°1 record that was in my wanted list for almost 25 years ! And finally I found two vinyl copies that I bought one month ago.
I first heard it on a little Belgian radio back in 84/85 called Radio Santé while I was living at the border between France and Belgium. There was a NATO military base so I guess the radio DJ was connected with some soldiers as every weeks they were playing fresh Hip Hop. Every sunday I was waiting 4.00 PM to listen to that show while all my friends were having fun at the skating rink ! Everybody was telling me that I am crazy to listen to radio instead looking for girls with them, but they can't understand what Hip Hop meant to me at that time, it was like I was waiting for all my (teenage) life.
Funny thing is that it was pressed in France by EMI but never knew that. I always remembered the name of the group even if I was not sure how it spell and I didn't knew the title too.

Prelude is well known for Funk/Disco than for Hip Hop, artists signed were D Train, Empress, Mastermind or Secret Weapon (even, this is for french people : Martin Circus !) to name a few.

You can see the mispelling on the cover, Get Touch instead of Get Tough ! Notice that Howie Tee was member of this trio and I have read (don't remember where) that Marley Marl mixed the cut. This is the french press on EMI. When listenig to the lyrics we can heard that it wasn't only about party rhymes or egotrip, there is serious message in it !

CD III - Get Tough Vocal


CD III - Get Tough Instrumental


Look the video :

Dr Dre - The "Leaks" from Detox

WARNING

[EDIT] Blogger sent me an email from DMCA about the links I had posted, so they moved my post to the draft section and they told me to remove the links, so I removed them. We can be sure that the songs that leaked are really from Dre's future detox !

Sorry for the readers but I don't want the blog to be down for a few tracks.

I keep the tracklisting without the dl links.


I found this on the net few weeks ago and as I can see there're always deleted few hours after hosted everywhere, so I guess this really come from Dre's board. Most of the tracks are references to Dre and maybe they will not do the final cut, but it's worth give a try...

- T.I. - Coming Back (Dre Reference)
- Dr. Dre feat. T.I. & Kobe - This Is Detox (I Am Hip-Hop)
- Prophet - It's Like That (Prod Dr. Dre & WallStreet)
- Nino Bless - Untitled Detox Reference
- Crooked I - Say Dr. Dre (Produced By Dr. Dre)
- T.I. - Topless ft. Nas (Dre reference)
- Dr. Dre feat. T.I. - Shit Popped Off
- Ludacris - OG's Theme (Dr. Dre Reference)
- Young Knox - The Doctor (Prod By Dr. Dre)

King Culture Presents Cuss Cuss (12" King Culture / Basic Replay 12")

Basic Replay always do good reissue work with original labels on the vinyls.

Basic Channel website presentation :

"Six murderous outings for Lloyd Robinson’s immortal rhythm on this
showcase EP collecting singles produced by King Culture in Toronto and
Kingston, Jamaica, during 1980-81.
Rod Taylor was voiced in JA;
Barry Brown between both cities. Stamma was mic man for the JA sound
Taurus: this was his recording debut. Mixing was done at Tubby’s,
assisted by his apprentices Professor and Puggy (an expert with the
Delta 4 machine tape-delay).
These versions tore up dancehalls at
the time. Listen to Gemini at Skateland, with Welton Irie, Plough,
Ringo and full crew, all riding dubs."

- Rod Taylor - Lonely Girl
- King Culture - Lonely Girl Version



- King Culture - Nice Up The Session Version
- Barry Brown - Nice Up The Session



- Stamma Rank - Taurus Special
- King Culture - Taurus Special Version



Basic Channel Website

Mass Appeal - Dub Session (12" Rude Boy Records)

Two cuts revisited by New York's label Rude Boy Records. First one is based on Elephant Man's "Pon Di River, Pon Di Bank" with guns lyrics. The other one is based on the cut "Yippy Yo" on the Perilous Riddim (Danger Zone) by Elephant Man & Busta Rhymes. Unfortunately it's the clean a capella that they remixed on "Yadi Yo"...
(I only ripped the vocals cuts even if titles contains "Dub" in them, and it's at 128 k only)

UPDATE

The post has been updated with full 12" rips and higher bitrate : GO!

Prince Alla bw Fred Locks - Their Reward / Walls (10" Black Redemption)

Another 10" release by Brooklyn's Black Redemption label. This is two classic cuts revisited by
their own Roots veterans in 2008. Original version are in Prince Allah "Only Love Can Conquer" and Fred Locks "Black Star Liner" Lp's. Note that the riddims come from the legendary Bullwackies studio...



Produced by Ras Kush
Mixed by Roots Injection Studio
Rhythms laid at Bullwackies, NY
Side A voiced at Small World Studio, Kingston, Jamaica
Side B voiced at Lions Den Studio, Jamaica
BR 1008 (2008)

- Prince Alla - Their Reward / Roots Injection Studio - Reward Dub



- Fred Locks - Walls / Roots Injection Studio - Walls Dub



Black Redemption website

Leroy Smart - The Fittest Shall Survive + Version (7" GG's Records / Hit)

Retour au bon vieux Roots Rock Reggae !
Leroy Smart et sa voix si particulière sur une merveille sortie sur le label GG's dont l'année n'est pas indiquée...



- Leroy Smart - The Fittest Shall Survive / G.G. All Star - Dub Pt II (DSR 7564 A + DSR 7565 B)

Solo Banton w/ Disrupt - Talk To Me + Version (7" Jah Tari / Maffi JTR7-02)

Après la première référence, passons à la seconde qui est d'un tout autre niveau ! Ce disque est en rupture de stock partout tellement la demande est forte et c'est tout à fait justifié. Simple et efficace...



- Solo Banton - Talk To Me / Disrupt - Version



This one is out of stock for a while but keep checkin' the website : jahtari.org

Mikey Murka w/ Disrupt - Downpressor Man + Version (7" Jah Tari / Maffi JTR7-01)

Première référence du label Jah Tari avec ce Stepper au gros son tout électronic (Jah Atari ?), produit par les Danois de Maffi. Laissons place au son sans plus attendre.



- Mikey Murka - Downpressor Man / Disrupt - Opressor Dub (2008)



Available here : jahtari.org

Johnny Clarke & Disciples Riddim Section (10" Black Redemption)

Voici un 10" sur le label New Yorkais Black Redemption produit en 2008 avec une version vocale du légendaire Johnny Clarke, gros son avec entre autre du mélodica et des lyrics sur la guerre qui sévit entre jeunes Rude Boys. Mortel ! Inutile de présenter Russ Disciple, activiste de toujours dans la scène UK. Les trois autres pistes sont des instrumentaux dont deux Dubs.

Produced by Ras Kush
Engineered and mixed by Russ Disciples
BR 1011 (2008)



- Johnny Clarke - Intruder + Russ D at Backyard Studio UK - Intruder Dub



- Disciples Riddim Section - Militancy + Russ D at Backyard Studio UK - Militant Dub



If you like this awesome 10" then you have to go on : www.blackredemption.com

Ire Hi Fi Singles Selection

J'ai découvers ce label de Hambourg (Allemagne) récemment et quelques unes
de leurs références valent le détours quand on aime le son Roots lourd (tendance Stepper). En dehors d'Alpha & Omega les artistes me sont inconnus. Tout les cuts ne se valent pas mais même pour ceux dont les versions vocales sont faibles ont peut se rabattre sur les versions/dub en face B... Bonne écoute !


- Alpha & Omega & Iries In Roots - "Jah Love" + "Jah Love Version" (Ire 01)






- Pensi Meets The Dub Me Ruff System - "Push Harder" + "Harder Dub" (Ire 02)






- Grace Nelson - "Jah Is Real" / Uptones - "A Real Version" (Ire 03)






- Daddy Teacha & Uptones - "Into The Promised Land" + "Melodyland" (Ire 04)






- Joseph Cotton & Uptones - Pressure Dem + Dub Dem (Ire 05)






- Errol Bellot & Campstreet Rockers - "Terror In America" / M.A.S.H. - "Peacemaker" (Ire 06)






- Chanter - "Terror Terror" + Campstreet Rockers - "Bushfire" (Ire 08)



If you like that and want to buy them in vinyls they are available here

Wa Do Dem (What They Do) - Trailer and vidéos

Je ne sais pas si ce film aura une diffusion en salle en france
et je ne sais pas non plus si il est bon, bien qu'il ait gagné un prix dans un festival
à LA...

Trailer :

Wah Do Dem from sam fleischner on Vimeo.

Extraits :

RECORDING a recording from sam fleischner on Vimeo.

Plus d'infos ici

Konshens Singles Selection

Certainement l'un des meilleurs artistes à l'heure actuelle en Jamaique.
Ce jeune DJ transforme tout ce qu'il touche en or avec des paroles "conscious",
c'est la moitié du duo Sojah (l'autre est Delus) avec un album Nu Roots à leur actif (Modern Revolution).
Je précise que ces titres proviennent pour la pluparts de promo CD...

Paper Chasing feat Demarco (Star Kutt Records)
Sur le célèbre refrain de "Sweet Dreams" d'Eurythmics
avec son refrain en patois qui vaut le détour !


Winner (Asteroïd Riddim-Natural Bridge Rec)
Le titre qui l'a fait connaitre...


Medi (Intouch Riddim-Eye N Eye Music)
L'un de ses meilleurs cut !


Rasta Imposta (After Effection Riddim-Young Veterans)
Pour les fashion dreads...


Fight The Ban (DJ Smurf Music)
Titre anti ban qui vise à éradiquer tout un pan de la culture jamaicaine...

Solidarity Riddim (Kings Of Kings - 2008) Prod : Colin Levy & Cordell 'Scatta' Burrell

Comme j'utilise leur logo et que c'est un très bon label (le fameux Martial Art par exemple, Famine, Bad Company ou Double Jeopardy) il est normal de leur "rendre hommage"...

Une série Roots pour commencer


Cecile - Boops / Cutty Corn - No Boops




Sizzla - Put It Away



Tony Curtis feat Jigsy King - This Is



Red Roze - Yardie



Iley Dread (Colin Levy) - Some Buoy

Whitey Don - Artical b/w Murder (12" Jive 1995)

Comme j'aime le Reggae/Dancehall et le Hip Hop rien de tel que les deux réunis sur un même
titre, celui ci provient d'un obscur artiste mais avec Phife et Chip Fu plus connus, eux...
On commence avec Withey Don...



A1- Artical Posse Mix feat Phife Dawg & Chip Fu


A2- Artical Steely & Clevie Posse Remix


A3- Artical Dub Version


B1- Murder


B2- Artical Niles Posse Remix

Smack DVD Vol 13 (Extrait 1:03)

Petit extrait d'un Smack DVD vol 13...