Friday, December 19, 2014

Mean Girl Riddim w/ Twice Nice


Mean girl Twice Nice hooked us up some killer Mean Girl/I Need a Roof licks spanning an amazing 40 years. From Larry Marshall's classic lick and hook on Studio One in 1968 to Pavlove, Prince Far-I and Little Joe, to a stepping Channel One version with Mighty Diamond next milestone I Need a Roof. Bunny Lee alway got in on the action this time with a killer soul vocal from Jackie Edwards, some big Joe Gibbs productions went down with Trinity and Junior Byles, Augustus and Hugh Mundell murdered the riddim on Rockers, then of course it came back to Studio One come Sugar Minott. The eighties treated it kindly with some killer early rubadub dancehall at Midnight Rock. The Revolutionaries had not given way to the Casio just yet, but when it did it kept its integrity and bubbled along nice time thanks to Jammys and Black Solidarity. The nineties riddim stayed fat and militant with Xterminator voicing  crucial cuts with Sizzla and Capleton and Cocoa Tea. Come '07 we had Ray Darwin scoring a huge hit for Tads and in '08 Prince Fatty and longtime legend Little Roy rub up the dance nice time - 40 years on. Give Thanks Twice!

Larry and Alvin - Mean Girl - Studio One - 1968
Prince Far I - Natty Farmyard - Studio One - 1973
Ben Bow - Mama Lulu - Studio One (197X)
Little Joe - Gun Court - Studio One - 1974
Dillinger - Regular Girl - Bunny Lee - 1974
Larry Marshall - Oh Jah - Java - 1975
Mighty Diamonds - I Need a Roof - Channel One - 1975
Pablove Black - Consumer Sounds - Studio One - 1975
Pablove and Sound Dimension Consumer Version - Studio One - 1975
Dillinger - Plantation Heights - Channel One - 1976
The Revolutionaries - Plantation Heights Version - Channel One - 1976
Jackie Edwards - Mean Girl - Bunny Lee - 197X
The Aggrovators - Mean Girls Dub (197X
Prince Jazzbo - Kick Boy Face - Bunny Lee - 1976
Big Youth - Four Sevens - Observer - 1976
Junior Byles - Heart and Soul - Joe Gibbs - 1977
Trinity - Render Your Heart - Joe Gibbs - 1977
Winston Wright - Charming Shuffle - Bunny Lee - 1977
Prince Far I  & Joseph Culture Hill - Boz Rock - Joe Gibbs - 1977
Hugh Mundell and Augustus Pablo -  Bob Shuffle Lion Dub - Rockers - 1978
Jah Levi (Hugh Mundell) - Zion A Fe Lion - Rockers - 1978
Sugar Minott  - Roof Over My Head - Studio One - 1978
I Need A Roof Version - Studio One - 1978
Barry Brown - Jealous Lover - Midnight Rock - 1980
Barry Brown - Love Dub - Midnight Rock - 1980
Larry Marshall - Mean Girl - 1983
Junior Reid - Old Time Something - Jammy$ - 1984
Early B -  Poor Class Want Mass - Midnight Rock - 1985
Josey Wales - Rentman - Black Solidarity - 1986
Sizzla - Babylon Ah Listen - Xterminator - 1997
Capleton - Stand Tall - Xterminator - 1997
Cocoa Tea - Mr. Neck Tie Man - Xterminator - 1998
Luciano - Sweep Over My Soul - VP Records - 1999
Ray Darwin - People's Choice - Tads - 2007
Prince Fatty -  Roof Over My Head - Mr Bongo - 2008

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