Thursday, September 29, 2016

Big Tunes w Undercover



Been a while, work, life. Big tunes drop here we go....
We start (and end) with Dionne Reid, a killer cross-over UK artist (Barrington Levy cover, Tuff Scout single) that rides the riddim since 19-long-time. Up next is some killer BB Seaton produced relick biz from his OG Soul Beat catalogue with Funny Feeling, featuring Lady Lex, Dennis Alcapone and some R&B stylez from....Chris Stylez. lol. Jah 9 (seriously yawn, pass me the chalice...lol) has a few killers amongst the yoga tunes off her VP album, but for me it's the freestylez from her pre-album EP drop the 9mm where she rides some serious 70/80s roots riddims that does it for me. Next up is the Jammys - New Sounds of Freedom, which to be perfectly honest is a little hum hah over the mixing on this. Legendary riddims yes, A grade vocalists yes, but seriously, I can splice a tune like that on my mixer! What's up? Am I being too harsh? Included anyway. Compare that to the Stephen Marley album - all killer. Pushing boundries production wise as all Tuff Gong biz does and some tight hip hop/reggae vocal combos.
Riddim wise we have Overstand's Mile High Riddim featuring killer cuts form Jesse Royal, Morgan Heritage and Bushman. Through Thoughts (hip hop, latin, beats label) drop an solid one-drop riddim and Idlers Corner drop the Chatty Chatty Mouth riddim both featuring both underground and overground UK vocalists. The old guard Shaggy, Rayvon, Screechy Dan, Red Fox and Assassin spit on perhaps the biggest riddim of the all - Sitara riddim. And as I mentioned, Dionne Reid rounds it up with some soundcheck mixes of Bam Bam and Ring Di Alarm.

Part 1
Part 2

Dionne Reid - Soundcheck (Intro)
Dionne Reid - Never Leave
Lady Lex - Reach My Goal (Old v New Riddim)
Chris Stylez - Who Told You (Old v New Riddim)
K-oss, BB Seaton f/ Dennis Alcapone - Funny Feeling (Old v New Riddim)
Jah9 - Unafraid
Jah9 - Ra Un Nefer Amen
Jah9 - Avocado - 9 Grams Per Serving
Dre Island - Walls Of Babylon
Alborosie - Peace Treaty Style
Kabaka Pyramid - Peace and Love
Shaggy f/ Beenie Man - Leggo Babylon Wickedness
Stephen Marley f/ Shaggy - So Strong
Stephen Marley f/ Rakim and Kardinal Offishall - So Unjust
Stephen Marley f/ Junior Reid and Dead Prez - Babylon
Stephen Marley f/ Damian Jr Gong Marley - Perfect Picture
Damian Jr Gong Marley - Nail Pon Cross
Junior Natural w/ Sly and Robbie - Soldiers
Akala f/ Kabaka Pyramid and Marshall - Giants
Gappy Ranks f/ Protoje - White Paper
Yung J.R f/ Cali P - Want No War
Yung J.R - General
Jesse Royal - Black Woman (Mile High Riddim)
Morgan Heritage - Selah (Mile High Riddim)
Bush Man - Hungry Days (Mile High Riddim)
The Sea f/ Jimmy Screech - Like Them a Don (Red String Riddim)
The Sea f/ Ramon Judah - Someday (Red String Riddim)
George Palmer - Chatty Chatty Mouth (Chatty Chatty Mouth Riddim)
Tenor Youthman - Watch Yuh Back (Chatty Chatty Mouth Riddim)
Screechy Dan f/ Shaggy - Hurdle Dem (Sitara Riddim)
Agent Sasco and Rayvon - Gonna Feel It (Sitara Riddim)
Red Fox - Free Your Mind (Sitara Riddim)
Red Fox and Screechy Dan - Skylarking
Dionne Reid - Ring D Alarm
Dionne Reid - B.A.M B.A.M