THE JIM SCREECHY RIDDIM

I still can't figure how to preview individual tunes. We know I certainly don't know how to review tunes.
Blogger has idiot proofed loading videos from youtube. So to show off my new found skill...SPICE'S weird and wonderful take on the JIM SCREECHY RIDDIM. Damn, that tune (and video) is just absolutely ridiculous in every way!
Been a few years and I'm stilling not getting bored with it! Last count is...712,361 views.

Some big names work over this SOCA Riddim. Dancehall names like AIDONIA and BEENIE MAN. As well home turf talent like BUNJIE GARLIN and FAY-ANN LYONS.

ABOUT TIME!

Speaking of ladies...

I read somewhere that CHERINE ANDERSON is getting ready to drop a real deal full record on us! She teased the hell out of us with this short INTRODUCTION  EP. Love her ironic take on MOVIE STAR. A sly choice of tune and riddim. She started out making moving pictures as youth silly. DANCEHALL QUEEN and ONE LOVE. Required viewing. 

Eons ago way back in prehistoric 2007 she dropped a duet with Chuck Fenda. That big tune COMING OVER was a tasty appetizer and could be found nestled neatly in the middle of  Fenda's LIVING FIRE disc. All good then. Still good now...so they made male/female chemistry again this year in 2011 with the single CALL ON ME. 

Very cool that for her birthday...she gives us a gift! A mix-tape featuring a mix of old and new. Haven't heard it? Find here for free...

http://www.cherineanderson.com/

I want so much more from this singer!

DONE HER WAY

I did something rare awhile back. I bought Mi Lady Saw's MY WAY CD the day it hit stores. I always wait for the feeding frenzy to die out before moving in. But with her there was no way I was gonna idle my moments patiently away. I hopped in my car and drove to the local trendy independent. I dropped exact change. I played MY WAY on heavy rotation all day. I loved it and then mysteriously and completely empty headed, I filed it in the section reserved only for unloved orphaned discs. 

Recently...I asked myself why. Is it equal to WALK OUT or PASSION? Nope but in no way should this disc be shunned! 


I hear a lot more New York than Kingston in this disc. Electro beats creeping in on the mix. There is even an old school feel too it. Some of the Riddims remind me of 1980's MANTRONIX. Remember them? 
So...then, that's a good thing! Yeah, after listening to this record again for some motivation while I beat my face on the ground (army slang for push-ups) I was finally able to wrap my mind around it. I should of waited for it to go cold before I bought it hot in the charts. 


There is no moral to my story.

NEVER ENOUGH COOL RULER

I feel sorry for dem yutes today. Dem too cool for this Lovers Rock business. Dem only wanna Gun Spree talk and Pum Pum lyrics. Where is the poetry in that? Lovers Rock deh say is for likkle school girls and "sentimental ole fools".  GREGORY ISAACS is wah Grandma listen to .

 Yeah...it's dem yutes loss. 

In the wake of Gregory's passing many "best of" see the light of day. Most are good but a few really stand out. This TAD'S release will have your heart breaking and your eyes tearing.

ISAACS old record label AFRICAN MUSEUM struck a deal with TAD's before JAH reached down from Heaven and tapped Gregory's soul on the shoulder. So this be the official best!

Of course reggae giant VP Records couldn't sit still. And this is the product of their squirming. 

Big big tunes. A lot of the same big big tunes. So price or brand loyalty are the tings to consider. Both sets contain the essentials.

Even if the Cool Ruler just read off the ladies names out of a phone book and backed it over with a smooth Riddim I would be happy. 

Now imagine if Gregory recited Willie the Shake's Romeo et Juliette.  

It would of been the greatest love song of all time...

I will gave respect to TROJAN RECORDS. In the old days before digital remastering...their collection was unmatched.

The forever EXTRA CLASSIC. Long outta print.

Something for everyone..

I hadn't been over to COURTNEY JOHN'S official dot-com in a little while so I figured I'd stop in. Only thing more behind the times than my blog are these official artist/star pages. Need proof? Check out producer Dave Kelly's homepage for his madhouserecords. The Production crew are still big upping Baby Cham's GHETTO STORY like it just dropped yesterday! In Reggae terms that was like two life times ago. Where the hell is BABY CHAM anyway?  (They're out to call me a liar...they have since added a tiny blurb mentioning last year's killer single with MICHAEL ROSE AND BOUNTY KILLER.) 

Remember me?

Back to MR. JOHN...Alright his management updated the page. All new on his site is a free download of the smash tune HEY JAMAICA. 

MR. LEXX lends his vocal talent to COURTNEY'S latest single. 

I hope this tune is a good omen of things to come. Also is a free download of DJ I-VIER'S mixtape LOVE IS. Only stipulation is you haffa sign in first. I suggest you set up the details over at mixcrate.com

A impressive variety of different styles and an endless supply of DJ'S. I have a SOCA mixtape threatening my computer's speakers as I write this. (Soca Wuk Upp from Double Threat Family.) This is FREE people! 

http://www.courtneyjohn.com/

http://www.mixcrate.com/

http://madhouserecords.com/

18 TASTY TREATS

And speaking of delicious...

This batch of tunes doesn't quite push up inna your face the same way as Badgyal does but she's still flashing us listeners a glimpse of that ample bosom. By that I mean lyrically. Ce'Cile is always coy when she plays with words. With Badgyal she rolled those tunes off her tongue like she was rolling her R's...but here she's engaging us in something a little more vulnerable. So has Ce'Cile gone all soft and cuddly on us? Nah she's just more ticklish with this record. 

Now guys don't dress in rags when you listen to Ce'Cile's latest drop. Check unna your fingernails before you press play and maybe splash a drop of class cologne on...because you don't merely hear this release with your ears...she is inviting you out on a date with each spin. 

Ce'Cile herself sets the mood with a few romantic style Rythym and Blues make out tunes. All good. Right? Then things get seriously hormone driven as the beats hit harder and the riddims get faster. Gettin' better. She even steams up the windows with a few rowdy Dancehall bashes. Did I just hear her call out my name in that moment of ecstasy? Keep dreaming.

Imagine turning on the local pop radio station and your ears are treated to the cooing of Ce'Cile's come hither. It would be like all the problems of the world went away.

For more temptation...

http://www.jamaicanization.com/