Droid Inna Dancehall - Old skool(ish) ragga mix for DL

Here's a little something thats been fermenting in my mental cellar for some time now:




(00:00) 1. Mu -ziq – Brace Yourself (Remix) - Astralwerks/Caroline
(04:50) 2. Beenie Man - Year 4 - Steely and Cleevie (Bagpipe Riddim)
(07:11) 3. General Degree - Signal - Steely and Cleevie (Bagpipe Riddim)
(08:29) 4. Zebra - You See Mi - Steely and Cleevie (Bagpipe Riddim)
(09:11) 5. Steely & Cleevie - Bagpipe Riddim - Steely and Cleevie
(11:51) 6. Mad Anju - Rudeness - Steely and Cleevie (Bagpipe Riddim)
(14:07) 7. Mr Vegas - Latest News - Steely and Cleevie (Bagpipe Riddim)
(15:54) 8. Bingie General - New Clothes Version - Pisces Studio
(18:10) 9. Steely & Cleevie - Dirty Money Riddim - Q45
(20:42) 10. Mad Anju - Hell Fire - Q45 (Dirty Money Riddim)
(22:23) 11. Capleton - More Prophet - Q45 (Dirty Money Riddim)
(24:30) 12. Lexxus - Ring Off Me Cellie - Q45 (Dirty Money Riddim)
(26:51) 13. Pinchers - Someone’s Calling My Name - Jammy's (Who She Love Riddim)
(29:52) 14. Bounty Killer - Smoke the Herb - Jammy's (Who She Love Riddim)
(32:04) 15. Jah Screw - Clare (Part 3) Version – Greensleeves
(33:15) 16. Spragga Benz - Ruff and Tuff - Digital B (Kuff Riddim)
(35:26) 17. Garnett Silk - All Alone - Brickwall (Kuff Riddim)
(37:12) 18. Leroy Gibbons - Magic Moment (95 Remix) - Jammy's (Kuff Riddim)
(38:26) 19. Bounty Killer - Cellular Number - John John (Kuff Riddim)
(39:58) 20. Dirtsman - Trailer Load Come - Digital B (Kuff Riddim)
(42:31) 21. Buju Banton - Hail Massa God - Penthouse (General Riddim)
(45:13) 22. Garnett Silk - Lionheart - Penthouse (General Riddim)
(48:09) 23. Capleton - Mankind - Colin Fat Records (General Riddim)
(51:37) 24. Major Christie - If Da Lord - Jazzwad Music (Riott Riddim)
(53:08) 25. Bounty Killer - Divide And Rule - Jazzwad Music (Riott Riddim)
(55:02) 26. Sizzla - Anytime Now - Jazzwad Music (Riott Riddim)
(57:03) 27. Riott Riddim - Jazzwad - Jazzwad Music
(58:59) 28. Steely & Cleevie - Black Widow Riddim - Shines
(60:58) 29. Goofy - Anything Can Happen - Shines (Black Widow Riddim)
(62:18) 30. Mad Cobra - No One Style - Shines (Black Widow Riddim)
(63:09) 31. Zebra - Picture Fi Frame - Shines (Black Widow Riddim)
(64:33) 32. Merciless - Gal Sheet - Shines (Black Widow Riddim)
(66:18) 33. Terror Fabulous - Them A Watch me - Shines (Black Widow Riddim)
(67:32) 34. Mr. Vegas - Big Things A Gwann - Shines (Black Widow Riddim)
(69:14) 35. Andrew Bradford - Warlord Riddim - Opera House (Warlord Riddim)
(73:14) 36. Buccaneer - Soca Noma - Opera House (Warlord Riddim)


The MP3 and cover can be found here:

Droid Inna Dancehall Vol 1. zip (105 mb)

And the ridiculously overlong blurb is here.


Enjoy! - Hope to have more on the way soon...

john eden said:

Yesmate! Looks absolutely wicked, and the cover is great.

Great to see some proper 90s business. I've been hauling that era out recently myself and have a new theory about 95 and 98 being amongst the best years for reggae ever.

Was listening to Ragga Ragga Ragga 12 yesterday, in fact. "Soca Noma" is bonkers, I thought he was saying "sarcoma" as in cancer for ages.

You have made my week, guv!

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Praise from Caesar! This makes it all worthwhile...

Yer OTM on the 90's - though I reckon Id widen your catergory a bit to 93-95, and get all the various versions of the bogle in.

Some more 90's pressure coming soon - jah willing...

clappa said:

What genre is the first tune? Happy hardcore?

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Nah - its full of breakbeats! There was a relatively short lived subcategory of electronica in the mid to late 90's which consisted of hyperfast jungle beats with cartoon/ironic/fucked up hooks, and was dubbed 'drill+bass' by some accursed music journalist... Mu-ziq (who did the tune on the mix)/Aphex Twin/Squarepusher/Amon Tobin & Jega were probably the most well known exponents.

Theres a (rather shoddy) explanation/excuse behind the inclusion that tune on the blog btw!

Ive got a bunch of CDs that Im posting out to some heads in the UK next week. If any bandwithidlly challenged Dissensus readers want a physical copy off the mix, say so here/send me a PM/email me at droid(at)thefear.ie with your address and Ill add you to the list...

nine said:

some body please tell me where I can get hold of the bagpipe riddim and
Bingie General's - New Clothes Version - Pisces Studio

please

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Hi Nine - Havent had a chance to get back to your PM yet. Will do so at lunch.

Cant help much with That Pisces 7", I picked it up in a box of '10 for a pound' 7"s in Daddy Kool's years back..

The Bagpipe should be easier to track down. It was licensed by Greensleeves, (who released a 12" of Year 4), plus a slew of 7"s. Ive got Bagpipe 7's on Steely and Cleevie's as well - plus, multiple Bagpipes tunes appear on Ragga, Ragga, Ragga 14 (I think). You might find it buried on Ebay or on in the catalogues of some online German reaggae store, or if you live in London, in one of the shops under the bridge in Brixton (assuming that they're still there...).

Might even be worth emailing Greensleeves, they can be quite helpful (if they reply at all).

john eden said:

I've emailed them about sevens a few times and got no response. Let me know if they get back to you!

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I mailed them years ago looking for 7's, they got back to me after about a week, and when I asked (in all seriousness) for 'any instrumental 7's from the last four years', they mysteriously failed to reply. i dont think they're too down with those whole internet thing... maybe a phone call would be worth the hassle?

It's Ragga Ragga Ragga 12, though, innit? (The one we stole the cover for for the "Lyric Maker" mix).

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Whoops - think you're right there.

Droid - will reply to your PM soon as well!

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No worries...