Favourite dancehall / ragga tunes

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mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
I'm an oldie so I still call it ragga...

Watched 'Shottaz' last night and just thought, god, there's been so much digital dancehall - post 'Sleng Teng' - come out, what are people's favourites? Is there an all-time top 100 dancehall tunes list?
 
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mms

sometimes
mistersloane said:
I'm an oldie so I still call it ragga...

Watched 'Shottaz' last night and just thought, god, there's been so much digital dancehall - post 'Sleng Teng' - come out, what are people's favourites? Is there an all-time top 100 dancehall tunes list?
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firstly what's shottaz?
 
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crackerjack

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An obvious choice, but Who Say Mi Dun is perfection itself.

The first Beenie Man tunes I ever heard were Music A de Beat and No Mama No Cry and I don't think he ever topped them (though I do like Year 4 a lot).

And Tempo by Red Rose (which some say was recorded before Sleng Teng but released later).
 
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martin

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I'm quite bored right now so here's my 21 all-time faves

1) Top Cat - Pirate Radio Station*
2) Terry Ganzie - Outlaw from the Past
3) Ninjaman - Reggae Sunsplash
4) Beenie Man - Off the Air Bad Boy
5) Buju Banton - Batty Rider
6) Admiral Bailey - Jump Up
7) Capleton - Tour
8) Ninjaman- Murder Dem
9) Ninjaman / Bounty Killer - Bad Boy Nuh Cub Scout
10) Beenie Man - Slam
11) Shabba - anything off "Just Reality"
12) Ninjaman - Bunty Hunter
13) Wickerman -Gun Mi Carry
14) Merciless - Greedy for More
15) Cutty Ranks - Who Say Mi Dun
16) Ragga Twins - Illegal Gunshot**
17) Reggie Stepper - Coo Unuh
18) Major Mackerel - Pretty Looks Done
19) Beenie Man - Big Up Yuh Pum Pum
20) Silvercat - Fowl Affair
21) Ninjaman - Permit to Bury

* you have to play this LOUD to realise why it's one of the greatest things recorded by anyone ever

** bollocks it's 'not ragga'!
 
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mms

sometimes
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cobra r.i.p.
simpleton - coca cola bottle
cobra - gundelero
red rat - smoke da weed
who say me dun.
coca tea home tea, shabba- pirates anthem.
erm jah lion - columbia collie.
billy boyo - one spliff a day
 
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crackerjack

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Pirate's Anthem is great. I loved that sound Gussie Clarke had c88/9. Also what two Friends came with straight after. Going Is Rough & Another One For The Road are both massive.

Special patriotic mention to Request the Style too.
 
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STN

sou'wester
Pon Mi Nozzle - Cutty Ranks (if you're at a kind of 'fun hippy party' this will clear the floor in under 30 seconds)
Rude Boy Soldier - Tony Rebel
God Mi Love - Capleton
She Give Me Hiccup - Tiger and Gregory
 
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Chris

fractured oscillations
crackerjack said:
An obvious choice, but Who Say Mi Dun is perfection itself.
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So true.


"5) Buju Banton - Batty Rider" ???!!

LOL... oh Buju, why would you even bother dedicating a song to something that bothers you so much? Meh, at least the message kind of gets lost in the patois for most people.
 
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martin

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Chris said:
"5) Buju Banton - Batty Rider" ???!!

LOL... oh Buju, why would you even bother dedicating a song to something that bothers you so much? Meh, at least the message kind of gets lost in the patois for most people.
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Er...obviously....
 
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STN

sou'wester
Is Buju against little shorts? God, I know I am.

On the (ahem) other side of things, Punny Printer by Panhead is a good 'un.
 
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crackerjack

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Chris said:
So true.


"5) Buju Banton - Batty Rider" ???!!

LOL... oh Buju, why would you even bother dedicating a song to something that bothers you so much? Meh, at least the message kind of gets lost in the patois for most people.
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Batty riders are arse-hugging shorts. Nowt to do with boys, thankfully.
 
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Chris

fractured oscillations
LOL... yeah, I did look for the lyrics and couldn't find them. Somehow the name just seemed it might be about something else... ahem.
 
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Lichen

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General Gussie - Want Fi go Bun

Archdeacon Trevor - Do dem hot

Commander Rightie - Suck pon dis

Scoutie Ranks - Dib Dib Dib

2nd Leuitentant Rankin - Want fi do poo
 
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