90s Dancehall Recommendations?

wreckTech

Wild Horses
air raid siren machine gun firing etc.

been really into early buju banton as of late. its a shame that songs about killing gay people can be as wonderfully produced as they are bigoted.


any recommendations?
 

zhao

there are no accidents
haven't listened to or played them in quite a while, but still love the bare bones stark and grim hard ragga riddims of the 1990s in stark contrast to the still somewhat friendly and upbeat sounding 80s first wave digital beats. i guess many criticized this style as too masculine and aggressive... and the early 2000s brought the fun grooves back a little bit, but informed by the heaviness of preceding decade. I'm sure this is a partial view in many ways... how do others see the evolution?
 
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droid

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We're talking early 90s here? Im not sure if you're after 7's, Artist LPs, or compilations, so heres a few of each. Best thing to do for samples is to search the shops or riddim databases

Riddims (7")

Bogle
Butterfly
Frog/Leaping Frog
Yush
Bulldozer
Yuh Dead Now
Fever Pitch
Gun inna baggy
Poco Man jam
Action
Cutter
Cordrouy
Bully Beef
All fruits Ripe
Acid
Eye Nuh See
Giggy/Mama
Donna
Pon Pause
Quarter to 12
Soap
Urkle (dance)
Yam Out
When/Worm
Ting a Ling
Baby Doll
Fever
Bad Boy Skank
Belly Buss
Pepperseed
Love Punanny Bad
Wigwam
X rated
Gangstalee/ole punk
Passport Buddy

Artist LPs

Nah Run Man Down - Major Mackerel
Love Punanny Bad - Shabba
Almshouse - Capleton
Lotion man - Capleton
Bam Bam - Tiger
Ghetto Soldier - Lt Stitchie
Bangarang - Lt Stitchie
Retreat - Cutty ranks
Shocking Colour - Tiger
Ready Fi dem - Tiger
Kim Bo king - Reggie Stepper
Gangalee - Louie culture
Die Hard Part 1 - Cutty Ranks And Tony Rebel - (Penthouse Records)
Ninja is a Ninja - Ninjaman
Run come test - ninjaman
Hardcore killing - ninjaman
The Return - ninjaman
Target Practice - ninjaman
Fire in the dancehall - papa San
Lethal Weapon - Cutty Ranks
6 million ways to die - Cutty Ranks
The stopper - Cutty Ranks
Bad Boy talk - Cobra
Shoot to Kill - Cobra
Cobra - Cobra
Voice of jamaica - Buju banton
Mr Mention - Buju banton
Stamina Daddy - Buju banton
Star of the 90s - Shabba
Ruff and Tuff - Shabba
Defend it - Beenie Man
Granny - General Degree
Small horse Woman - Shelly Thunder
Fresh Out the pack - Shelly Thunder

Compilations

Just Ragga (Charm) 1-11
Hardcore Ragga (Greensleeves) 1/2
Not Just Ragga (fashion)
Ragga, ragga, ragga (Greensleeves) 1-11
Reggae Hits (Jet Star) 1-15 (or so)
Greensleeves Sampler (Greensleeves) 1-16
Ragga Clash (fashion) 1/2
Penthouse Dancehall (penthouse) 1-7

Thats all in the Ragga/DJ vein, and even so, Ive left out a huge amount of stuff even from that sub genre, but that should be enough to keep you going for now...

Ive done a mix here that barely scratches the surface of this amazing time for dancehall:

http://www.weareie.com/2007/02/blogariddims-16raggamortis-1.html
 
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matt b

Indexing all opinion
g. isaacs- 'rumours'

iration played it out earlier in the summer. sounded awesome.
 
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droid

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Not 90s - but a big early 90s' artist at his finest.

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Tiger again - 'when':

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Shabba Ranks - Ting-A-ling (this is awesome if you've never heard it - embedding disabled):


Papa San, Tiger and Bailey at Sting 91:

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Louie Culture - Gangalee:

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Snagga Puss - Tatie:

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Beenie Man- World dance (94 I think):

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Cutty Ranks - The Stopper:

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Ninja killing Shabba - Sting 1990:

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Ninjaman - Reggae Sunsplash '92 (I reckon this was the vid that inspired Skeptas stageshow riddim)

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Ninjaman - My weapon (Love is not a gamble riddim):

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Battle of the fast chatters; San vs Stitchie - Sting 95:

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Major Mackerel - Reggae Sunsplash '93 (check the outfit):

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luca

Active member
Shabba - Caan Dun

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Michael Prophet and Ricky Tuffy - Your Love

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Pinchers - Bandelero & Agony

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Shabba Ranks & Co - Pirates' Anthem

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Capleton - Alms House

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Papa San Maddy Maddy Cry

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Pliers - Bam Bam

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Shaggy And Rayvon - Big Up

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Buju Banton Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm Quick

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Bagga Worries - Ride The Panany

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF47WFmo33I
 
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Simon78

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Has anyone got a mix with these two tunes in that they could upload for me? I think they are from 1996, I used to listen to Goldfinger a lot around then. Thanks

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Simon78

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Simon78

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Is there a website I can buy mp3s from 1996-97?

Also, anyone know a tune that went

"Do you wanna ride in the front of my Lexus, flex with us to Texas
Do you wanna ride in the front of my Benz, yes go get your friends"

or something like that?
 
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