Where the reggae heads at?

[drizzle]

Anyone a fan of Mad Lion? I love that song "Take it easy". Every time I hear it I wish biggy had been on it. anyway I dont know what the say is on this guy so someone let me know! Also can anyone re-up that Jimmy CLiff please!!

i love that madlion song as well but aside from a few songs his shit is generally disappointing, as i found out the hard way

[Patches O'Houlihan]

Anyone a fan of Mad Lion? I love that song "Take it easy". Every time I hear it I wish biggy had been on it. anyway I dont know what the say is on this guy so someone let me know! Also can anyone re-up that Jimmy CLiff please!!

i love that madlion song as well but aside from a few songs his shit is generally disappointing, as i found out the hard way

Yeah I was listening to a couple of his albums today and Take it Easy IS his best song, the rest is forgettable. Luve that sig man, Is that a bobby digital video or wu-tang?

[drizzle]

Anyone a fan of Mad Lion? I love that song "Take it easy". Every time I hear it I wish biggy had been on it. anyway I dont know what the say is on this guy so someone let me know! Also can anyone re-up that Jimmy CLiff please!!

i love that madlion song as well but aside from a few songs his shit is generally disappointing, as i found out the hard way

Yeah I was listening to a couple of his albums today and Take it Easy IS his best song, the rest is forgettable. Luve that sig man, Is that a bobby digital video or wu-tang?

bobby digital

[Piff Tannen]

can a nigga get a re up on some of these joints? like that super ape joint?

[Sebastian gets busy]

omg vybz kartel! thats not reggae though hahahaha

[Trub320]

www.soundquake.com
www.audiomaxxx.com

these two sites you can listen to old and new riddims from a wide variety of artists.

[Sebastian gets busy]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/k98o6s

horace andy - pure ranking

more to come

[Fred Perry]

i like rocksteady

[Sebastian gets busy]

I do too some ken booth or prince buster or slim smith and Im set

[Sebastian gets busy]

sizzla - da real thing

one of sizzlas best albums

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ozdmws

The leader of the Bobo Dread contingent continues to flirt with overexposure on this, his fifth release of 2002 (not counting Best of Sizzla: The Story Unfolds, also released in 2002). Luckily, Sizzla's energy seems to be unlimited and his bag of lyrics bottomless. And producer Bobby Digital appears to have an equally unlimited supply of neo-roots rhythms on hand; this is not the usual grab bag of familiar rhythms delivered in lackluster computer renderings, but a generous program of generally new and original instrumental arrangements played by actual human beings (and produced in the digitally clean style that is Bobby Digital's trademark). Not surprisingly, Da Real Thing continues in roughly the same vein as, er, last month's Ghetto Revolutionary: the "fire bun" rhetoric is still present, but no longer as fierce or prominent as before, and there are several tender love songs in place of the strident sexual lectures in which he and his brethren generally indulge. One of the album's most touching songs is "Thank U Mamma," in which he specifically thanks his mother for putting up with him in the womb for nine months and for preparing him to be a good husband and father. "Trod Mt. Zion" is a powerful chant of resistance to the blandishments of Babylon, while "Boom & Go Through" sets similar sentiments to a strutting hip-hop beat. The album closes with the surprisingly sensual (but musically weak) "Touch Me," on which he teams up with singer Rochelle. Releasing albums at this rate may not be the smartest long-term marketing move for someone in Sizzla's position, but it's hard to imagine a fan of neo-roots reggae who's going to complain.


lucky dube - serious reggae business

http://www.sendspace.com/file/j8wqdi

his keyboards and brass lines are awesome. he has this wailing passionate style about his singing, this is a collection of his big hits

Lucky Dube (born: Ermelo Dube) (pronounced: Doo bay) is one of South Africa's best selling artists and one of its most outspoken performers.. Although he initially sang in the traditional Zulu mbaganga style, his move to reggae in 1984 was sparked by his quest to express his anger against the oppression of apartheid. While The Village Voice observed, "The spirit of Lucky Dube's music and dance epitomizes the spirit of Black liberation", "Niceup Magazine" said, "(Dube's) lyrics have brought an original voice to reggae by chronicling the political and spiritual struggles of his South African breathren". Dube's musical talents were obvious from an early age. By the age of nine, he was conducting his school choir. After singing with school rock and roll bands, he joined his cousin, Richard Siluma's Mbaganga band, The Love Brothers. Together with the group, he recorded his first single in 1979. Inspired by the controversal lyrics of Peter Tosh, Dube moved to reggae in 1984. His earliest attempts with the newly-adopted style were met by strong opposition by the then-all-white South African government and his first reggae album, "Rasta Never Die" was banned from radio airplay. Without notifying his record label, Dube re-entered the recording studio and cut a second reggae album, "Think About The Children". The album became a major hit and achieved gold record status. Dube's third reggae album, "Slave", sold more than five hundred thousand copies.

[Sebastian gets busy]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/mrifcp

richie spice - spice in your life!

It was in 1995 that an unknown singer hit the Jamaican charts with a tune called "Living Ain't Easy". With this successful 7" single then 24 year old Richell Bonner aka Richie Spice showed his skill and talent as a singer and songwriter for the very first time. Over the next few years he scored some hits, but failed to achieve a real breakthrough. With the release of his 2000 album "Universal" on Heartbeat Records, Spice was regarded as an extremely promising artist, although not as highly rated as modern roots artists like for example Luciano and the late Garnet Silk. It's only over the past 18 months or so that the reggae massive in Europe and the US has sat up and started to take real notice of the exceptional talent of Richie Spice due to his five year old "sleeper" hit "Earth A Run Red". Since the song hit, Spice's singles have been in high demand in the specialized record shops the world over. Many of his Jamaican chart busters are gathered here, including the spirited keyboard-and-bass-driven "Earth A Run Red", the sonorous hymn to herb "Marihuana (On The Corner)", the ominous "The Way You Living (Blood Again?)" - here entitled "Folly Living" - with Spice's mournful wailing accompanied by a somber riddim, the awesome "More Terrible (aka 911)", and "Move Dem Out", which benefits from his empowering delivery. "Spice In Your Life" also features two combination tunes, with "Fake Smile" being the most notable. This track features Chuck Fenda, another long time artist whose breakthrough parallels Richie's own. The earlier released songs on this album are supplemented by equally strong album only material and with (mostly) superfluous interludes between tracks.
Richie Spice has suddenly catapulted to acclaim in the international reggae world, and the excitement he already caused is certain to increase now that his noteworthy sophomore album "Spice In Your Life" has hit the streets.

[Sebastian gets busy]

ok here are these trojan xxx rated discs, im missing one song on disk one, the rest is all there. Ill hunt it down asap

and for the love of the emperor dont sleep on richie spice or lucky dube!


the iwayne album from a little while back was also really good. but I think richie spice is the one to check for...


http://www.sendspace.com/file/4ggba5

http://www.sendspace.com/file/xysmky

http://www.sendspace.com/file/pbse7t

[Sebastian gets busy]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/4hyviz

culture - international herb

African-American R&B has affected different reggae artists in different ways. While Toots and the Maytals' gritty ska/reggae is comparable to the raw, tough southern soul that Wilson Picket, Sam & Dave and Otis Redding were known for, Culture's sweet, mellifluous style of reggae is closer to the northern soul and sweet soul that came out of Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit in the '60s and '70s. On International Herb, ones hears a lot of northern soul influence, as well as Afro-Caribbean and African pop influences. Although not in a class with Two Sevens Clash or Baldhead Bridge, International Herb is a respectable, pleasing effort that Culture fans were glad to acquire. Virgin's original LP version of International Herb generated some controversy thanks to its front cover, which showed Culture's members smoking large spliffs while standing in front of a tall, bushy marijuana plant. Marijuana advocates loved the cover, marijuana opponents hated it and Libertarians defended Culture's right to free speech -- even if they were Libertarian teetotalers who wouldn't dream of touching a spliff themselves. The title song is unapologetically pro-marijuana, while other noteworthy tracks (including "Ethiopians Waan Guh Home," "Rally Around Jahovah's Throne" and "Jah Rastafari") put forth a very Rastafarian message. International Herb falls short of essential, but it's an enjoyable illustration of the group's talents.

[Sebastian gets busy]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/o17t87

culture - good things

Culture delivers a stellar album and reinvents the sound of reggae along the way under the guiding hand of member Joseph Hill's phenomenal arrangements and productions. The entire set has a massive density to the sound, hearkening back to the heyday of roots; the coursing rhythms pay homage to the rockers style, while the ebullient brass section conjures up the heady melodies of the rocksteady age. The musicianship is superb, drummer Michael Freckles McKenzie and percussionist Francisco Fuzzy Thompson slamming down the driving beats, as Ian Watson winds his sinuous, throbbing bass around them; the trio's scintillating rhythms underpin the entire set. Overhead, keyboardist Norman Milo Douglas adds more contemporary electronic effects, while simultaneously riffing along with the melody, taking his inspiration from Jackie Mittoo, his superb efforts echoed by expert axeman Frederick Thomas. Together the band rivals the stirring and melody-laced backings of Channel One at its height. But it's the brilliant use of brass that takes the sound to a whole new level. Felix "Deadly Headly" Bennett, Everald Gayle, and Dave Madden combine to blow the songs away, and Hill fills the arrangements with their horns -- emphatic accents here; rich, smoky passages there; brooding their way through the darker numbers, brashly brightening the more jubilant ones, their playing creates whole new depths for the already rich arrangements to luxuriate in. With so much melody around them, Culture drop their old call-and-response delivery and reinvent themselves as a vocal group, a style that permeates even songs where Hill reverts to chanting. The group's sweet, close harmonies add another mellifluous layer to the songs, and further thicken the rich aural stew. Musically, then, Good Things is a revelation, rocksteady with a savage roots rockers-styled kick. And Hill rises to the occasion by writing lyrics worthy of the arrangements. Although he only wrote eight, fleshing out the set with four equally enticing dubs, he more than makes up for lack of quantity with quality. A point of entry for most listeners will be "Psalm of Bob Marley," which isn't a devotional hymn at all, but a jubilant tribute to the artist and his work, with Hill lyrically name-checking as many of the reggae hero's numbers as possible without it becoming a mere shopping list. "Love Music" pays homage to reggae itself, even as the arrangement nods to rocksteady, but boasting a fierce rockers kick to the rhythm. Even more sizzling is the rootsy title track, its brooding melody counterpointed by the song's carpe diem theme. Harmonies wash across the lovely "Chanting On" and "Youthman Move," both equally showcasing Douglas' ebullient keyboards. On the latter number, Hill beats down illiteracy and calls out for unity. "Cousin Rude Boy" is also addressed to the youthman, but its sweet rocksteady-esque melody and seeming glorification of the rudies are shredded by Hill's irony-laced delivery. From loverman to the chanting Rasta, Hill's words resonate, and every number offers insightful and thoughtful lyrics. The dubs are not throwaways either, although they're not nearly as creative nor inspired as the original mixes.

[Sebastian gets busy]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/70buaa

square one - vintage reggae

[T-Wrex]

lucky dube - serious reggae business

http://www.sendspace.com/file/j8wqdi

his keyboards and brass lines are awesome. he has this wailing passionate style about his singing, this is a collection of his big hits

Lucky Dube (born: Ermelo Dube) (pronounced: Doo bay) is one of South Africa's best selling artists and one of its most outspoken performers.. Although he initially sang in the traditional Zulu mbaganga style, his move to reggae in 1984 was sparked by his quest to express his anger against the oppression of apartheid. While The Village Voice observed, "The spirit of Lucky Dube's music and dance epitomizes the spirit of Black liberation", "Niceup Magazine" said, "(Dube's) lyrics have brought an original voice to reggae by chronicling the political and spiritual struggles of his South African breathren". Dube's musical talents were obvious from an early age. By the age of nine, he was conducting his school choir. After singing with school rock and roll bands, he joined his cousin, Richard Siluma's Mbaganga band, The Love Brothers. Together with the group, he recorded his first single in 1979. Inspired by the controversal lyrics of Peter Tosh, Dube moved to reggae in 1984. His earliest attempts with the newly-adopted style were met by strong opposition by the then-all-white South African government and his first reggae album, "Rasta Never Die" was banned from radio airplay. Without notifying his record label, Dube re-entered the recording studio and cut a second reggae album, "Think About The Children". The album became a major hit and achieved gold record status. Dube's third reggae album, "Slave", sold more than five hundred thousand copies.

thanks for this.. i DL'd and listened to this.. it's smooth..
there's even a song that sounds like super mario music..
dube's voice kinda reminds me of phil collins..

[Sebastian gets busy]

I love his female back up choruses and those high pitched synth keys.

his album from 2006 "soul taker"

is a masterpiece

[Sebastian gets busy]

anthony b - that's life

one of his best albums

"That's Life" is the title of a brand new collection from the Bobo chanter, who caused a stir in 1996 with his impressive debut set "Real Revolutionary" aka "So Many Things". In the years that followed Anthony B carved out a unique place for himself in reggae music and continued to deliver solid modern roots albums. This fourth album for VP Records features sixteen tracks from producers like Beres Hammond, Buggy Record, Sly & Robbie, Bobby Konders, Bulby & Fatta, Rohan Dwyer & Shane Brown, Ruff Cutt, Morgan Heritage, Builders, and Anthony B himself. Gathering the recordings Anthony B did for so many different producers indicates a well varied album, and indeed it is. Unlike his previous albums - which mainly featured material that was produced by Star Trail's Richard "Bello" Bell - Anthony B now delivers an effort that displays a wider range of styles. One is treated to the modern roots reggae of "Fire Pon Di Government", the old school r&b-flavoured sound of "Fire Dance", the hip-hop related grooves of the title track "That's Life" and the dancehall backdrop of Massive B's "Dun Dem" riddim for "Dust 'em Out". However, lyrically Anthony B stays on the track as he continues to deal with subjects of major import in Jamaica: religion, pride, violence, poverty, love and life.
Although obviously a matter of taste and personal preference, it's Anthony B performing over the roots-oriented backdrops that leaves behind the best impression. Songs like "Dutty Heart", "All God's Children", "Man Got To Do", "Love Or Infatuation", "Rally Round" and "Fire Pon Di Government" (incorporating one of his most seething verses: "Jah Jah mek Guillani catch cancer") are prime examples of the kind of vocal and lyrical deliveries that brought Anthony B to the forefont of reggae music. All are solid to excellent efforts, enjoyable to listen to and well worth spinning over and over again. Besides these tracks Anthony B impresses in the Beres Hammond produced "Good Life", a strong album opener expertly delivered over an uplifting riddim. With his cover of Peter Tosh's "Equal Rights" Anthony B pays tribute to his hero in fine style. A surprisingly strong effort can be captured while playing the Bobby Konders produced "Dust 'em Out", showing that he's also able to handle a dancehall riddim to full effect. The mellow "I Will Never Bow Down" - reminiscent of "Cold Feet" from his debut set - is a worthy closer of the album. Although "That's Life" features a few weak efforts it contains nuff good tunes and positive vibes to make it worthwhile checking out!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ug9yvp

[kato]

sizzla - da real thing

one of sizzlas best albums

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ozdmws

what a great album...

[Fred Perry]

sebastian you got good taste

[Orale Holmes]

anyone got a good Reggae Mixtape?

[Stoned Starks]

anyone got a good Reggae Mixtape?

I've got a tight one made by Zac Hendrix (Del's touring DJ for awhile) that I'll post up here as soon as I've uploaded it.

... Damn... I've been away from this thread too long (fucking computer problems!). Can I get some uploads in here? There's some shit, especially that Buju Banton album, that I've really been wanting to hear.

Oh, and props on that Richie Spice album Sebastian. Songs like "Children Are Crying Out For Love", "Spice In Your Life", "Check Yourself, Don't Wreck Yourself" (or whatever that song), illustrate where Richie Spice's most compelling/hillarious brilliance lies: A good portion of his songs, though they barely avoid coming off as completely sappy, have an almost nostalgic quality to them. They sound like something you listened to as a child, even though you know you didn't. It's the beauty of simplicity and its rarely sounded better.

[Stoned Starks]

Yo, here's that Zack Hendrix "Luv Dub". I don't have a tracklist but it's got some real gems.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A8ER5CO6