BushwickDaily.com presents “jojo‘s Mixtape- Sounds of Reggae: Past and Present”
Happy 420 folks!
These selections range from roots-reggae to dancehall to hip-hop, with a quick track from the 1940’s at the beginning. The upbeat-rocking fundamental to reggae music is a well-suited template for meditation and medication, sometimes driving, sometimes laid-back. The use of effects and fills in reggae is also very unique to the genre, as many tracks have “entrances” to cut-in when being DJed. Jamaica’s music is the seed for the bloom of hip-hop and many other genres. The concept of DJing popular today originated in Jamaica with the use of soundsystems and soundclashes between competing DJ’s. One DJ would set-up at the end of a block and boom, and another would compete down the block for the crowd to come dance at his end. Jamaican immigrants like DJ Kool Herc purveyed these customs upon arriving in NYC and birthed an entirely new way of playing, listening, and performing, leading to new styles of dance, art, and more. A tremendously important style to music’s ongoing growth, and a key history of significant influences.
Playlist:
Buck Washington- Save the Roach for Me
Triston Palma- Joker Smoker
Lee “Scratch” Perry- Soul Fire
The Techniques- You Don’t Care
Pinchers- I’m a Don
Suger Chick- Roach Killer
Althea & Donna- Uptown Top Ranking
Lady G- Legal Rights
Dennis Brown- Fire from the Observer Station
10 Ft. Ganja Plant- 10 Ft. Ganja Plant and Weed
Bob Marley & The Wailers- Is This Love
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers- One Good Spliff
Black Uhuru- Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Version- White Liva (Da Song)
Busy Signal- Missing You
Sizzla- Give Me a Try
Lady Saw- Hardcore (It’s Raining)
Tiger- Come Back to Me
Lady Saw- Good Wuk
El General- Te Ves Buena
Rasco- Chrome Skin
Vybz Kartel- Dancehall Hero Remix
Ranking Dread- Fattie Boom Boom
Vybz Kartel- Lyricist
