Don't know title of Cutty's version, but that is the "Sleng Teng" Riddim. Probably the biggest riddim of the 80's.
(Sorry about the patois spelling I just can never remember how to spell rhythm correctly, and I'll sit and stare at it forever thinking "Is that really how you spell that?")
"Much has been said about this riddim and it's original version by Wayne Smith. Digital music had been made in Jamaica for a while, but it didn't really getaccepted until Sleng Teng hit the charts. Check Prince Jazzbo productions from early eighties for pre Sleng Teng digi. (Horace Ferguson's Sensi Addictis a prime example). But Sleng Teng was the first "digi" riddim that hit big and it changed not only the soundbut the whole business. Studiotime and expensive musicians was no longerneeded to score big. This made way for a whole new generation of producers, musicians and performers."
yes, that??s a sleng teng riddim for sure. cutty only did a couple of sleng teng joints and one of them called "blue mountain coffee" is from 1986 (the year of the live performance), but as far as I remember this is not the same tune.
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Don't know title of Cutty's version, but that is the "Sleng Teng"
Riddim.
Probably the biggest riddim of the 80's.
(Sorry about the patois spelling I just can never remember how to spell
rhythm correctly, and I'll sit and stare at it forever thinking "Is that really
how you spell that?")
Quote from: http://www.jamrid.com/
A great resource for Jamaican riddims and their history.
They all have sound files so you can identify them that way too.
I'm a novice when it comes to dancehall shit.