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The Reggae track on the Rap album thread

HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
edited January 2010 in Strut Central
DJ Quik got me thinking about this topic...

Now, plaese to post up yours...
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  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    These usually are suspect -

    Public Enemy - Reggie Jax - ehhhhh

    Who Can Busy Like This Man - Brand Nubian/Puba

    MOSHITUP - Just-Ice
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Queen Latifah feat. Daddy-O - We Are The Pros.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
  • BigSpliffBigSpliff 3,266 Posts
    These usually are suspect -

    YZ, Redhead Kingpin, Doctor Ice, Stetsa.... Has this ever worked? These always get worst track of the LP status, after the love jam even.

    Ragga 12s with hip hop mixes on the other hand....
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Has this ever worked? These always get worst track of the LP status, after the love jam even.

    Sayin'. I find anyone affecting a fake Jamaican accent cringe-worthy. Some dude in my office does it from time to time. Terrible. Just terrible.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts


    Ragga 12s with hip hop mixes on the other hand....

    ^^^Where Lil Jon got his start.

    And leave it to the Brits to do an entire album of the stuff...

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    These usually are suspect -

    YZ, Redhead Kingpin, Doctor Ice, Stetsa.... Has this ever worked? These always get worst track of the LP status, after the love jam even..

    I think DJ Quik's "Reggae" is a little suspect. He's got the feel, but somehow it still sounds sterile.

    The one that are succesful are usually dudes that are West Indian in the first place like KRS/Justice/Puba and who's flows are similar to chatting.



    always been my fav - even if its not really the "Reggae Track".
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Has this ever worked? These always get worst track of the LP status, after the love jam even.

    Sayin'. I find anyone affecting a fake Jamaican accent cringe-worthy. Some dude in my office does it from time to time. Terrible. Just terrible.

    Shoot, tell me that Z-Ro track up above doesn't work...or from the same album listen to the chorus he did for this one...



    And hell, I always loved when Snoop broke out with that..."blam blam, blam til them fall, listen to the shots from that n*gga doggy dogg".
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts


    ???
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Can't see the You Tubes, so sorry if it's a repeat, but Murder for Fun on Gucci's Murder Was the Case.
    Good example of the battle between unbearable lyrics and banging beats/production.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
  • BigSpliffBigSpliff 3,266 Posts
    OK, now we are just posting rap with funny accents.
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    OK, now we are just posting rap with funny accents.

    ENTER THE EUROMAN[/b]
  • BigSpliffBigSpliff 3,266 Posts
    ROOTSY

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts


  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,473 Posts
    So where does all of this leave Mad Lion?
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    So where does all of this leave Mad Lion?

    He's a Reggae Dude vs A Rapper trying to incorporate Dancehall.
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts


    Ragga 12s with hip hop mixes on the other hand....

    ^^^Where Lil Jon got his start.

    And leave it to the Brits to do an entire album of the stuff...


    That was kind of a different thing, though - reggae emcees (or deejays, to use the correct vernacular) dabbling in hip-hop, rather than the other way round. It made more sense over here as well, what with so many UK emcees of that time having come from a soundboy background.

    I remember liking that Lil Jon remix of Capleton's Wings Of The Morning.
  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts
    The first, and probably worst offender:

  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,155 Posts
    Safe by Rumble



    This was huge in Canada when I was younger. The cassingle and 12" are filed. I swear there was an actual video for it, but I can't find it online.
  • LokoOneLokoOne 1,823 Posts
  • UnherdUnherd 1,880 Posts
    I scanned this thread 3 times, is it possible nobody posted this yet??

  • SIRUSSIRUS 2,554 Posts
    Queen Latifah feat. Daddy-O - We Are The Pros.
    i like this song.
  • SensiRiderSensiRider 97 Posts
    Queen Latifah feat. Daddy-O - We Are The Pros.
    i like this song.

    Yeah, I agree. I remember that bass that comes in at the beginning being really satisfying. The rest of the record I have it on (Funky Reggae Crew - Strictly Hip-Hop Reggae Fusion) is more like Jamaican MCs with NY production and there are some other decent tracks, but there's some straight poop too. I think Jamaican MCs sound best on sparser beats and a lot of the production is too busy.

    I don't think anyone has mentioned Spice 1. Great artist but he violates with the reggae chorus at least once an album.

    Poor Righteous Teachers can pull it off and Wise Intelligent has that delivery (and skill to pull it off) where he can move in and out of patois and sound alright.
  • LokoOneLokoOne 1,823 Posts
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts



    I loved this album when it came out.
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