The Reggae track on the Rap album thread
HarveyCanal
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DJ Quik got me thinking about this topic...
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Public Enemy - Reggie Jax - ehhhhh
Who Can Busy Like This Man - Brand Nubian/Puba
MOSHITUP - Just-Ice
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....
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.
^^^Where Lil Jon got his start.
And leave it to the Brits to do an entire album of the stuff...
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".
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".
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Good example of the battle between unbearable lyrics and banging beats/production.
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He's a Reggae Dude vs A Rapper trying to incorporate Dancehall.
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.
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.
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.
I loved this album when it came out.