VA - FROM JAMAICA WITH LOVE REGGAE SUMMER HITS 2007

VA-From Jamaica With Love-Reggae Summer Hits



ARTiST...... : VA

TiTTlE...... : From Jamaica With Love-Reggae

lABEl....... : VP Records/Hardwax

GENRE....... : Reggae

ENCOdER..... : Lame 3.97

QUAlitY..... : VBR 44.1kHz

StORE dATE.. : 00-00-2007

RElEASE dAtE : 10-11-2008

SiZE........ : 88,95 MB

TRACkS...... : 19



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01 Krystal & Shabba Ranks°-°Twice My Age 03:44

02 Ini Kamoze°-°Hot Stepper 03:45

03 Tenor Saw°-°Ring The Alarm 03:10

04 Sister Nancy°-°Bam Bam 03:10

05 Althea & Donna°-°Uptown Top Ranking 03:29

06 Wayne Smith°-°Under Mi Sleng Teng 03:20

07 Cutty Ranks°-°A Who She Me Dun 03:31

08 Mr Vegas°-°Heads High [Kill Dem With It] 03:40

09 Tanya Stephens°-°Google 02:56

10 Tanto Metro & Devonte°-°Give It To Her 03:31

11 Beenie Man°-°Romie 03:45

12 Sean Paul°-°Infiltrate 03:38

13 Beenie Man°-°Who Am I 03:16

14 Sean Paul°-°Deport Them 03:08

15 Shabba Ranks & Deborah°-°Mr Loverman 05:31

16 Foxy Brown°-°Baby Can I Hold You Tonight 03:30

17 Wayne Wonder & Buju Banton°-°Bonafide Love 03:47

18 T.O.K.°-°Footprints 03:32

19 Sizzla°-°Just One Of Those Days 03:51

68:14 min

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Reggae Summer Hits is part of Australian record

label, Hardwax's (in collaboration with VP

Records), seven part collection of Jamaican music

spanning ska, roots, lovers, dub, one drop and

dancehall.



The selection kicks off with Shabba Ranks' massive

tune Twice My Age, on the riddim of the same name,

released in 1988. Both tune and riddim are

dancehall classics in their own rite - most

recently the riddim was released under the name

Twice Again in 2006, updated as a bashment riddim

by Steely and Cleevie.



Following, is a selection of reggae dancehall

staples and arguably some of the most recognised

reggae dancehall tunes. Tenor Saw's seminal hit

Ring the Alarm was released in 1985, at the

beginning of the digital dancehall age. The song

features one of the most remixed and re-used

riddims of all time ? the Stalag 17 riddim, (check

Sister Nancy's Bam Bam for another version).



Another highly remixed riddim/tune, Under Mi Sleng

Teng, also features. With over 180 versions

existing, Sleng Teng is regarded by many as the

very first fully digital riddim, and was also

released in 1985, by King Jammy.



With the incredibly infectious A Who She Me Done by

Cutty Ranks, the selection turns to the nineties

dancehall sound - the perfect sound for summer.

Heads High by Mr Vegas has long been a surefire

dancefloor hit, with one of the catchiest choruses

you will ever hear.



Beenie Man, deservedly, has two tracks on the

compilation - Romie and Who am I. The latter being

one of the biggest tunes on the Playground riddim

in 1998. Another huge tune on the Playground riddim

is also featured - Sean Paul's Infiltrate.



While I agree that Beenie Man deserves two tracks

on the album I would have liked to see a Bounty

Killer or Capleton tune, rather than a second Sean

Paul track.



Sticking to more well known tunes, Hardwax Records

have included Mr Loverman by Shabba Ranks, a U.K.

number three hit in 1993, shortly before Shabba's

comments on a popular T.V. chat show regarding

homosexuals put his U.K. career in serious

jeopardy.



The compilation is rounded off with a couple of

reggae tunes, one of the biggest reggae hits of

2005 - Footprints by T.O.K. on one of the biggest

reggae riddims in recent years - Drop Leaf by

producer Don Corleon, and Sizzla's Just One of

Those Days.



This C.D. is an excellent introduction to dancehall

music for the uninitiated, or just a great

compilation of classic tunes for any fan of reggae

dancehall.