Showing posts with label New Kingston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Kingston. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

A Rigorous Retrospective Of Remarkable Reggae Songs, Vol. 1

Recently, I found myself craving some island flavor. And the best way I could figure to do that would be to listen to some good reggae music. I also noticed an appalling lack of representation of the genre on this blog over the past...well, forever, actually. So I enlisted the help of my friend Eric Murphy, a diehard reggae fan, to pick some of his favorite tunes/artists (all of which are included in this set), and added a lot more on my own that I liked and/or discovered along the way. The result is a 50-song collection (split up into two posts) of smooth jams that I had lots of fun compiling. I hope you'll enjoy them, too!  ~  JH




1)  Chronixx  ~  "Smile Jamaica"




2)  New Kingston  ~  "Life"




3)  Tribal Seeds  ~  "Moonlight"




4)  Stephen Marley ft. Capleton & Sizzla  ~  "Rock Stone"






5)  Sister Nancy  ~  "Bam Bam"




6)  Tarrus Riley  ~  "She's Royal"




7)  Peter Tosh  ~  "Downpressor Man"




8)  Eek-A-Mouse  ~  "Rude Boy Jamaican"






9)  Buju Banton  ~  "Murderer"




10)  Kabaka Pyramid  ~  "Worldwide Love"




11)  Protoje ft. Chronixx  ~  "Who Knows"




12)  Freddie McGregor  ~  "Push Comes To Shove"




13)  The Abyssinians  ~  "Satta Massagana"




14)  Johnny Clarke  ~  "Warrior"




15)  Bob Marley  ~  "No Woman, No Cry"




16)  Sara Lugo ft. Protoje  ~  "Really Like You"  (This is a fairly "poppy" reggae song, but it technically qualifies and I like it, so it's here.)




17)  Burning Spear  ~  "Slavery Days"






18)  Dennis Brown  ~  "Rocking Time"




19)  Max Romeo  ~  "Chase The Devil"




20)  Tanya Stephens ft. Sanjay  ~  "Corners Of My Mind"




21)   Gregory Isaacs  ~  "Tune In"




22)  Lady G  ~  "'Nuff Respect"




23)  Inner Circle ft. Junior Reid  ~  "Blood-A-Run"




24)  Chaka Demus & Pliers  ~  "Murder She Wrote"




25)  Shabba Ranks  ~  "Ting-A-Ling"