Released on Nov 16 2008
#64 - Hip-Hop Reggae Part 3
This is the third and final part of the Hip-Hop Reggae series. If you like what you hear, subscribe to the show!
Mega Banton - Sound Boy Killing (Hip-Hop Remix)
Screechie Dan - Give It To Me
Screechy Dan - Boomin in Ya Jeep
Johnny Osbourne - Reasons (Hip Hop Mix)
Supercat - GirlsTown
Patra - Hardcore
Queen Latifa & Tony Rebel - Weekend Love
Buju Banton & Brian & Tony Gold - Make My Day
Capleton & Method Man - Wings of the Morning (Lil Jon & Paul’s Mix)
Ini Kamozi - Here Comes the Hotstepper
Beenie Man & Mya - Girls Dem Sugar
Beenie Man & Janet Jackson - Feel It Boy
The second of a two part tribute to the late Alton Ellis. This episode focuses on his output from 1973 to current and includes a lot of his UK productions–some self-produced and some recorded for other labels.
On October 11, Alton Ellis passed away. He was 70 years old. His first recorded song was “Muriel” in 1959 with Eddie Perkins. He continued to record and perform right into August of this year. Alton is best-known for the music he sang from 1966-1968, when Jamaican popular music was known as rock steady. I consider rock steady music to be some of the classiest and most dignified music around, and Alton seemed to keep that rock steady performance style throughout his entire singing career.
This show was a blast to record. My mind raced back to the days of going to college in Boston, where I did a lot of walking and listening to music. I remember walking to an arcade near the Arlington T stop and playing some pinball between classes, then stopping at the mall at Copley and buying Heavy D’s Peaceful Journey CD. Then I’d walk across the street and wait for my train at South Station while I listened to my music with oversized Sony headphones so I could get the best bass and overall sound quality. I remember dancing solo at a Cambridge club to the hot combination tune of the day, “The Jam” by Shabba Ranks & KRS-1, and having a girl approach me to tell me she liked the way I move. What are your memories as you listen to #61? Reply and comment as you listen or when you get back to your computer.
Toward the end of my high school years, I would listen to WERS 88.9 FM’s nightly reggae show, “Rockers.” I’d also listen to parts of their “urban” format show, “Eighty-Eight Nine at Night,” where the student DJs would play hip-hop, R&B, and house music. Listening to that show was a great opportunity to experience the crossover that was happening between reggae and hip-hop. This episode of Reggae Rhythm Update is the first part in a series of three that will chronicle that crossover sound. You’ll hear the music that influenced me as I was exploring my favorite reggae sounds and artists.
