It seems like ive posted more RIP posts this month than ever before...Heres hopefully my final one for a while. At age 59, Gregory Isaacs has succombed to Lung Cancer. One of the greatest singers of reggae music ever..RIP Cool Ruler.
Listen a NICE mix of the Ruler here. Mixed by my good friend over at 18 Karat Reggaes tcooo.podomatic.com! If you want to download it go here Just click this Audio box below, it will take you to another page with the download link at bottom!
This is definitely a shocker to me! I last saw Ari on a train in Brooklyn, and we had a long conversation about what she was up to. We knew each other from the old stomping grounds, House Of Leo in jamaica, where she was a hair whipping dancer whos mad moves made Stone Love give her the nick name Madussa. She got off at her stop and i kept going, thinking what an amazing character of dancehall she was. Not knowing what a legendary part of music she was. For more on Ari and her contribution to music go to LargeUps Blog http://largeup.okayplayer.com/2010/10/21/ari-up-1962-2010/
Miami Carnival has just finished! I’m going over some of my playlists that I created for the carnival season, and I came across one that DJ Shane from Black Talon gave me called "90's Road March Songs". These songs are the songs that the "people" have chosen as there favorite while playing Mas in Trinidad. Usually a very catchy and interactive song, cuz when on the road and drinking, the last thing you want to do is think to deeply. The 90's really changed the Road March game with a lot more Jump, Wave, Push Back, etc. Without going to far into why, here’s the who and when....and if you’re a dj who gets to play soca, playing these songs in or out of order are guaranteed to create Bacchanal!
1990-Tambu-We aint going home 1991-Super Blue-Sumting and Wave 1992-Super Blue-Jab Jab 1993-Super Blue-Bachanal 1994-Preacher-Jump and Wave 1995-Super Blue-Signal For Lara 1996-Nigel Lewis-Movin 1997-Machel Montano-Big Truck 1998-Wayne Rodriguez-Footsteps 1999-Senelle Dempster-River
Big up for listing every single Road March song since 1932! Now to find the songs to play at parties...
Also, revisit the interview i did with Machel on this subject and many more!
Old School Hip Hop and RNB! My favorite music in the world. I did this a while ago but just neva blasted it, so here you go, break out the cardboard, do the running man and enjoy!
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