Dancehall

Engine · 11-23-2010, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SATCHMO

For me it's really hard to find decent dancehall that I like that doesn't simply amount to glorified club music, but it's definitely out there and worth searching for.

You mean like from now, today?

For me it's the same as all Jamaican music: only the older stuff sounds good. Broadly, I think of Dancehall as electronic Reggae that's not quite Dub.

Here are some good ones from the olden days

Ganja Smuggling by Eek-a-mouse

Dancehall by Yellowman

But as always, times change

To me, this next one really really sucks. Dancehall of today..
Unknown Number by Busy Signal

SATCHMO · 11-23-2010, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Engine

You mean like from now, today?

For me it's the same as all Jamaican music: only the older stuff sounds good. Broadly, I think of Dancehall as electronic Reggae that's not quite Dub.

Here are some good ones from the olden days

Ganja Smuggling by Eek-a-mouse

Dancehall by Yellowman

But as always, times change

To me, this next one really really sucks. Dancehall of today..
Unknown Number by Busy Signal

Yeah, I would definitely include Yellowman as one of the greats of dancehall. I love Eek-A-Mouse, but I've always just kinda' considered him reggae, even though he does have a variation of the raggamuffin style.

I'm pretty fussy when it comes to the sub-genre. I really like a aggressive political dancehall and there's not a lot of that out there. I've pretty much given up on contemporary dancehall. Most of it's terrible. Some of Major Lazer's stuff is okay, but for the most part I'm pretty unenthused.