Reggae & Ska > V Reggae & Ska > Dancehall / Ragga

Advantages: Unltimate Booty Shake
Disadvantages: Some songs are out of place!

Top dancehall tunes to get anybody on the dancefloor - even if you are sober. You can't help youself, you hear the DJ mixing the tunes, the song kicks in and your ass starts moving on it's own. Next thing you know, your in the middle of the dance floor struting your stuff. It really is that good. You do have a few songs on this CD where you think "oh, this is a random tune to put on here". For example, Morning Ride on CD1, it should be on the Summer ...
...have your had core ragga dancehall tunes and all of a sudden a slow RnB sneaks its way in there, but with this CD you just don't care because the rest just blow you away. There are also a few female artists on there which is great, you can't beat a good female fasty hot gal singing her tune. When you listen to them, you can almost sit there and imagine how sexy the video would be, and wish you were in it. However, this CD mostly male artists and ... Read review

Advantages: Lyrics, Patrice's voice, it just never gets boring
Disadvantages: None that I can think of

Great music, great singer, great lyrics!! He has his very own style ever since this first album of his. His music is a unique mix of reggae and ska with some soul, funk, jazz, folk and hip hop elements in it. Career Patrice Bart-Williams was born in a small town near Cologne, Germany, in 1979 and started to make music when he was 12 years old. He played in several bands until he joined the label 'Yo Mama' and accompanied Lauryn Hill on her ...
...which to date is considered his best one, was released in 2000. Since then he has published four other albums (How do you call it, Silly Walks Movement meets Patrice, Nile & Free-Patriation). Tracks 1. Shine on my way 2. Everyday Good 3. Wonder (Shinin' On) 4. Fear Rules 5. Lions 6. Love 7. You Always You 8. Murderer 9. Queens 10. No Excuse 11. Moneypulation 12. Lions (Live) 13. Love (Live) 14. Fear Rules (Live 15. No Excuse ... Read review

Advantages: Fab compilation of all the hits
Disadvantages: None at all

Wow! What a fantastic CD! I could tell when I listened to it, that every song had been carefully hand picked to create such a smooth album. The songs seem to intertwine into one another. All of the big reggae stars from the past captured onto two discs. Features such artists as: -Shaggy -Toots and the Maytals -Desmond Decker -Tony Tribe -UB40 Bob Marley Features such song as: -Boombastic -Mr Loverman -Welcome to Jamrock -Red Red Wine ... Read review

Advantages: Good music, reggae brought back to a roots sound
Disadvantages: None

Live at Stubb's is Matisyahu's 2nd album and his 1st live album recorded at Stubbs in Austin, Texas. It was released in February, 2005 by JDubRecords. If you are not familiar with Matisyahu, he's an intriguing chap, a New York Jew (Matisyahu is the Yiddish pronunciation of Matthew), who dresses in the traditional clothing of a Hasidic Jew and doesn't perform on the sabbath. He spent several years taking hallucinogens and touring with the rock band ...
...Matisyahu Miller - Vocals Roots Tonic: Aaron Dugan - Guitar Josh Werner - Bass Guitar Johan David - Drums Yoni - MC (on Beat Box) Beat Box is a particularly good song but I liked them all and it works well as it's a live concert. ... Read review

Advantages: It's the Specials!
Disadvantages: One or two tracks not so good.

...folk this song epitomizes the specials, old style reggae Ska, bouncy bass line, trumpets, simple guitar riff and constant, steady drumming. The ultimate get up and move tune, everyone mouthing the words and understanding them, what a great track, still brings back great memories. My 13 year old son who is into thrash metal even likes this. 9/10. 2. Do The Dog Much more percussion and synthesizer, modern Ska, more energetic, more of a dance tune. ...
...we start to hear Terry Hall make his mark vocally on the band, lots of electric guitar too. Personally I think Mr. Hall 'whines' a bit in a Midlands way on this track. 6/10. 4. Nite Klub Love the trumpet use in this track and the almost urgent use of drums, Terry Hall vocals again, yet this time much more suited to the song which, you guessed it, is about a Night Club. Quite like this, though a little away from what I would consider Ska. 7/10. ... Read review