Top Ranking Albums of August 2011

Top Ranking Albums of August 2011

1. Various Artists – We Remember Gregory Isaacs [VP Records 2011]
2. Digitaldubs – #1 [ROIR 2011]
3. Robert Earl Keen, Jr. – Ready For Confetti [Lost Highway 2011]
4. Fyah T & Next Generation Family – Familywise [Family Music 2011]
5. Various Artists – Maximum Sound 2011 [Maximum Sound 2011]
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers – I’m With You [Warner Brothers 2011]
7. Various Artists – Steely & Clevie Presents Memories [VP Records 2011]
8. 10 Ft. Ganja Plant – Shake Up The Place [ROIR 2011]
9. Bassnectar – Divergent Spectrum [Amorphous Music 2011]
10. I-Wayne – Life Teachings [VP Records 2011]
11. Guy Clark – Songs And Stories [Dualtone Records 2011]
12. J Boog – Back Yard Boogie[Washouse Records 2011]
13. John Hiatt – Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns [New West 2011]
14. Shaggy  – Summer In Kingston [Ranch Entertainment 2011]
15. Kanye West & Jay–Z – Watch The Throne [Roc-A-Fella 2011]

Top 100 Ranking Singles of 2010

The Top Ranking Singles of 2010

1. Damian Marley, Nas, and Dennis Brown – Land Of Promise
2. Alborosie & Dennis Brown – Can’t Stand It
3. Cee Lo – Fuck You
4. Gyptian – Hold You
5. Jamey Johnson – Set ‘Em Up Joe
6. Busy Signal – Sweet Love (Night Shift)
7. Chuckle Berry, Sly & Robbie – Good Life
8. Courtney John – Love Is
9. Ryan Bingham – The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)
10. Carolina Chocolate Drops – Hit ‘Em Up Style
11. Alborosie – No Cocaine
12. Gappy Ranks – Put The Stereo On
13. Erykah Badu – Window Seat
14. Romain Virgo – Mi Caan Sleep
15. Busy Signal – One More Night
16. Damian Marley & Nas – As We Enter
17. Spragga Benz – Shotta Culture
18. Alborosie – Mama She Don’t Like You
19. Prince Fatty & Horsemen –Insane In The Brain
20. Johnny Cash – Ain’t No Grave
21. Broken Bells – The High Road
22. Lloyd Brown – Cold Blooded
23. Michael Franti & Spearhead – The Sound Of Sunshine
24. Spragga Benz, Shabba Ranks, Kardinal Offishal, & Swizz Beatz – Red Dot Special (Rhatata)
25. Willie Nelson, Leon Rausch, and Asleep at the Wheel – Truck Driver’s Blues
26. Ed Robinson – Our Heroes
27. Spragga Benz & Nas – This Is The Way
28. Alborosie – Blue Movie Boo
29. Damian Marley, Nas, & Lil Wayne – My Generation
30. Gorillaz – On Melancholy Hill
31. Yim Yames & the Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Louisiana Fairytale
32. Sean Paul – Turn Me On
33. Kings Go Forth – One Day
34. Gappy Ranks – Butterflies
35. Merle Haggard – I’ve Seen It Go Away
36. Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know
37. Lil Jon, Damian Marley, & Stephen Marley – On De Grind
38. Prince Fatty & Winston Francis – Dry Your Tears
39. Vampire Weekend – Holiday
40. Lee “Scratch” Perry & George Clinton – Scary Politicians
41. Junior Kelly – Too Late
42. Damian Marley, Nas, & K’Naan – Tribes At War
43. Jamey Johnson – Lonely At The Top
44. Rootz Underground – Makisupa Policeman
45. Gorillaz, De La Soul, and Gruff Rhys – Superfast Jellyfish
46. John Legend, Common, Melanie Fiona, & the Roots – Wake Up Everybody
47. Kanye West – Runaway
48. Spragga Benz – Dread Don’t Go Down
49. Robert Plant – Angel Dance
50. Gappy Ranks – Heaven In Her Eyes
51. Alejandro Escovedo – Anchor
52. Damian Marley & Nas – Patience
53. Jonsi – Go do
54. Major Lazer, Collie Buddz, & Linda Ortega – Good Enuff
55. Vampire Weekend – Horchata
56. Vybz Kartel & Popcaan – Clarks
57. Cypress Hill – Bang Bang
58. Kanye West – Monster
59. Overproof Soundsystem – King Step
60. Cas Haley & Tanya Stephens – Wolfman’s Brother
61. Lil’ Wayne – Gonorrhea
62. Alborosie & Steel Pulse – Steppin Out
63. Michael Franti, Lady Saw, and Spearhead – Shake It
64. Ray Benson, Jason Roberts, Leon Rausch, and Asleep at the Wheel – It’s a Good Day
65. I-Octane – Puff It
66. Lil Jon & Ying Yang Twins – Ride Da D
67. Romain Virgo – Alton’s Medley
68. Willie Nelson & Mishka – Homegrown
69. Damian Marley & Nas – Nah Mean
70. Tony Allen – Secret Agent
71. Assassin – Hand Inna Di Air
72. Gorillaz, Mod Def, and Bobby Womack – Stylo
73. Prince Fatty & Horseman – Shimmy Shimmy Ya
74. Spragga Benz, Queen Ifrica, Stephen Marley, & Jah Cure – More Life
75. Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes
76. Lil Jon, Ice Cube, & Elephant Man – Killas
77. Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues
78. Damian Marley & Nas – Count Your Blessings
79. Spoon – Written In Reverse
80. Chalice & Yellowman – Bouncing Around The Room
81. Broken Bellls – The Ghost Inside
82. Alborosie & Horace Andy – Money
83. Cypress Hill, Pitbull, & Marc Anthony – Armada Latina
84. Prince Fatty and Little Roy – Christopher Colombus
85. Vampire Weekend – Diplomat’s Son
86. MGMT – Congratulations
87. Gorillaz, Snoop Dogg, & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach
88. Kanye West – All Of The Lights
89. Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
90. Carolina Chocolate Drops – Your Baby Ain’t Sweet Like Mine
91. Elizabeth Cook – El Camino
92. Broken Bells – Vaporize
93. Nneka – Heartbeat
94. The Rolling Stones – Plundered My Soul
95. Kanye West – Power

The World of Reggae Music Collection — Reggae inna Folk-Country Version

World of Reggae Music

Reggae ina Folk Country Version

Beenie Man and Willie Nelson have more in common than you think. They both play country music. And they both play reggae music. Country and Reggae collide on this edition of the World of Reggae Music Collection. From Steve Earle, Jimmy Buffett, and Johnny Cash to Delroy Wilson, Dennis Brown, and John Holt this is Reggae inna Folk and Country stylee.

The Survivors – Rawhide

Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire>

The Ethiopians – Free Man

Willie Nelson – I’ll Still Be Thinking of You

Busy Signal – The Gambler

Charlie Pride – You’re My Jamaica

Josh Heinrichs – Cryin’ Time

Peter Rowan – No Woman No Cry

LUST – Flowers on the Will

Tony Joe White – Rainy Night In Georgia [Bozzo Bajou’s Georgia Dub]

Sanchez – El Paso

Robert Earl Keen – Waves on the Ocean

Delroy Wilson – I Shall Be Released

Willie Nelson – The Harder They Come

Freddie McGregor – The King of the Road

Beenie Man –Ain’t Gonna Figure It Yet

Slightly Stoopid – I’m On Fire

Gramps Morgan – Feels So Right

Willie Nelson – I’ve Just Destroyed The World

Toots & the Maytals – Take Me Home, Country Roads

Ziggy Marley & The Meloday Makers – Everyone Want To Be

Sinead O’Connor – Untold Stories

The Skatalites – Occupation

Paul Simon – Mother and Child Reunion

Tarrus Riley – The Chair

John Holt – Before The Next Teardrop Falls

J.J Cale – Crying

Beres Hammond – He Stopped Loving Her Today

The Sensations – Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast

Bonnie Raitt, Toots & The Maytals – True Love Is Hard To Find

The Mighty Diamonds – Lay Lady Lay

The Mighty Diamonds – Lay Lady Lay Dub

Willie Nelson – Sitting In Limbo

Tenor Saw – Lone Ranger and tonto

Hopeton Lewis – Don’t Take Your Guns To Town

Steve Earle – Rivers Of Babylon

Etana – Crazy

Nicky Thomas – If I Had A Hammer/ Hammering Version

Delbert McClinton – Stir It Up

Romain Virgo & Larry Gatlin – California

Willie Nelson & Toots & the Maytals – Still Is Still Moving To Me

Denzil Dennis – South of the Border

Jerry Jeff Walker – Sangria Wine (Live 1973 Luckenbach, Texas)

Luciano – He’ll Have To Go

Ken Parker – Kiss An Angel Good Morning

Taj Mahal – Never Let You Go

Richie Stephens – Wolverton Mountain

Killer Bees – El Paso

J Rod Records – Bad Cowboy Riddim Version

Ninja Man – Badman Law

Stephen Marley – Can’t Keep I Down

Willie Nelson – One In A Row

Sinead O’Connor – Marcus Garvey

Christopher Martin – If I Were A Carpenter

J.C. Lodge – Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright

J.C. Lodge – Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright Dub

Gary P. Nunn – London Homesick Blues (Home of the Reggae Armadillo)

Lloyd Charmers – Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)

Jimmy Buffett – Jamaica Mistaica

Aswad – Best Of My Love

Dennis Brown – The Last Thing On My Mind

Kymani Marley – Rude Boy

Willie Nelson – You Left Me A Long, Long Time Ago

Ras Abijah – One Too Many Mornings

Ras Abijah – One Too Many Mornings Dub

Duane Stephenson – Suspicions

Roman Stewart – Wolverton Mountain

Tessanne Chin – Don’t It Make It My Brown Eyes Blues

Delroy Wilson – Green Green Grass Of Home

Willie Nelson & Toots & the Maytals – I’m A Worried Man

John Holt – Help Me Make It Through the Night

Steve Earle & the V-Roys – Johnny Too Bad

The Pioneers – Sweet Dreams

Taj Mahal, Ziggy Marley, and Rudy Costa – Black Man, Brown Man

Hazel Wright – Please Help Me I’m Falling (In Love With You)

Willie Nelson & Wyclef Jean – To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before

Michael Rose – Lonesome Death of Hattie Caroll

Michael Rose – Lonesome Death of Hattie Caroll Dub

John Holt – Wasted Days And Wasted Nights

Sinead O’Connor – Jah Nuh Dead

Mariene Webber – Stand By Your Man

Willie Nelson – How Long Is Forever

The Inventors – Bye Bye Love

Noel “Bunny” Brown – For the Good Times

Hopeton Lewis – Drift Away

Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson – Worried Man

Dennis Brown – Little Green Apples

Taj Mahal – Johnny Too Bad

Wyclef Jean & Kenny Rogers – The Gambler

Willie Nelson – Undo The Right

Bob Andy – Walk A Mile In My Shoes

Sanchez & Beenie Man – Refugee

Doreen Sheaffer – Walk Through This World With Me

Count Prince Miller – Mule Train

Max Romeo – Blowin’ In The Wind

Gary P. Nunn – Corona Con Lima

Ken Parker – Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Willie Nelson – Something To Think About

Bob Andy – The Games People Play

The Heptones – Guman Coming To Town

Wayne Wade – Lady

Bob Dylan – I And I

Bob Dylan – I And I Dub

John Holt – If I Were a Carpenter

Taj Mahal – African Herbsman

Willie Nelson – I Guess I’ve Come To Live Here

Boris Gardiner – I Want To Wake Up With You

Mishka – Shadow in the Shade

Jackie Edwards – Someone Loves You Honey

Willie Nelson – Sitting In Limbo (Live at Farm Aid)

Jimmy Riley – Statue Of A Fool

The Aggrolites – Countryman Fiddle

Cornell Campbell – She Wears My Ring

Abijah – One Too Many Mornings

Abijah – One Too Many Mornings Dub

Max Romeo – Missing You

Ziggy Marley & Paul Simon – Walk Tall

John Holt – Mr. Bojangles

Slightly Stoopid – Know You Rider

Ken Parker – Guilty

Ziggy Marley & Willie Nelson – This Train

John Holt – Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms)

Brother Nolan – Coconut Girl

Michael Chung – For The Good Times

Jerry Garcia Band – The Harder They Come

Pat Kelly – Sunshine On My Shoulders

Harry Nlsson – Many Rivers To Cross

Eric Donaldson – Sylvia’s Mother

The Bellamy Brothers – I Love Her Mind

Max Romeo – Is It Really Over

Ziggy Marley – Blowin’ In The Wind

Nicky Thomas – Don’t Touch Me

Manu Chao – La Vacaloca

John Holt – Working Kind (Chokin’ Kind)

Ken Boothe – Mona Lisa

Ewan, Jerry, & the Caribbeats – Tennessee Waltz

Gloria Crawford – Sad Movies Make Me Cry

Hortense Ellis – Stand By Your Man

The Bleechers – Send Me The Pillow

Hortonese Ellis – My Last Date

Anonymously Yours – Every Time I Itch I Wind Up Scratching You

Willie Francis – I’m Going To Change Everything (aka Burn Them)

Ernest Wilson – My Elusive Dreams

Raphael Stewart & Hot Tops – He’ll Have To Go (aka Put Your Sweet Lips)

Hopeton Lewis – City of New Orleans (Good Morning Jamaica)

Ed Robinson – Knocking On Heavens Door

Ziggy Marley, Paula Fuga, & Jack Johnson – Cry, Cry, Cry

Nicky Thomas – Love Of The Common People

Ken Parker – Help Me Make It Through The Night

Bob Andy – Lay Lady Lay

Denzil Dennis – Zip a Dee Doo Dah

Dennis Walks – Snowbird

The Bellamy Brothers – If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me

Pat Kelly – Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings

Rip & Lan – In The Ghetto

David Isaacs – Just Enough (To Keep Me Hanging On)

Hopeton Lewis – Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me

Jimmy Buffett – Jamaica Farewell

Pluto Shervington – Jambalaya

Joya Landis – Angel of the Morning

Mikey Chung – Crying In The Chapel

The Clash – The Man In Me

Ernie Smith – Sunday Morning Coming Down

The Abyssinians – Blowin’ In The Wind

NEED

Willie Nelson – Do You Mind Too Much If I Don’t Understand

Lloyd Charmers – Mr. Bojangles

The Skatalites – Ring of Fire

The Bellamy Brothers – Get Into Reggae Cowboy

Johnny Cash – I’m A Worried Man

J.C. Lodge & Junior Kelly – Someone Loves You Honey

Robert Palmer & UB40 – I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight

The World of Reggae Music Collection: Reggae’s Superstars – The Lions of Jah (125 Songs from Reggae’s Finest)

The Jam-Tex selector will post a study and organization of the essential tracks of reggae music. The selector invites others to join in on the organization of these tracks.  Thus Jam-Tex presents “The World of Reggae Music Collection.” This collection of singles begins with the greatest roots reggae hits in a category  entitled “Reggae’s Superstars – The Lions of Jah.”

The Reggae Superstars category includes the section: “The Lions of Jah.” The Lions of Jah section includes the pillars of reggae music, such as Bob Marley & the Wailers, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Jimmy Cliff, Toots & the Maytals, Jacob Miller, Peter Tosh, Max Romeo, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Bunny Wailer, Desmond Dekker, Freddie McGregor, Horace Andy, Barrington Levy, Beres Hammond, and features supergroups like  Third World, Black Uhuru, Steel Pulse, and Culture. The grouping of songs includes classic vocal groups like the Mighty Diamonds, Wailing Souls, and the Itals, and early deejay and singjay sensations like Big Youth, Tenor Saw, and Trinity.  Yet overall this category relies on the heavy hitters of reggae music like  John Holt, Gregory Isaacs, Lucky Dube, Johnny Osbourne, and Cornell Campbell.

Please feel free to comment. The selector is open to suggestions and changes. Feel free to comment on the selections, categories, genre headings, and section headings. The selector will consider track additions and removals and even the renaming of categories, sections, and genres. Without further ado…

The Jam-Tex Selector presents…The World of Reggae Music Collection

Reggae’s Superstars: The Lions of Jah

Ini Kamoze – World-A-Music

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up

Desmond Dekker – 007 (Shanty Town)

Toots & the Maytals – 54-46 That’s My Number

Peter Tosh – Steppin’ Razor

Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come

Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear – The Ghost

Delroy Wilson – Better Must Come

Third World – Reggae Ambassador

Black Uhuru & the Revolutionaries – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Culture – Two Sevens Clash

Barrington Levy – Too Experienced

Lee “Scratch” Perry – Chase The Devil

Lee “Scratch” Perry – Disco Devil

Steel Pulse – Handsworth Revolution

Steel Pulse – Revolution Dub

Gregory Isaacs & Roots Radics – Night Nurse

Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse Dub

Dennis Brown – Wolves and Leopards

The Wailing Souls – Shark Attack

The Mighty Diamonds – Right Time

Johnny Ousborne – Truths and Rights

Chalice – Good to Be There

Jacob Miller & Inner Circle – Westbound Train

Horace Andy – Skylarking

Freddie McGregor – Big Ship

Max Romeo & the Upsetters – War Ina Babylon

Israel Vibration – Get Up and Go

John Holt – Strange Things

Lucky Dube – We Love It

Toots & the Maytals – Funky Kingston

Jacob Miller & Inner Circle – We A Rockers

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Rebel Music (Three O’Clock Roadblock)

Burning Spear – Columbus

Jimmy Cliff – You Can Get It If You Really Want

Barrington Levy – Saw Red

Peter Tosh – Whatcha Gonna Do

Steel Pulse – Uncle George

Dennis Brown – Here I Come

The Heptones – Book of Rules

Cornell Campbell – The Gorgon

Mighty Diamonds – Identity

Beres Hammond & Zap Pow – Last War

Toots & the Maytals – Time Tough

Culture – Iron Sharpening Iron

Dennis Brown – Stop the Fussing & Fighting

Steel Pulse – Ravers

Half Pint – Level The Vibes

Beres Hammond – They Gonna Talk

John Holt & the Aggravators – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine/Version

Jacob Miller & U-Brown – Keep On Knocking

Bunny Wailer – Blackheart Man

The Heptones – Party Time

Bob Andy – I’ve Got To Go Back Home

Burning Spear – The Invasion

Burning Spear – Black Wa Da Da

The Itals – In A Dis Ya Time/ Harbour View Rock

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Is This Love

Johnny Osbourne & the Sensations – Come Back Darling

The Pioneers – Long Shot (Kick the Bucket)

Toots & the Maytals – Pressure Drop

Black Uhuru – Party Next Door

Gregory Isaacs – Sad To Know (You’re Leaving)

Peter Tosh – Wanted Dread And Alive

Beres Hammond – I Feel Good

Cornell Campbell – Queen Of The Minstrel

Big Youth – Livin’

Burning Spear – Rise Up

Tenor Saw – Lots of Sign

Tenor Saw – Lots of Dub

Black Uhuru – Black Uhuru Anthem

Jacob Miller – Mixed Up Moods

Steel Pulse – Blues Dance Raid

Barrington Levy, Kojak & Liza – My Woman/ Ten Thousand Woman

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Rat Race

Jimmy Cliff – Struggling Man

The Heptones – Fattie Fattie

Horace Andy – Nice And Easy

Horace Andy – Nice and Easy Dub

Mighty Diamonds – Have Mercy

Trinity – All Gone

Gregory Isaacs – Cream of the Crop

Black Uhuru – Rent Man

Sammy Dread – My Princess

Beres Hammond – Rockaway

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Soul Rebel

U-Roy – Natty Rebel

Culture & Shorty the President – See Them A Come/ Natty Pass Him G.C.E.

Cornell Campbell – Boxing Around

Glen Washington – Rockers (Nuh Crackers)

Dennis Brown – What About The Half

Jimmy Riley – Love And Devotion

Ronnie Davis – Writing on the Wall

Burning Spear – Jordan River

Third World – Roots With Quality

The Itals – Brutal Out Deh

Peter Tosh – Why Must I Cry

Culture – Lion Rock

Barrington Levy – My Time (Rights of Man)

Steel Pulse – Back To My Roots / Dub To My Roots

Gregory Isaacs – Stranger In Town

Dennis Brown – Ghetto Girl

The Wailing Souls – War Deh Round A John Shop

Jacob Miller – Chapter A Day

Beres Hammond – What One Dance Can Do

Max Romeo – One Step Forward

Lucky Dube – Prisoner

Israel Vibration – Back Staba

Lee “Scratch” Perry & the Heptones – Why Must I (Version)

Ed Robinson – Rude Awakening

Aswad – Love Fire

Aswad – Dub Fire

Jimmy Cliff – One More

Gregory Isaacs – Innocent People Cry

Delroy Wilson – It’s A Shame

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Pimper’s Paradise

The Wailing Souls – Bredda Gravalicious

Peter Tosh – Pick Myself Up

The Viceroys – Brethren and Sistren

Freddie McGregor – A House Is Not A Home

Lucky Dube – Julie! Julie!

Beres Hammond – Pull Up

The Wailing Souls – Stop Red Eye

Israel Vibration – Reggae on the River

Jimmy Cliff – Treat The Youths Right