In this edition of The World of Reggae Music Collection the selector dives into the deep catalog of Dancehall Reggae. This first exploration of the dancehall pulls from the Old School Dancehall tunes from the late 1970s through the 1990s. The kings of the dancehall make the list here, including Barrington Levy, Shabba Ranks, Cocoa Tea, Tenor Saw, Yellowman, and Super Cat. Unique voices, fat riddims, and heavy bass lines make for great dancehall reggae music.
From the creative stylings of Junior Reid, Tiger and Cutty Ranks to the rough-shod rhyming of Bounty Killer, Capleton, and Buju Banton to the smooth silky voices of Beres Hammond, Sanchez, and Frankie Paul, dancehall music filled the air in Jamaica where its was played over thundering soundsystems with speakers stacked mountain high. This collection of old school dancehall songs includes favorites from Half Pint, Johnny Ousborne, Eek-A-Mouse, Ninjaman, and Chaka Demus & Pliers, as well as the deeper cuts from classic dancehall artists like Early B, Anthony Red Rose, Brigadier Jerry and Super Beagle.
The selector has also made lists of dancehall reggae music, including Classic Dancehall Tracks, New School Danechall Selections, and ruff riding Ragga singles. Please comment on the selections.
Johnny Osbourne – Water Pumping
Mallory Williams – She Boom
Tenor Saw – Ring The Alarm
Nitty Grity – False Alarm
Super Beagle – Dust A Sound Boy
Cutty Ranks – A Who Seh Ne Dun (Wake De Man)
Chaka Demus & Pliers – Murder She Wrote
King Kong – Trouble Again
Yellowman – Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt
Major Worries – Sweet Little Rosie
Johnny Ousborne – Ice Cream Love
Super Cat – Boops
Eek A Mouse – Wa-Do-Dem
Cocoa Tea – Rocking Dolly
Barrington Levy – Shine Eye Gal
Home T, Shabba Ranks, & Cocoa Tea – Pirates’ Anthem
Pinchers – Bandelero
Anthony Red Rose – Bangarang
Glamour Murphy – What the Woman Want
Michael Prophet – Gunman
Cocoa Tea & Buju Banton – Too Young
Flourgon & Ninjaman – Zig It Up
Dawn Penn & Bounty Killer – No No No (You Don’t Love Me Anymore)
Shabba Ranks – Love Punnany Bad
Triston Palmer – Entertainment
Dirtsman – Impeccable
Bounty Killer – Dead This Time
Cutty Ranks – Stopper
General Levy – Heat
Anthony Red Rose – Under Me Fat Thing
Delroy Wilson – It’s A Shame
Frankie Paul – Little Walter
Barrington Levy – Murderer
Supercat – Don Dada
Yellowman – Zungguzungguguzungguzeng
Chaka Demus & Pliers – Tease Me
Degree – Boom Boom
Anthony Johnson, Jah Thomas, & Toyan – Gunshot
Cocoa Tea – Death In The Stadium
Admiral Bailey – Punnany
Wayne Wonder – Spare Me
Frankie Paul – I Know the Score
Tiger – No Wanga Gut
Buju Banton – Buju Movin’
Cocoa Tea – Good Life
Beres Hammond – Focussing Time
Chaka Demus – Young Gal Business
Admiral Bailey – Big Belly Man
Charlie Chaplain – Miami Vice
Pato Banton – Don’t Sniff Coke
Ninjaman – Test The Highpower
Anthony Red Rose – Tempo
Sanchez – Brown Eye Girl
Chaka Demus & Pliers – Bam Bam
Smiley Culture – Cockney Translation
Captain Barkey & Angel Doolas – 2 By 4
Capleton – Can’t Sleep Ah Night
Johnny Ousborne – Reasons
Papa San & Lady G – Legal Rights
Bounty Killer – Fitness
Tenor Saw – I Got To Be There (Roll Call)
Tristan Palmer – Shank I Sheck
Brigadier Jerry – Jamaica, Jamaica
Terror Fabulous and Nadine Sutherland – Action
Red Dragon – Hol’ A Fresh
Anthony Red Rose & Bounty Killer – Intimate Woman
Super Cat – Nuff Man A Dead
Tenor Saw – Pumpkin Belly
Bounty Killer – Look
Barrington Levy – Black Roses
Sizzla – Got To Survive
Cocoa Tea – Lonesome Side
Papa San – Hippitti Hippitti Hop
Gregory Isaacs – Soon Forward
Bounty Killer – War
Michael Palmer – I’m Still Dancing
Eek-A-Mouse – Peenie Walli
Tenor Saw – No Work on Sunday
Lieutenant Stitchie – Hello Carol
Admiral Bailey – Horse Tonic
Shabba Ranks – Trailer Load A Girls
Anthony B – Fire Come Now
Capleton – Alms House
Echo Minott – Lazy Body
Louie Culture – Don’t Get Weary
Cocoa Tea, Home T, & Shabba Ranks – Holding On
Ninja Man & Bounty Killer – Bwoy Nuh Run
Tenor Saw – Fever
Admiral Bailey – No Way No Better Than Yard
Eek-A-Mouse – Operation Eradication
Carlton Livingston & Shabba Ranks – Don’t Follow Rumors
Bounty Killer – Ask Fi War
Cocoa Tea – She Loves Me Now
Lukie D & Shabba Ranks – Talk Talk (Remix)
Cocoa Tea – Love Me
Shabba Ranks – Ting-A-Ling
Tenor Saw – Shirley Jones
Tenor Saw – Shirley Dub
Eek-A-Mouse – Assassinator
Shabba Ranks – Well Done
Shinehead – The Real Rock
Cocoa Tea, Home T, & Shabba Ranks – Who She Love
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Johnny Osbourne – Gangster Sound
Triston Palmer – Roaming Girl
Michael Palmer – Gunshot A Burst
Bobby Melody – Ram the Session
Reggie Stepper – Cu- Oonuh
Frankie Paul – Call the Brigade
Cornell Campbell – Mash You Down
King Kong – Dem Nah Do Nuttun
Lt. Stitchie – Wear Your Size
Pinchers – Lorna
Half Pint – Brother Love
Home T, Cocoa T, & Cutty Ranks – Another One For The Road
Ranking Joe – River Jordan
Terror Fabulous & Maxi Priest – Drop It
Wayne Wade – Poor And Humble
Brigadier Jerry – Lyrics Of Mine
Buju Banton – Love Black Woman
Charlie Chaplain – Nah Go Married
Frankie Paul – Nothing No Deh
Junior Reid – Boom-Shack-A-Lack
Mikey General – As A Man Thinketh
Nardo Ranks – Burrups
Ninjaman – Murder Dem
Shinehead – Jamaican In New York
Tippa Irie – Hello Darling
Tony Rebel – Money Tree
Junior Tucker – One of the Poorest People
Reggie Stepper – Under Mi Sin Ting
Yellowman – Bam Bam
Pinchers – Agony
Cutty Ranks – Chop Chop
Super Cat – Trash And Ready
Johnny Osbourne – Mission
Early B – Deaf Ears
Mikey General – In A Dis Ya Gideon
Barrington Levy – Strange
Shabba Ranks – Respect
Early B – Imitator
Tiger – Boombastic
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