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As a musician that also does IT work, the part where copyright/law suit was mentioned troubled me a bit... Artists aren't profiting massively from sampling. Even from making music in general. Actually, most artists don't get paid at all when uncleared samples are involved, and especially because of the predatory system of music publication. The ideal like they are the ones who should be sued worries me about a wrong…
Still have no idea what a sleng teng is though.
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seen .. much bettern to hear the song in context in a soundsystem live tape (several on yt) - and possibly with cough cough sacrament - e.g. coxsone, killmanjaro, etc. <3 the 'digital raggae' electronic pre-dancehall sound
A somewhat Europeanized version of this Dub can often be found behind the query "steppa, steppers or dubtronica" of many platforms such as Spotify. Which, also, is best heard on either good headphones or with your head stuck down a giant soundsystem wall (don't do that, though, seriously)
(sSund system owner here)
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I'm sure there's a million other reggae artists that I've yet to discover, but nothing personally hits more than roots reggae, I wish there were more of 1970s-1990s Lacksley Castell, Hugh Mundell, Johnny Osbourne, Barrington Levy, Sammie Dread, Johnnie Clark, etc, etc,
Going to listen to some you mentioned I don't know... Just from the top of my head in case some here don't know them (if I start looking in my archive I'll find lots of stuff)... Not all "roots" but it's old stuff. Zap Pow, "This is Reggae music": (I used to start my reggae compilation with this one) https://youtu.be/-6G6PiRGCaU Bunny Wailer: https://youtu.be/tr0dyo7XGcw Errol Dunkley: https://youtu.be/D5Tg1l4pk94 Ra…
There's no decent reggae after the early 1980s, apart from UB40 knock off bands. Give me the Pioneers, Dave and Ansel Collins or Justin Hinds any day.
Beres Hammond, Jah Cure, Gyptian, Bitty mcLean ... ? I could go on. Relatively newer artists but on dub (old school) style riddims
This is a beautiful example of why people shouldn't be too quick to tag cultural borrowings as "appropriation." They often result in a back-and-forth cross-pollination that bears novel hybrid fruit we can all enjoy.
That's not correct. See the first paragraphs of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_appropriation --- Cultural appropriation is the inappropriate or unacknowledged adoption ... cultural appropriation differs from acculturation, assimilation, or equal cultural exchange ... the concept is often misunderstood or misapplied by the general public, and that charges of "cultural appropriation" are at times misapplied to…
For people wondering "what's the sleng teng riddim?" here's some examples: Original "under mi sleng teng" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjw7m-BKmQ8 One of my favorites, "The Don" by peter metro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnZuTOH2zoc 90 minute sleng teng mix (here's a bunch): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwLKc61dVWQ related: Under mi sensi (doesn't actually use sleng teng riddim but it's a riff on the sleng…
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I remember not getting dubstep (also derived from dub before it’s export to the US and commercialization) because I was listening to it on my PC speakers. When I finally played it through my hifi it was like a whole sonic landscape suddenly appeared and only then did I finally get it.
Quick note to those that were potentially triggered when they read "dubstep"... Early dubstep was based on two-step and garage music, while at the same time heavily based on dub and reggae. Digital Mystikz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9H3i0T1iN4 Spaceape - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfyRjyKj05I Goth Trad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d12dJbE_xxw Listen to some of the early dubstep and you'll start to u…
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Going to listen to some you mentioned I don't know... Just from the top of my head in case some here don't know them (if I start looking in my archive I'll find lots of stuff)... Not all "roots" but it's old stuff. Zap Pow, "This is Reggae music": (I used to start my reggae compilation with this one) https://youtu.be/-6G6PiRGCaU Bunny Wailer: https://youtu.be/tr0dyo7XGcw Errol Dunkley: https://youtu.be/D5Tg1l4pk94 Ra…
Delroy Wilson, Cornell Campbell, Don Carlos, Carlton & The Shoes, Garnett Silk, Bob Andy, Freddie McGregor, Frankie Paul... Personally I prefer the sound of the late 60s — Rocksteady: The Paragons, Lynn Taitt, Prince Buster, Alton Ellis, Phyllis Dillon, Bob & the Beltones, The Progressions...
Roots reggae was the only music I played my baby was in the hospital. So much so, I actually created a Spotify playlist of all of the songs we jammed together to.
Let me know what you think https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1qp5AfSmmKLwefGyaJfLxP