We were wading through the never ending deluge of fan mail the we receive here on a daily basis (wink), and came across one letter from our strong Caribbean fanbase, which told us off, and rightly so, for the lack of dancehall posts on the blog thus far. You’ve got to remember your roots goddammit.
This week’s Throwback Thursdays seemed the perfect time to rectify that situation, grave as it is. You just can’t beat a bit of dancehall from time to time, and there’s no better music for getting people going in a rave. ‘Traffic Blocking’ by General Degree was released in the late 1990s, but still sounds as fresh as ever today. Serious ting!
BONUS: The full release of the ‘Filthy Riddim’. For those who know slightly less than us about how dancehall releases work, the instrumental is produced, and is called a Riddim. Various vocalists record their own versions over the instrumental, and these are all released together, though the skill of the vocalists shines through in differentiating their version from the others.
Structure Vs Agency 