Jah Shaka’s 3rd Commandments Of Dub album, Lion’s Share Of Dub (1984) is easily one of his best. The songs are all exquisite, melding catchy hooks to thunderous…
Tag: U.K.
07/09/2019: “Today” by LD, Monkey & Dimzy
U.K. Drill gets bad press, because it’s aggressive and made by inner city kids. Just like Hip Hop and Grime, really. It has to be…
03/09/2019: “Mike Lowery” by Skepta
Skepta is a huge name now, working with artists in America and playing at huge mainstream festivals. But he’s about as rooted in the Grime…
14/07/2019: “Love Really Hurts Without You” by Billy Ocean
Billy Ocean is one of the most successful British R’n’B acts, with a decades long career. This song is the one which enabled him to…
28/06/2019: “Prophecy” by Fabian
The bassline of this one is an absolute monster. Even in the reggae scene, there aren’t many heavy than this. The song is very catchy…
15/06/2019: “Saviour” by Beverley Knight
Beverley Knight is English, and the album this song is from, Music City Soul, was released in 2007. The album was well received by critics, and even…
12/06/2019: “Fire In Cairo” by The Cure
The driving creative force behind The Cure was the frontman, Robert Smith, who was one of the inspirations for the original goth movement. The first…
30/05/2019: “My Propeller” by Arctic Monkeys
Sometimes fans get a bit carried away with their interpretations of songs, to the point where the artist has to step in and categorically deny…
02/04/2019: “Voodoo Ray” by A Guy Called Gerald
An interesting fact about this song: the sample used was originally “voodoo rage”, but the sampler used was quite old and didn’t have enough memory…
07/03/2019: “Babarabatiri” by The Quantic Soul Orchestra
The original version of this is Cuban mambo, released in 1969 and performed by the bandleaders Beny More and Perez Prado. It was recorded in…