Comments on: Big Yard mix

By: Gabriel Heatwave

Gabriel Heatwave — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:38:54 +0000

Shaggy’s been smacking it in the past few years (Wild 2 Nite, Stand Up & Fight, VIP riddim, Dancehall Rock riddim, Limbo riddim etc). And yeah some of his 90s stuff (Mampie, Big Up, Oh Carolina, Showtime riddim) is wicked too. Big Yard productions are almost always great too, versatile as well, looking fwd to hearing the mix.

I dunno about the diluted/not diluted dichotomy droid presents though – Beenie and Cham have done some of the lamest and worst attempts at crossover in the past (Cham & Jentina? Beenie & Janet?), and sean paul’s style has been pretty consistent since the late 90s and his first album i think.

certainly it’s true that shaggy’s output at the turn of the century was pretty horrible, though it wasn’t me is a big tune.

By: Riddems

Riddems — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:29:50 +0000

Shaggy has done plenty good, both in getting the dancehall sound out to a wider audioence, as well as putting out several cracking tunes. The flatbush remix by Bobby Konders of “Oh Carolina” is awesome hiphop reggae. Last summer the tune Church Heathen, + riddim really tore it, and his voice on that riddem is the best I have heard of it.

By: info

info — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:35:12 +0000

i have a shaggy rayvon tune on 12″ as pum pum shorts – i think it’s on “pure pleasure” as well, but called something different – must be “nice and lovely” but not sure

By: droid

droid — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:34:07 +0000

BTW CA – liking your sound.

By: dan

dan — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:44:17 +0000

thanks! as someone who knows eff all about reggae, relatively speaking, i like shaggy and sean paul a lot. i’m probably a reggae purist’s worst nightmare actually, i even have a ukg chipmunked remix of ‘it wasn’t me’ somewhere haha.

now, draw for the reggae pop cover versions mix!

btw i spent most of my recent holiday in spain listening to yours and paul’s lyric maker blogariddims.

By: droid

droid — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:19:46 +0000

He did a tune called ‘Pum Pum shorts’? I know the Joseph Stepper and Red dragon tunes of the same name, but haven’t heard that one.

By: c a

c a — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:13:23 +0000

nothing wrong with Shaggy – still love all the early hits like pum pum shorts. i still can’t believe he got away with those lyrics on the Disney channel – i think he changed a couple of words around when he opened for backstreet boys. a lot of the crossover has to do with the label/a&r folks involvement

By: dubversion

dubversion — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:06:34 +0000

Fuck the h8terz. Etc

By: droid

droid — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:44:14 +0000

I dunno. Hes got skills obviously, but hes more of a pop artist that occasionally puts out a good 7″. Offhand I can only think of about 5 or 6 decent tunes he’s put out since the mid 90s.

Isn’t there also a distinction to be made between reggae artists who crossover by diluting their sound (shaggy, sean paul (?), Bounty etc…), and artists who’ve had hits without compromising (Beenie, Vegas, Cham).

If you watch MTV base on Friday nights they have a ‘DJ takeover’ section where they play dancehall and reggae for a couple of hours, and the difference between the two approaches is clear as night and day.

By: John

John — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:32:35 +0000

Intro is the comedian Steve Penk(?) I think, doing an impression.