Hey, I know a lot of you dislike Pitchfork here, but can you help me on finding something? About a year ago I remember them running a piece on an obscure Chicago collective of electronic artists (I don't think they were exclusively footwork, but my memory's really fuzzy), and at the time, none of their work was on RYM. I tried to look for the piece a few months ago, though, and I couldn't find it anywhere. Do any of you know what I'm talking about?
EDIT: Wait, got it. It's actually a hip-hop collective, but they sound amazing regardless.
Any of BEA's JA aficionados fancy a laugh? Then look at ShitDork's 50 Greatest 'Dancehall' Tracks list which attempts in vain to appear like the compilers have half a clue knowing what they're on about. True, some good'uns on the list (Bam Bam at No.1 is a nice surprise, although doubt very much it would have featured at all if it weren't for Kanye), but Damien Marley? Dawn Penn?? (a 90s update of a 60s Studio One riddim which suddenly becomes a post-roots staple 'cos Beyonce's covered it? Madness), Gimme The Light instead of Infiltrate??? and worst of all Fucking SNOW?!?! (placing above Wa-Do-Dem too...) The omissions are just as ridiculous - no Ninjaman, Red Rat, Eastwood/Saint, Courtney Melody, Red Rose, Michigan & Smiley, only one Sugar Minott track, bugger all from Wackies and nowt from the UK which was just as fervent a breeding ground for quality dancehall in the 80s (especially Jah Screechy's Walk and Skank).
No wonder people diss 'reggae' if the clueless start with lists like this - they've just taken cod dancehall everyone knows (such as Here Come The Hotstepper - Ini Kamoze was never a commercial sell-out, check out World a Music for starters) and mixed it with a few essentials. My advice - P4K=babylon and listen a mi No.1 dancehall number instead. One love.
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