Hip-Hop Inna Reggae Stylee, Vol.4!

Hey y'all! Here is my 4th mixtape/compilation for you from my HIP-HOP INNA REGGAE STYLEE series. It's been a while since the last one, but people seem to dig this series, so I hope you enjoy it too. Lemme know what'cha think!

Enjoy!

DWNLD> V/A - Mista D's Music Blog presents: HIP-HOP INNA REGGAE STYLEE, VOL.4

And if you missed Volumes 1, 2 + 3, here they are:
DWNLD> VOLUME 1
DWNLD> VOLUME 2
DWNLD> VOLUME 3



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Capital Letters

I just stumbled upon this one recently on the Reggae Inna Babylon Blog and I'm really glad I did.

Capital Letters is a reggae band from the UK, and this album, "Headline News" was released on Greensleeves Records in 1979. If you dig Steel Pulse, you'll love this one! If you know anything more about this album, please drop me a comment and share it with me.

Personal favourites on this record so far are "Run Man Run", "Smoking My Ganja", "Bread And Water", and "Buzz Rock".

Enjoy!

DWNLD: CAPITAL LETTERS - Headline News


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Hip-Hop Inna Reggae Stylee, Vol.3!

Hey folks! Here is my third mixtape/compilation for you from my HIP-HOP INNA REGGAE STYLEE series. This seems to be a popular one, so I hope you all enjoy it. Lemme know what'cha think! Here's the tracklist for VOL.3:

01-Hurricane Black (ft. Black Thought of The Roots & Common)-MOS DEF
02-Land Of Promise (ft. Dennis Brown)-NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY
03-There Was A Murder-CLIPSE
04-No War (Obama) (ft. Barrington Levy & Kardinal Offishall)-BUSTA RHYMES
05-Night Nurse-U-N-I
06-Get Up In The Morning-CHIDDY BANG
07-Nobody Move! (ft. Yellowman, Skotch Davis, Telli/Ninjasonik)-TROUBLE ANDREW
08-Dubbing It Raw-KING TUBBY VS WU-TANG CLAN
09-Johnny Too Beef-MOS DEF
10-Say Somethin' -NAS & BOB MARLEY
11-Everyday Always-GRAND ANALOG
12-Trapped (ft. Kardinal Offishall)-PROMOE
13-Don't Get So High (Dancehall Mix)-KRS-ONE
14-Freaks (ft. Lil' Vicous)-DOUG E. FRESH
15-In Divine Style-DIVINE STYLER
16-Artical (Original Posse Mix) (ft. Phife from A Tribe Called Quest & Chip-Fu from Fu-Shnickens)-WHITEY DON

Enjoy!

DWNLD> V/A - Mista D's Music Blog presents: HIP-HOP INNA REGGAE STYLEE, VOL.3

And if you missed Volume 1 + 2, here they are:
DWNLD> VOLUME 1
DWNLD> VOLUME 2


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John Holt

This is a classic from one of Jamaica's best reggae vocalists, John Holt. The cover art is great too: Mr.Holt with a big grin, a big bag of ganja, running away from the police. A must-have for any reggae fan!

Enjoy!

DWNLD: JOHN HOLT - Police In Helicopter


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Roger Steffens

Roger Steffens is the man. Watch this interview with him and tour of his legendary reggae archives. I love it.



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Mos Def : Mos Dub

This is just pure dopeness.

Remember that Jaydiohead mash-up mixtape? This is the latest from the same dude, Max Tannone. I've got it on regular rotation at the moment. Check it out, if you know what's good for you... :)

DWNLD: MOS DEF - Mos Dub (Mixtape by Max Tannone)


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NaS Vs Bob Marley

This is a great mash-up mixtape put out by 100 Akres Productions using various NaS acapellas over beats containing samples from Bob Marley's "Uprising" album. Sounds dope! Have a listen....

DWNLD: NAS vs BOB MARLEY - Relatives Abroad (The Mash-up)


ENJOY!

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Toronto Plays For Haiti

What a fantastic night! A HUGE success!! Check out this overview video put together by the Edge :


ENJOY!

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Staylefish Dub Stayle

Check out this dub remix of a Staylefish song, "Unbound" from their "Colour By Numbers" album, released last year. Nicely done!

DWNLD: STAYLEFISH - Dub Bound (JQ's Unbound Version)

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MJ A Rocker!

This EP of 6 songs by Michael Jackson, done "inna reggae stylee" by Chicago based band called The Drastics, is pretty slick and worth having a listen to!

Check this out....

DWNLD> THE DRASTICS - MJ A ROCKER!

Enjoy!

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The Dualers

This album came out in 2006, and I just heard it this week for the first time, thanks to an awesome blog called Life In Monochrome (who in turn got it from a blog called Musica & Cerveja). Awesome album! Great songs! Thanks!

The Dualers are from South London, England, and this is their 3rd album.

Check out this great song and video to get the vibe of these guys...



DWNLD> THE DUALERS - The Melting Pot

Enjoy!

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Hip-Hop Inna Reggae Stylee, Vol.2!

As some of you may already know, I put together my first blog compilation last year entitled "Hip-Hop Inna Reggae Stylee". It was so well received that I decided to put together Volume 2! And here it is! Here's the tracklisting:

01-Dub Selection Intro-SANTOGOLD
02-Still Tippin' It (ft. Slim Thug & Mike Jones)-SANTOGOLD
03-Guns Up (ft. Damian Marley & Stephen Marley)-CHALI 2NA
04-Nice Up The Function (ft. Roots Manuva)-MR. SCRUFF
05-Party Together (ft. KRS-One)-SLY & ROBBIE
06-Gun Fever (Blam Blam)-MARVIN (THE HUMAN)
07-Welcome To The Sound-T.Y.M.E.
08-Thank God For Toronto-MINDBENDER
09-Last Standing Soldier (Bedouin Remix)-KARDINAL OFFISHALL
10-Shimmy Shimmy Ya / A Message To You Rudy-ODB vs THE SPECIALS
11-Fire (ft. Damian Marley)-B-REAL
12-Come On (ft. Chali 2na)-TIPPA IRIE
13-Girls Callin' (ft. Ghostface Killah)-ELEPHANT MAN
14-Passin' Me By (Roots Rockers Reggae Remix)-THE PHARCYDE
15-I Left My Wallet In El Segundo (Vampire Mix)-A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
16-Voice Of A New Generation-DEF JEF
17-Roots, Rap, Reggae (ft. Yellowman)-RUN-D.M.C.
18-Another One To Get Jealous Of-MC SHAN

If you download and enjoy this one, please leave me a comment... It'll inspire me to put together Volume 3. ;)

If you missed Volume 1, you can find it HERE.

*(Please note that track#18 is posted separately as a bonus track... I had to get you that MC Shan classic!!)

Enjoy!

DWNLD> V/A - Mista D's Music Blog presents: HIP-HOP INNA REGGAE STYLEE, VOL.2

DWNLD> BONUS TRACK!

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Food Songs!

I've been collecting songs for this one for a while, and thanks to some additions based on friends' recommendations, I've put together the first mix of 25 songs! It's a mix of many genres, but is a fun one all around.

If you listen to this collection on iTunes, and click on the little arrow in the album artwork window, you can view each song's orginal album...Check those out too!

This compilation fits on 1 cd too, but I had to post it in 2 parts because it's awesomeness is so large. haha

Lemme know what'cha think....ENJOY!

DWNLD> FOOD SONGS - Mista D's Music Blog Mix PART1 PART2

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Roots Rockers Clubwise Mix

This mix is compiled and mixed by Doc Holiday and Uwe Kaa, otherwise known as the Roots Rockers. It's a reggae mash-up of some killer tunes of many genres! Very well done too. Great tunes!

Just check out the tracklisting:

Ernest Grass - Intro
Turbulence and Spectacular - High Grade
Alice Russel - Hurry On Now (remix)
J.Star - When I fall In Dub
Ms Dynamite - When I fall In Love
Super Cat - Girls Town (remix)
Pharcyde - Passin Me By (remix)
Black Twang and Jahmali - So Rotten (remix)
Michael Rose and Shabba Ranks - Shine Eye Gal (remix)
Buju Banton - Champion (remix)
UB40 feat Sizzla - Red Wine To Gaze (remix)
Mystic Dan - Yes Roots Rockers
Top Cat - Gallist (remix)
Nextmen feat Demolition Man - Piece Of The Pie
Skibadee - Tika Toc
Black Grass - Oh Jah
Zagu Zar - Welcome To England (remix)
Demolition Man and Tenor Fly - Loyal To The Game
Method Man feat Lauryn Hill - Say
C-Day - Kill Of A SoundBwoy
Nextmen feat Cutty ranks - Silent Weapon
Busta Rhymes - Dangerous (remix)
Perfect - Hit Dem
Top Cat - Sess Wen Yu Want (remix)
Nextmen feat Dynamite MC and Demolition Man - Blood and Fire
Marvin Gaye - Hear Me through The Grapevine (remix)
Buju Banton - Tracks Kill People (remix)
Colleen and Webb - Golden (remix)
The Specials and Ol Dirty Bastard - Another message To Rudie (remix)
Black Grass - Dont Leave Me This Way (remix)
Collie Buddz - Come Fi Kill A Sound
Zap Pow Last War
The Dynamics - Seven Nation Army
Onion Rings - Outro

P.S. There's no official cover for this (as far as I could find), so I whipped the above image together for us to use. ;)

Enjoy!

DWNLD> Various Artists - Clubwise Mix Vol.1 by Roots Rockers

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Barrington Levy

This album, by one of the greatest voices in reggae, Barrington Levy, was released in 1982. It was recorded at Channel One by Linval Thompson. Mixed by Scientist. A nicely done record, if I do say so myself. Classic material, ladies and gentlemen!

If you were as lucky as I was a few months ago, you would have been one of the fortunate members of the audience catching a reggae tour featuring Marcia Griffiths, Gregory Isaacs, and Barrington Levy LIVE!! It was Marcia Griffiths' birthday show, and all the performers were deadly as can be. Unbelievable voices still as they've grown older. And lively too! So good. :)

Enjoy!

DWNLD> BARRINGTON LEVY - Poor Man Style


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NOFX

This is NOT a real NOFX album.

I put together this bootleg, compilation, mixtape, promotional sampler, whatever you wanna call it. haha It's a fun mix of some reggae-influenced songs by the almighty NOFX. A lil' collection compiled by yours truly. ;) I got the idea for this one watching NOFX play a Warped Tour show in Cleveland a few years ago, and Fat Mike opened the show by saying "Who wants to hear some punk rock?!" and of course the crowd goes bananas, and he says "well, Too bad! We're gonna play some bad reggae!", and they did...well sorta...I enjoyed it. haha

If you listen to this collection on iTunes, and click on the little arrow in the album artwork window, you can view each song's orginal album...Go get them all.

If you haven't seen NOFX, there is something wrong with you, and you need to do yourself a favour and do so. :)

Enjoy!

DOWNLOAD> NOFX - reggay

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Amp Fiddler + Sly & Robbie

This is some HOT shit y'all. Serious business here, as most of us would expect from Sly & Robbie. I've been listening to Amp Fiddler's stuff for a few years now too, so this is a pleasant surprise collaboration! A note to the reggae heads: Because this is Sly & Robbie, it is not necessarily straight reggae/dub style. It''s more on the futuristic/soul/r+b/electronic type o'thing. ;) ..but of course there's a surprise or two towards the end!

Just listen to it...and support it if you love it!

Enjoy...

DWNLD> AMP FIDDLER + SLY & ROBBIE - Inspiration Information
(Thanks again to Let's Go Get It! for the link! Respect!)

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Mista D's GOOD MUSIC Podcasts

Back in August, 2006, I started a podcast called MISTA D'S GOOD MUSIC PODCAST. I did 8 episodes and posted them on podomatic.com. Then they told me that was all the space I had left to post, so I started a new page at mypodcast.com, made podcast #9, and now I can't even access the page as it's been randomly shut down. That's when I decided to start the BLOG COMPILATIONS, of which I've done one so far (see here). The 2nd one is on it's way! Stay tuned!

And in the meantime, here are some direct links to my previous podcasts, if you haven't already heard them...

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PODCAST #1


PODCAST #2


PODCAST #3


PODCAST #4


PODCAST #5


PODCAST #6


PODCAST #7


PODCAST #8


PODCAST #9

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Ivana Santilli REMIX by DJ Fase

My homey, DJ Fase, just did a KILLER reggae remix of this track off the new Ivana Santilli album, along with the Jamaica To Toronto band. This is new territory for Fase and I really gotta give it up to him on this one 'cuz it sounds NICE. Have a listen to it and check out his podcast for more deadly tunage!

ENJOY YO!

DOWNLOAD> IVANA SANTILLI - Whateva You Want (DJ FASE Lover's Rock Remix) ft. Jamaica To Toronto
DJ FASE'S PODCAST

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Dubxanne

I just bumped into this pleasant surprise today. Big ups to Spliff for hosting it (and MANY other reggae gems!).

"The Police In Dub" by Dubxanne was released this year on Echo Beach Records. It is mainly dub versions of Police classics, but also features a few wicked vocalists like Big Youth, Eased from Seeed, and Ranking Roger, to name a few. This release to me is very much in the same vein as what the Easy Star All-Stars did to Pink Floyd and Radiohead through "Dub Side Of The Moon" and "Radiodread". Deadly stuff and nicely executed!!

ENJOY!

DOWNLOAD> DUBXANNE - The Police In Dub

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