BissoMaN – 50 Crucial Cuts Of Bob Marley

On February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 By Jah BillahIn dUbLeave a comment

Strictly vinyl mix from main man BissoMan with 50 crucial cuts of Bob Marley.

Tracklist:

1. Judge Not (Beverley’s Records)
2. Love and Affection (CBS)
3. Simmer down (CBS)
4. One Love (Studio One)
5. Mellow Mood (Wail ‘n Soul ‘M)
6. Stir It Up (Island)
7. Rock My Boat (Upsetter)
8. No Water (Mcps)
9. Reaction (Upsetter)
10. It’s All Right (Mcps)
11. Sugar Sugar (Impact!)
12. Mr Chatter Box (Striker Lee)
13. Soul Shake Down Party (Upsetters)
14. Soul Captives (Imperial International)
15. African Herbman (Babylon)
16. Sun Is Shining (Island)
17. Concrete Jungle (Randy’s)
18. Mr Brown (Mcps)
19. Kaya (Babylon)
20. Gonna Get You (Wea)
21. Do It Twice (Fonit-Cetra Internatinal)
22. Lively Up Yourself (Mcps)
23. Bunin’ and Lootin’ (Island)
24. Rastaman Chant (Island)
25. Rebel Music (‘3 o’Clock Road Block) (Island)
26. Them Belly Full (Island)
27. No Woman No Cry (Island)
28. Jah Live (Tuff Gong)
29. War (Island)
30. I Shot The Sheriff (Island)
31. Punk Reggae Party (Island)
32. Guiltiness (Island)
33. Want More (Island)
34. Rastaman Live up (Tuff Gong)
35. One Drop (Island)
36. Jammin’ (Long Version) (Island)
37. So Much Trouble In The World (Tuff Gong)
38. Exodus (Island)
39. Easy Skanking (Island)
40. Ambush in the night (Island)
41. Time Will Tell (Island)
42. Natural Mystic (Island)
43. Redemption Song (Island)
44. Rat Race (Island)
45. Work (Island)
46. Coming From The Cold (Tuff Gong)
47. Pimper’s Paradise (Island)
48. Could Be Love (Island)
49. Buffalo Soldier (Tuff Gong)
50. Iron Lion Zion (Collection Series)

On One-drop

On April 18, 2019January 23, 2023 By Jah BillahIn Dub Culture Department1 Comment

This unique drumbeat can be found in all genres of post-1960 Jamaican popular music, but, when used in this relatively slow and relaxed style of reggae, it provides a significant challenge to performers unfamiliar with Jamaican popular music. During my first attempts to play over this drumbeat, there was a constant urge to count the third-beat emphasis of the kick drum and side-stick as the first beat of the measure. The absence of the rhythmic anchor, normally provided by the kick drum on the first beat of the measure in most European and North American rock/pop music, was initially disconcerting.

Although the one-drop employs the hi-hat, to maintain the motion of the beat during the course of the measure, it is often performed with rubato, forcing the other rhythm section players to establish a timing reference from a rhythmic cycle that can be measured in bars.
The unique nature of this drumbeat demands that the performers in the rhythm section collectively share the responsibility of establishing and maintaining rhythmic motion and stability. It is in this context that the challenge of playing competent reggae guitar becomes most evident.

Found in: Jamaican Rhythmic Perception, from:
Ray Hitchins (2013) Rhythm, Sound and Movement: The Guitarist as Participant-Observer in Jamaica’s Studio Culture, Ethnomusicology Forum.