# Any Reaggae/Dancehall heads??? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 15, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106 "2010-12-15T19:54:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/patch/32/118_2.png) [@Patch](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/1 "2010-12-15T19:54:36Z")
**Any Reggae/Dancehall heads???** I’m looking to pull together a reggae/dancehall mix. I’ve always liked reggae, but never really built up much of a collection. Can someone clear up a few things for me: 1. Riddims - are these standard instrumentals of classic reggae/danchall tunes that are regularly remixed by artists putting their own vocals over it? 2. What is the difference between reggae and dancehall? 3. Where can I get a load of classic riddims (the kind that I will know when I hear 'em, but that I don’t know the name of!!! 😉 ) Cheers guys! ---
**Author:** ![BennyJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@BennyJ](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/BennyJ)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/2 "2010-12-15T20:25:29Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > I’m looking to pull together a reggae/dancehall mix. I’ve always liked reggae, but never really built up much of a collection. > > Can someone clear up a few things for me: > > 1. Riddims - are these standard instrumentals of classic reggae/danchall tunes that are regularly remixed by artists putting their own vocals over it? > > 2. What is the difference between reggae and dancehall? > > 3. Where can I get a load of classic riddims (the kind that I will know when I hear 'em, but that I don’t know the name of!!! 😉 ) > > Cheers guys! Yeah im jamacian so i love it! 1- Yes 2- Reggae is slower and is more soulful, dancehall is faster and u can dance more to it 3-Not sure im looking myself. If you have pandora…type in t.o.k. and usually alot of classic good dancehall comes up. ---
**Author:** ![MaxOne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/maxone/32/13139_2.png) [@MaxOne](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MaxOne)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/3 "2010-12-15T20:38:37Z")
I’m no expert, but this is pretty big… [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/6/c/6c5a7fd5cef2940ffbec1b510902c84ebc7a582d.jpeg "Bam Bam - Sister Nancy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcaPu9JPenU) well up for learning more from this thread 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/patch/32/118_2.png) [@Patch](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/4 "2010-12-15T20:52:44Z")
Believe it or not I posted Bam Bam on my facebook status prior to starting this thread! ---
**Author:** ![MaxOne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/maxone/32/13139_2.png) [@MaxOne](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MaxOne)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/5 "2010-12-15T22:09:55Z")
Bam Bam is amazing eh Here’s another offering 🙂 [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/f/f/ff2b610d7fd67a642c5a452bcf813c22fa282064.jpeg "Wayne Smith - Under Me Sleng Teng") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2etP3rFKDo) ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/patch/32/118_2.png) [@Patch](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/6 "2010-12-15T22:26:32Z")
That’s another classic that I’ve got hold of! Exactly the type of track I’m looking for - one that everyone knows and has heard, but that maybe you don’t know the name of… ---
**Author:** ![MaxOne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/maxone/32/13139_2.png) [@MaxOne](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MaxOne)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/7 "2010-12-15T22:42:29Z")
Call me a sell out, but there’s plenty gems here > **[Reggae In The '70s by Various Artists - Download Reggae In The '70s on iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMix?id=218341456&s=143444&wm=1)** > > Preview and download songs from Reggae In The '70s by Various Artists on iTunes. Songs from this album start at just £0.79 each. Like this is in there 🙂 [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/5/f/5fa951f9dc4039e4aac77e733398741bdf845d3d.jpeg "Toots & The maytals - Funky Kingston") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERiTX9Pa23c) NB. this is technically SKA… i think ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/patch/32/118_2.png) [@Patch](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/8 "2010-12-15T23:00:07Z")
Ska (and DEFINITELY Toots!!!) is gonna be in my collection, too. It all started with Madness for me when I was a kid. I saw Toots and the Maytals at Madstock 4 - absolutely amazing! Madness, Specials, Bad Manners - love 'em all. That’s what led me into the older Ska stuff. A few of the tracks I’m glad I hunted down: 007 (Shanty Town). TUNE! 54 46 Was My Number TUNE! Uptown Top Ranking. TUNE! Liquidator. TUNE! Carolina. TUNE! I’ll even be getting hold of some Shabba Ranks, Maxi Priest and Wayne Wonder. ---
**Author:** ![extraclassic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/extraclassic/32/14405_2.png) [@extraclassic](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/extraclassic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/9 "2010-12-15T23:07:37Z")
I listen to nothing but Reggae and have been doing so for the past 20 years. Any more questions?.. Fire away ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/patch/32/118_2.png) [@Patch](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/10 "2010-12-15T23:13:24Z")
Sounds good. I’d really like to get into reggae, and it’s not just the new stuff that I’m intersted in. I’m after the all time classics. I’ve got tracks going back to the 60’s, stuff from 80’s and 90’s, and plenty from 70’s that I really like. Under Mi Sleng Teng seems like a major turning point. It’s tracks like that that I’m interested in. Also - I’d like to get hold of a bunch of classic riddims… (I’d love to warp 'em in Live and get mad with some remixing/scratching…) (A bunch of accapellas would come in handy, too.) ---
**Author:** ![extraclassic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/extraclassic/32/14405_2.png) [@extraclassic](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/extraclassic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/11 "2010-12-15T23:21:59Z")
Sleng Teng Riddim is a bad riddim (you got good taste) It was the first digital riddim (Drum Machine) from back in 1985 ---
**Author:** ![BennyJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@BennyJ](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/BennyJ)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/12 "2010-12-15T23:45:13Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/merCNL7JZgs?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![VanGogo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/vangogo/32/12189_2.png) [@VanGogo](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/VanGogo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/13 "2010-12-15T23:49:26Z")
Alot of break beat music has some good Jamaican rapping in it. Off the top of my head, the Freestylers come to mind. Reggae and Dancehall are only 2 genres of Jamaican music. Also you have mento, ska, rocksteady, dub music, & reggae fusion. I have always loved the Jamaican music! Got to go there last year and had a blast! ---
**Author:** ![MaxOne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/maxone/32/13139_2.png) [@MaxOne](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MaxOne)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/14 "2010-12-16T00:13:51Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/YbiaCF_qsrg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![JuanSOLO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@JuanSOLO](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/JuanSOLO)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/15 "2010-12-16T06:01:23Z")
I’m not to crazy about Dancehall. I’ve been more into the Dub side of things over the years. Augustus Pablo Prince Far I King Tubby Ras Michael Eeka Mouse Gregory Issacs The Upsetters Joe Gibbs Mad Professor Niney The Observer Roots Radics Scientist Steel Pulse Linval Thompson Junior Reid Buju Banton MORE RECENT DUBS but STILL KNDA OLD Crooklyn Dub Rythm & Sound Alpha & Omega New Breed of DUB Sub Oslo Roots Manuva (brand new second hand) https://www.youtube.com/embed/UZeZZZ48LBY?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![JuanSOLO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@JuanSOLO](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/JuanSOLO)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/16 "2010-12-16T06:10:31Z")
One of my all time favorite tracks, wait for the bass to drop. [http://new.music.yahoo.com/crooklyn-dub-consortium/tracks/racehorse--1253068](http://new.music.yahoo.com/crooklyn-dub-consortium/tracks/racehorse--1253068) ---
**Author:** ![Dubba\_Dutch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/dubba_dutch/32/15231_2.png) [@Dubba\_Dutch](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Dubba_Dutch)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/17 "2010-12-16T07:51:00Z")
I LOVE Jamaican music. Ska would be my favourite, I think dance hall has lost it’s way a bit over the last ten years. Every type of Jamaican music had it’s golden era, mid 80’s to 90’s dance hall was so good but Jamaican producers seem to get wowed by synthetic sounds and modern tech rather than sticking to the raw instruments and analogue equipment that give’s Jamacian music that authentic sound. The most interesting thing about Jamaican music is how the different genre’s represent the history of Jamaican life through the decades. Mento, Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, Dub Music, Dance Hall & Raga all link with different movement’s of Jamaican history. Any way enough rambling, here’s many of my favorite Dance Hall classics [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/2/4/242d070d328edbab38473d87ab7e15da59bccf96.jpeg "Buju Banton(Bogle)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkLitUO1V48) https://www.youtube.com/embed/xMaxL9Pu6Mc?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/8/a/8ac3fcfe31b0815c51f3f150c58473072d48138c.jpeg "Sean Paul - Deport Dem") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq4HZjIsa1w) https://www.youtube.com/embed/XRi-uVfVuzE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque https://www.youtube.com/embed/ax00uL99ESA?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/6/c/6cf940c276ddd81a66c68f07fdd46a5a9c447734.jpeg "lexxus, kiprich & elephant man -ghetto youths") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORh1L-C1BRw) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/5/1/51919417bcd1cf8a13e61d1297a87e7d76b3b10d.jpeg "Capleton - Who Dem/Slew Dem") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJWqjO8tggE) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/e/5/e5d20947bb7fc9c4f11e8307df7566c88e7fc1d9.jpeg "Ward 21 - Blood Stain") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbw4MAkFV4g) https://www.youtube.com/embed/NL8Tpy9eZlk?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque https://www.youtube.com/embed/cyZb0v9kyvE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/9/3/930556ec161f7854b64c8473fb43c1eac5b95e05.jpeg "Louchie Lou & Michie One | Rich Girl (Original)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z432Pwci0-Y) (Girls go crazy for the one above, a bit of fiddler on the roof. This actually is the track that Gwen Stefani and Eve raped for there poppy version) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/f/8/f881d58006285a39d0a6047fd664cafdb5160039.jpeg "Makeda - Real Love") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N-S1FbP5FU) https://www.youtube.com/embed/FOSKM1yTl6A?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/0/0/0010c4d345deac61c28e0048dffb420e6738b715.jpeg "Tony Rebel ~ Fresh Vegetable") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8GQdGYDZ0U) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/7/4/74525217903eee4c2b634a5ffc9138e986e0d6fd.jpeg "Beres hammond & Cutty Ranks love mi haffi get sensi") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkOc_L8zHLU) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/e/7/e787d8e7b0041f814f311b5da923eea7ed0dd18e.jpeg "Jigsy King & Tony Curtis - My Sound A Murder") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkyttQBmbII) https://www.youtube.com/embed/sqCZBgsl9tA?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque https://www.youtube.com/embed/V7nTP1jdXE0?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque https://www.youtube.com/embed/YbiaCF_qsrg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/0/8/08fe42f58d1fcd842856f717bd2e22cff95d6543.jpeg "Yami Bolo - When a Man's in Love") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNf3j5j8024) I’m not sure what the score is now but back in the day you would just by Riddem/rhythm albums which would have most of the different versions and the plain riddem/instrumental spread over 2/3 vinyls ---
**Author:** ![photojojo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/photojojo/32/14618_2.png) [@photojojo](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/photojojo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/18 "2010-12-16T13:00:53Z")
> [@MaxOne](#): > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERiTX9Pa23c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERiTX9Pa23c) > > NB. this is technically SKA… i think Yes it is. > [@Patch](#): > > Ska (and DEFINITELY Toots!!!) is gonna be in my collection, too. It all started with Madness for me when I was a kid. I saw Toots and the Maytals at Madstock 4 - absolutely amazing! Madness, Specials, Bad Manners - love 'em all. That’s what led me into the older Ska stuff. > > A few of the tracks I’m glad I hunted down: > > 007 (Shanty Town). TUNE! > 54 46 Was My Number TUNE! > > Uptown Top Ranking. TUNE! > Liquidator. TUNE! > Carolina. TUNE! > > I’ll even be getting hold of some Shabba Ranks, Maxi Priest and Wayne Wonder. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![loop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/loop/32/16239_2.png) [@loop](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/loop)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/19 "2010-12-16T16:13:54Z")
The power of reggae 🙂 Enjoy guys! https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gd5yN43TqCk?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/patch/32/118_2.png) [@Patch](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106/20 "2010-12-16T17:26:20Z")
DUBBA DUTCH!!! Not only do youmake quality party mix tapes - you point me to a track I’ve loved fro years but never known the name of: Jigsy King & Tony Curtis - My Sound A Murder Thank you! Keep 'em coming, folks! [Next page](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/any-reaggae-dancehall-heads/17106.md?page=2)