The Heatwave: Jamaica Settings
Son Raw bus up di dance
Did somebody say Dancehall revival? In truth, Jamaica's musical exports never went away but Bashment is a style that thrives on creative destruction: every decade the whole style switches up, old heads complain and then a few years later everybody rediscovers it. Popcaan and Vybz Cartel are as different from Shabba and Beenie Man as those guys were from The Roots era, but they're making pop music that's just as innovative.
UK to JA cultural connectors The Heatwave just recently made a pilgrimage to the Caribbean and came back with a 90 minute radio show dedicated to the hottest tunes running the island. There's air horns, trance synths, toasting, singing and reloads a plenty. Oh and a banging classic One Drop section on the back end for anyone preferring organic vibes. Big spliff business.
1. Popcaan - When U Wine Like That 2. Vybz Kartel - Business 3. Vybz Kartel - Georgina 4. Konshens - God A Mi Don 5. Beenie Man - Drop It 6. Cecile - Wine Up Mi Body 7. Popcaan - Bad Like Me 8. Mavado - Body Look 9. Mavado - At The Top 10. Mavado - March Out 11. Mad Cobra - Dis Dem Anyweh 12. RDX - Kotch 13. Popcaan - Unruly Rave 14. Konshens - Walk & Wine 15. Aidonia - Pon Di Cocky 16. Bugle - Nuh Compatible 17. Vybz Kartel - Ever Blessed 18. Macka Diamond - Dye Dye 19. TOK - Wine U Body 20. Flexxx - Dem Gyal Yah 21. I Octane - Try Offa Mi 22. Mavado - X Rated 23. Sound Dimension - Full Up 24. Bob Andy - Feeling Soul 25. Silver Tones - Bad Boy Bad Boy 26. Tommy McCook & Skatalites - Sauvitt 27. Stylo G - Soundbwoy (The Heatwave Refix) 28. Jah Bouks - Angola 29. Christopher Martin - Cheater's Prayer 30. Tarrus Riley - Gimme Likkle One Drop 31. Chronixx - Champion