Sweet Jamaica - A 2010 Roots & Culture Mix

With 2011 almost two months on its way, the roots & culture releases from 2010 were still waiting to get the BMC treatment to end up with at least one modern roots mix of the year. Due to various reasons (no bad things!) I rarely have time left lately to start mixing and / or check tunes, so I'm behind my schedule of previous years. Ah so it go, and so it will probably stay, but the music still nice, whether you hear it in 2010 or 2011, right? So, here's a selection of roots & culture tunes from JA and other parts of the world inna JA style (rootsy, mainly JA vocalists, JA tradition). Mix called Sweet Jamaica and includes no less than three tunes with that title from the past year. Spring is in the air, what is reflected in the start of this mix: happy feel good stylee! The mix has a Bunny Lee segment for the old-style lovers too; both Maximum Sound and John John updated 70s Bunny Lee riddims with new vocals from a variety of artists. Check it out. For the vinyl collectors, some of these did see release on vinyl (yes, the format is still alive and kicking!), those that did have a ' * ' behind the title of the riddim. Nuff said, mix in the usual BMC style (no full tunes, added sound effects etc.), get it while you can!

Drop a comment if you enjoyed the mix. It takes time and effort to make it, so some sort of 'thank you' is appreciated when you do take and rate it.
Sweet Jamaica - A 2010 Roots & Culture Mix - JA style
01) Mr. Vegas Featuring Shaggy & Josey Wales - Sweet Jamaica (Clifford Ray) *
Go Fi Her Riddim - Penthouse
02) Romain Virgo - Wha Dis Pon Me
03) Daville - Man Like Me You Want
04) Lutan Fyah - Woman A Stress Me
05) LUST - Go Fi Her
9 To 5 Riddim - Breadback
06) Lutan Fyah - Jamaican Girl
07) Warrior King - Experience Teaches Wisdom
08) Lukie D - Share Him
Everlasting Riddim - Pow Pow
09) Natural Black - Just Be There
10) Bescenta - Health Strength
11) Gentleman - Everlasting Love
12) Luciano - Memories (Super 100 - Hit Riddim)
13) Spragga Benz - Shotta Culture (Boomtunes)
The 'Bunny Lee' segment
Dunza 2010 riddim - Maximum Sound *
14) Yami Bolo - Ethnic Cleansing
15) Dean Fraser - Dunza Sax
16) Sizzla - African Liberation
17) Lutan Fyah - Sanctify Yourself
18) Aggrovators - Dunza 2010
Zion Gate riddim - John John *
19) Alborosie - Rudie Don't Fear
20) Sanchez - Mad Love For You
21) Sizzla - Music In My Soul
22) Tarrus Riley - Sweet Jamaica a.k.a. Spen Shell Fly
Rebellion 2010 - Maximum Sound *
23) Johnny Clarke & Fantan Mojah - Rebel With A Cause
24) Chezidek & U-Roy - Teach Dem
25) Tarrus Riley - Poverty Nuh Inna Fashion
26) Busy Signal & Million Stylez - As Mi Forward (Necessary Mayhem - Jam 1 riddim) *
Shoulder Move riddim - Lenky
27) Buju Banton - Hard Times
28) Buju Banton - Not Goin Crazy
Songs aka Jah Jah Give Us Life Riddim - Joe Fraser
29) Glen Washington - Good Old Day
30) George Nooks - It's Crazy
31) Big Youth - Traffic Jam
32) Lloyd Brown - Live The Life You Love
33) Turbulence ft. Kananga - Don't Let Them Fool You (Rogland - No Hypocrite riddim)
Major riddim - Don Corleon
34) Tarrus Riley - Wildfire
35) Ce'Cile - Take My Heart
36) Lutan Fyah - Come Over
37) Jah Cure - Respect
Water Pumping riddim - John John
38) Genteleman - Good Old Days
39) Sanchez - Trust In Me
Party Time riddim - Irie Ites *
40) Natty King & Spectacular - Sweet Jamaica
41) Glen Washington - Jah Love Holding Firm
Good Ova Evil Riddim - Sankofa
42) Jah Cure - Don't Let Them Cry
43) Sizzla - Herb
Boops riddim - Juke Boxx *
44) Busy Signal - Government Gone Luuuu
45) Busy Signal - Dat Mi Love
46) Assassin - Nowadays Boopsie
47) Tarrus Riley - Children A Pree We
48) Timeka Marshall - Sweet Vibes
City Life riddim - 2 Hard Music
49) Denyque - Supergirl
50) Queen Ifrica - Times L:ike These
You Don't Need Me riddim - Joe Fraser
51) Courtney John - Love Is
52) Glen Washington - Match Made In Heaven
53) Fantan Mojah - The Majesty Don't Please (Weedy G - Jaguar riddim) *
54) Pressure - Shield and Guide (Xterminator)
* released on 45s
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MIX: Overcome - A 2008 Dancehall Mix by BMC

Overcome - A 2008 Dancehall Mix by BMC

With so many dancehall riddims coming out in a row, I decided to mix a whole bunch of 'm together for enjoyment on my bike-rides to work every day. Been enjoying the final result for a few days now and figured I might as well upload it too, surely there are others out there that'll like to hear this sort of overview of 2008 too. Some quite new, others relatively old (for dancehall standards), but for the largest part 2008 as far as I know. This is a step away from my usual mixes of 45s focused on the conscious sounds of today (http://bmc.podomatic.com). These are from mp3's, since many never even appeared on 45 (yet) and all dancehall stylee, meaning different lyrical subjects that might not be to everyone's taste. Without paying much attention to lyrical content, I love the style and even added a bunch of autotune tunes, an effect I very much dislike, but sometimes riddim and vocal flow just make up for the annoying effect. All in all, modern dancehall in the mix. For the roots vibes check my podomatic site linked above and in messages below, for this one, find the download link below the tracklist:

Tracks in order of appearance:

1) Movado - Overcome
2) Konshens - Hear Dem Talkin (Heatstroke riddim)
3) Einstein - Length An Strength (Heatstroke riddim)
4) Voicemail - Close To Drunk (Heatstroke riddim)
5) Vybz Kartel - Wine Up Yuh Body (Heatstroke riddim)
6) Serani - Study People (Drum Lane riddim)
7) Bugle - Cyaan Look Inna Wi Eye (Drum Lane riddim)
8) Elephant Man - Dawg A Bark (Mad Dogg riddim)
9) Vybz Kartel - Art A War (Mad Dogg riddim)
10) Busy Signal - Nah Help You
11) Aidonia - Gal Say Whoiiiii (Day Rave riddim)
12) Elephant Man & Ding Dong - DIP Again (Day Rave riddim)
13) Movado - Real Killa (Day Rave riddim)
14) Busy Signal - Mek She Stamma (Day Rave riddim)
15) Chino - Wine And Touch Ur Toe (Day Rave riddim)
16) Beenie Man - Hate Me Now (Bad Breed riddim)
17) Hitlist - Me Laugh People (Bad Breed riddim)
18) Bounty Killer - Mek Gal Bawl
19) Busy Signal - Money We Sey (Silent River riddim)
20) Assassin -Inna Mi Room (Silent River riddim)
21) Serani - Do U Good (Silent River riddim)
22) Bounty Killer - Corrupt (Silent River riddim)
23) Bugle - Almighty Bless (Silent River riddim)
24) Munga - When Mi Waan Too (Silent River riddim)
25) Movado - Dem A Pree (Silent River riddim)
26) Vybz Kartel - Nuh Batty Ting (Silent River riddim)
27) Busy Signal - Whine Like That (Silent River riddim)
28) Aidonia & Vybz Kartel - Laugh & Shot Dem
29) Konshens - Badmind (Tear Up Jeans riddim)
30) Serani - Iz This Real (Tear Up Jeans riddim)
31) Laden - Haffi Buss (Tear Up Jeans riddim)
32) Bugle - Don't Be No Pussy (Tear Up Jeans riddim)
33) Damian & Stephen Marley - The Mission (Mission riddim)
34) Movado - On The Rock (Mission riddim)
35) Elephant Man - Cater For The Poor (Mission riddim)
36) Jah Cure - Green Grass (Mission riddim)
37) Aliane - Spin Me (Stimulant riddim)
38) Vybz Kartel - Never Turn A Raper (Stimulant riddim)
39) TOK - Come Ya Mi Gal (Stimulant riddim)
40) Bugle & Movado - Set Me Free
41) Vybz Kartel - Life Sweet
42) Busy Signal - Do That (Sand Fly riddim)
43) Sean Paul - Grip (Sand Fly riddim)
44) Leftside / Dr. Evil - Cologne (Sand Fly riddim)
45) Bling Dawg - Licky Licky (Sand Fly riddim)
46) Movado - Dem A Fag (Self Defense riddim)
47) Vybz Kartel - Weh Dat Fah (Self Defense riddim)
48) Elephant Man - Sweep (Self Defense riddim)
49) Delly Ranks & Esco - Close Fit (44 Play riddim)
50) Bounty Killer - Send It Up (44 Play riddim)
51) Serani - She Loves Me
52) Vybz Kartel - Million By A Morning (Tiger Balm riddim)
53) Munga - Regular Basis (Tiger Balm riddim)
54) Assassin - Money (Work Out riddim)
55) Movado - Ina Di Car Back (Work Out riddim)
56) Sean Paul - Don't Tease Me (Work Out riddim)
57) Busy Signal - Enemy Territory (Quarter Past Twelve riddim)
58) Buju Banton - Water Man (Unfinished Business riddim)
59) Bugle - What Dem Doing (Unfinished Business riddim)
60) Assassin - Guide & Protect (Unfinished Business riddim)
61) Beenie Man - Since Him Dis (Unfinished Business riddim)
62) Movado - So Bless

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