Forgotten Treasure: Mad Lion “Take it Easy” (1994)
This one’s for the rude bwoyyys! Love those classic mid-90’s hip-hop / reggae productions. Stuff like “Don Dada” from Supercat, Louie Rankin‘s “Typewriter” and this super dope track from Mad Lion. “Take It Easy” was actually produced by KRS-One! Didn’t know that until I just looked into it just now…
Forgotten Treasure: Black Uhuru “Youth of Eglington” (1981)
This is one of my favorite Black Uhuru tracks. They are a legendary Jamaican group whose members changed over the years but have always been backed by Sly & Robie on production. At the time this record was being made, Brixton was ablaze with riots, and this song is like …
Forgotten Treasure: Serge Gainsbourg “Vielle Canaille” (1979)
I just watched the bio-pic movie on Gainsbourg and I had to share one of my favorite S.G jams with you all. Everyone knows Gainsbourg‘s classics “Je t’aime moi non plus”, “Requiem pour un con”, “La Javanaise” and so on… but not enough people know about his reggae record from …
Future Classic: Sevdee x Bob Marley
More upfront heat from my homie Sevdee. For those who didn’t know, my homeboy SEVDEE is one of Montreal’s dopest producers DJ’s. On top of producing gems for Canada’s cream of the crop, he’s tackled remix projects like James Brown, Black Star, Jean Leloup. And for the seasoned listener you’ll notice …
Music Is My Sanctuary – Show #26 (Reggae Classics v2)
Pfew! Finally Pod 26 is here… sorry for the delay but when I took on the task of making another Reggae special I kind of forgot how long it took me to do the first one. Just to clear things up a little, I am by no means a Reggae …