Jack in the Box: The Black Scorpio Compilation Volume 1 (Relativity, 1995)

Renowned dancehall producer Jack Scorpio deserves a better compilation than this.  For a release on a fairly major label (and a label that produced the excellent Lethal Riddims '93), Jack in the Box is a pretty sad product. This certainly can't be the best of Jack Scorpio's productions -- his '80s work with Yellowman comes to mind -- as none of the songs is really much to listen to. The biggest hit here probably is Beenie Man's "Praise Dem," a frankly overrated nothing of a song.  Most of the tunes on Jack in the Box are similarly blah, with only Satelite's Garnett Silk-like (natch) "Tribute to Garnett Silk" and Everton Blender's "Dem a Fight" rising to the level of merely above-average.

Track Listing
1. No Ordinary Love -- O.A. Thomas
2. Reggae Beat -- Echo Minott & Little Kirk
3. Praise Dem -- Beenie Man
4. Grand Pa, Grand Ma -- Anthony B
5. Spread the Love -- Garnett Silk
6. More Than Fantasy -- Erica
7. Careless Mate -- Cobra
8. Dreamgirl -- Gringo
9. Love You, Hate You -- Red Rose
10. Let Me Love You Down -- Sanchez & Baby Wayne
11. Bias Dem Bias -- Chaka Demus & Pliers
12. Tribute to Garnett Silk -- Satelite
13. Dem a Fight -- Everton Blender
14. Selassie -- Hammermouth
15. Mack de Dread -- Lecturer
16. Bye Bye Love -- General Trees