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Reggae Dance Hall (Rohit, 1988) A Rohit album has to be extra good in order for people to take notice of it, since it has to overcome the crappy packaging. Luckily, this collection of old-school dancehall grooves is indeed that good. This is one of the first dancehall albums I ever listened to, and it's nice to occasionally go back and listen to this early stuff from the '80s. The stripped-down beats and Casio keyboard-sounding backing music has the same refreshing raw appeal of old school hip-hop. Every track here is sound, even the ones from artists I don't generally like that much -- namely, Yellowman, General Trees, and Frankie Paul. Paul's atmospheric "Them Ah Fight Fight" is especially strong, as are a romantic pair of songs -- Sanchez's "Come on Baby" and Half Pint's "Romeo & Juliet" -- and a couple of heavy-beat street jams -- Shelly Thunder's "Kuff" and General Tree's "Raggamuffin." |
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