Smile Jamaica: Digital Dubplate 2017 (Stream + Tracklist): All Killa, Nah Filla!

February 24, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

The great thing about the Digital Media Age and Social Media, if I take a week off the radio, I can still mash up Roots for I ‘n’ I from the comfort of home.

Enjoy my favorites from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Living room kinda cloudy!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate – Roots Roulette:

0-30 min.

Thievery Corporation feat. Lou Lou Ghelichkhani; Temple of I & I (ESL) brand new DC dubbers w/ female vox
Jolly Brothers – Oppression; Conscious Man (Seven Leaf) ’78 Lee Perry/Black Ark
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Exodus (Kindread Mix); Why Should I (CD Single) (Tuff Gong) ’92 rmx
Ijahman Levi – Zion Train; Haile I Hymn (Island) ’78 feat. Steve Winwood on keys
Sheryl Lee Ralph w/ Cedella & Sharon Marley – (I’m Hurting Inside); Mighty Quinn Soundtrack (A & M) ’89 Bob cover
Aswad – Nuclear Soldier; To the Top (Simba) ’87 UK

170x170bb — Brand new good for you: Thievery Corporation – Temple of I & I. All killer, no filler!

30-60 min.

Dennis Brown – Should I; Words of Wisdom (Shanachie) ‘79
Wailing Souls – Things and Time; Very Best of the Wailing Souls (Greensleeves) ‘77
Blood Sisters – Ring My Bell; Hustle! (Soul Jazz) ’79 Anita Ward disco cover
Don Carlos – Crucial Situation; Prophecy (Blue Moon) ‘84
The Gayladds & Baba Dread w/ Roots Radics – Little Candle + Candle Version; Understanding (Tamoki Wambesi) ‘80

download-1 — Disco is not a 4 letter word on Smile Jamaica

60-90 min.

M.I.A. – Double Bubble Trouble; Matangi (XL) 2013 female dubstep
Gideon Jah Rubbaal – Judgeman (sic) Time; Free Us Now (ACL2000) ‘77
Keith Hudson – Rasta Communication; Rasta Communication (Greensleeves) ‘78
African Head Charge – Hymn; Songs of Praise (ON U Sound) ’91 mutant dub world sounds
Afro Omega – Love Emergency; Love Emergency (Afro Omega) 2008 SLC mutant dub w/ female vox
Gregory Isaacs – Sad to Know You’re Leaving; Night Nurse (Mango) ’82 lovers rock
Linton Kwesi Johnson – Fite Dem Back; Forces of Victory (Mango) ’79 UK dub poet

90 min. – 2 hr.

Ini Kamoze – General; Mini LP (Mango) ’84
The Archives feat. Ichelle Cole – Boof Baff; The Archives (ESL) 2012; ½ of Thievery Corp w/ female vox
Mike Brooks – Feeling of Reggae; Rum Drinker (Teams) ‘79
Matty G – Sesimilla; Bay Area Dubstep vol. 03 (Full Melt) 2011 mutant dub herbtune
Sheriff Lindo & the Hammer – Skydubbing; Ten Dubs that Shook the World (EM) ’88 Jah-stralia Dub
Destroy Babylon – Nuh Skin Up; The Shadow Army (MusicADD) 2008 Mutant dub cover of Keith Hudson; Waltham MA band
Sister Carol – Wild Thing; Something Wild Soundtrack (MCA) singjay to Troggs classic

2 hr – 2 and 1/2 hr

Winston McAnuff – Fear; Diary of the Silent Years (Makasound)
Spacemonkeyz vs. Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood (A Fistful of Peanuts); Laika Come Home (Virgin) 2002 remix set
Lily Allen – Nan You’re a Window Shopper; Alright, Still (Capitol) 2007 UK pop singer hates her grandma
Mighty Diamonds – Cat O’ Nine; Ice on Fire (Virgin Front Line) ’77 Allen Toussaint prod’n
Bad Brains – To the Heavens; God of Love (Maverick) ’95 Punk Reggae
Jacob Miller & Fatman Riddim Section – Healing of the Naiton + Joshua “A” Loaf; Jacob Miller Meets the Fatman Riddim Section (Crocodisc) ’78 herbtune: Rev. 22:2 – And the leaves of the tree are the healing of the nations (2 and ½ hr.)

2 and 1/2 – 3 hr.

Hollie Cook – 99; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2014 dawta of a Sex Pistol
Kid Loco – Here Comes the Munchies; Kill Your Darlings (Bellville) 2001 downtro herbtune
Misty in Roots – Wondering Wanderer; Chronicles (Kaz) ’81 Best of UK group
Samia Farah – Homesick Blues; Many Moods of Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 Fr.-Tunisian female singer
Lee “Scratch” Perry & George Faith – I Got the Groove; From the Secret Laboratory (Mango) ’90 update
The Pioneers – Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye); Give and Take (Trojan) Steam soul cover
Nora Dean – Barbwire; Monkey Business (Trojan) ‘69

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 11, 2017 (Stream + Tracklist): Chunky Air/Inversion Galore!

February 17, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

download-88 — Inversion galore. Chunky air inna Salt Lake Gritty

<Smile Jamaica likes his air like his peanut butter: smooth nah chunky>

Greetings,

I think that rodent in Pennsylvania is road kill. Because ever since Ground Hog day happened, the weather has been much better in the Salt Lake Valley.

Praise Jah, I don’t have respiratory issues. But where I work has been devastated this winter. I have had meetings cancelled because colleagues and/or their kids were sick.

I live in the valley and work at the Univ. of Utah up on the hill. Looking down from on high you really see that awful smog that even has me hacking and wheezing.

So last Saturday it was great to bust out of the house around 10am and see something I hadn’t seen in a month: blue skies and clouds. The weather has been almost delightful since.

So let’s enjoy a mild Jah-bruary with Roots Reggae. Fiyah bun the Inversion Galore!

bless, robt

Set 1:

Frankie Paul – Strictly Reggae Music; Strictly Reggae Music (Londisc) ’84 JA vinyl
Black Roots – Opportunity; In Session (Makasoud) ‘83
Etana – Stepping Out of Babylon; I Rise (VP) 2014 female cover of Marcia Griffiths
Trinity – I Have a Dream; Big Big Man (Esoldun) ’84 over Delroy Wilson
Rico & the Special A.K.A. – Jungle Beat; Checkered Past (Chrysalis) ’81 UK 2 Tone ska w/ Jamaican trombone
Danny Red – A Little More High Grade (Sip a Cup) 2008 UK mutant dub 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Natural Roots – Concrete Tower Dub; Natural Roots (Only Roots) ’84 Fr. vinyl, Dub Album of the Hour

download-89 — Original trombonist with 2 Tone 2nd wave ska

Set 2:

Peter Tosh & the Wailers – Lion; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ‘71
Inner Circle – Mary, Mary; Best of (Island) ’79 herb tune
Nitty Gritty – Hog in a Me Minty; Dancehall (Metro)
Buume – Serious; 10” (Zimatime) 2006 UK mutant dub w/ female vox

Set 3:

<Exodus riddim shower: vox to dj to dub>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Natural Mystic; Exodus (Tuff Gong) ’77: riddim shower (1) vox
I Roy – Commandment IX (Natural Mystic); Ten Commandments (Virgin Front Line) ’80 UK picture sleeve vinyl; (2) – dj
Chalawa – Natural Mystic Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. Vinyl (3) – dub
Cedella Marley Booker – He’s a Rastaman; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84: Bob’s mom in tribute
Chris Hinze & Word, Sound and Power – Kings of Reggae (Keystone) ’83 Dutch flute player w/ Peter Tosh’s band

r-2111263-1444550559-1078-jpeg — Yellow vinyl picture sleeve. Rarity out of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. Dj to Exodus

Set 4:

John Brown’s Body – Plantation; Kings and Queens (Easy Star) 2014 NY
Systemwide – Ripe Up Version; Pure and Applied (BSI) 2002 Portand mutant dub
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Hypocrites; Fy-ah, Fy-ah (JAD) request
Jah Thomas – Tribute to the Reggae King; 12” (Midnight Rock) ’81 to Bob Marley

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Mohamed I – Roll River Jordan Roll; Man of God (I & I Sound) ’88 LA
Jean Binta Breeze – Tracks + Nanny; Tracks (LKJ) ’91 UK – female dub poet
Lee Perry – Big Neck Police; Scratch on the Wire (Island) ’79 UK Black Ark comp
The Vision – Lingo Dub; Dub Vision (Funfundvierzig) ’88 West. Germany green vinyl
Matumbi – Guide Us; Seven Seals (Harvest) ’78 UK green vinyl

r-3171724-1319007625-jpeg — Falsetto singjay who sounds like Prince

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox of 45’s

Superman & Spiderman – Sensimilla Posse; 7” (Education) 2005 herbtune
Debra Keese – Travelling; 7” (Orchid) ’77 Black Ark
Asher & Trimble – Humble Yourself; 7” (Rockers International) ’79
Cedric ‘Im Brooks – Theme From Shaft; 7” (Soul Jazz) Isaac Hayes cover
Jah Shaka – Coronation Dub; Commandments of Dub Chapter 9 (Jah Shaka) ’89 Dub Album of the Hour

69125a4295bad0edae2829dacaad684fc664ba9a — Reggae loves Isaac hayes

Set 7: Best of Smile Jamaica 27+ Years

Burning Spear – Greetings; Farover (Heartbeat) ’83
Don Carlos – Night Rider (Living in Danger); Deeply Concerned (RAS) ‘87
Judy Mowatt – Think; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ‘82
Black Uhuru – Plastic Smile; Black Uhuru (Virgin) ‘80

r-1349545-1476411874-8422-jpeg — “Don’t show I your teeth, your plastic smile nah work”

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Rockers Hi Fi – What a Life; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK: Mutant Dub set
The Slits – I Heard it Through the Grapevine; East bound & Down Soundtrack (HBO) female punk dubbers cover Marvin Gaye
Dubblestandart feat. Gudrun – Summer Rain; Are You Experienced? (Collision) 2006 Jah-stria w/ female vox
Ranking Joe & Jah Warrior – Solomon’s Weed; Solomon’s Dub; 3 the Roots Way (Jah Warrior) 2000 UK herbtune

<Cannabis grew on Solomon’s grave>

Natacha Atlas – Iskanderia; Diaspora (Nation) ’95 Belgian Jewish Arab singer

d1ec34b28f68335d85d6c0f68a6c2cea — Cannabis grew on Solomon’s grave

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Jah-bruary 4, 2017 (Stream + Tracklist): Bobstock – Happy Birthday Bob Marley!

February 10, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

45538606adffca2c2a1ad31196e1930c — Feb. 6, 1945

<Woodstock? Nah, Bobstock/Bob-stalk; 12 sec.>

Greetings,

It was Spring of 1984 in Bozeman, Montana. After a brutal winter, students at Montana State University thaw out thanks to warm air from Chinook wins.

The local record store, Cactus, was two blocks from my apartment. I walked in and right on the front display was the gatefold vinyl of Bob Marley’s Legend.

I picked it up sight unseen.

I took it to the counter and paid for it immediately. I wish I could say that was the catalyst moment that led to being a Reggae Deejay — I love all kinds of music in the mid 80s: The Clash, Neil Young and 60’s Rolling Stones especially.

It took 2 years for me to have the Hallelu-JAH moment with Black Uhuru’s Anthem….

So we celebrate Bob Marley’s Birthday with Tributes. I wanted to do Bob Marley A (Ambush) to Z (Zion Train. But the Digital Millennium Copyright Act won’t let me…

<How the Digital Millennium Copy-WRONG Act screws over Bob Marley; 22 sec.>

Bobstock on Smile Jamaica!

Enjoy the Marley family and Bob’s bredrins and sistrens in celebrating his legacy as the King of Reggae!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica’s Tribute to Robert Nesta Marley: Jah-bruary 4, 2017; 39 sec.

Set 1:

Jah Thomas – Happy Birthday to You; 12” (Midnight Rock) ’81 – 3 Hour Bob Marley Birthday Tribute
Bunny Wailer – Stay With the Reggae; Marketplace (Shanachie) ‘85
Culture – Double Tribute to the O.M.; Lion Rock (Heartbeat) ’82 – Order of Merit – Jamaican civilian honor; 14 sec.

Bob Marley & the Wailers – African Herbsman; African Herbsman (Trojan) ’73 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Winston Groovy – Nightshift; 12” (Sound City) ’85 – Commodores cover

Set 2:

Cedella Marley Booker – Mother Don’t Cry (Rykodisc) ’84 Bob’s mom

<Bob at the end with his family at his bedside; 30 sec.>

Brigadier Jerry – Tribute to Bob Marley; On the Road (RAS) ‘90
Alpha Blondy & the Solar System – Mystic Night Move; Masada (World Pacific) ’92 Ivory Coast artist
Bankie Banx – Remember Bob; Remember Bob (Redemption) ’82 Anguilla vinyl
Chalawa – Exodus; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. Vinyl: dub to Bob album

Set 3:

Ky-mani Marley; Dear Dad; CD Single (Gee Street) ’92; child 10 of 11 (or maybe 13?)
Lui Lepki – Tribute to Bob Marley; Late Night Movie (Joe Gibbs) ‘81
Mikey Dread – In Memory (Jacob, Marcus, Marley); S.W.A.L.K (Heartbeat) ‘82: Jacob Miller, Marcus Garvey & Bob

<Jamaican heroes cut down in their prime; 17 sec.>

Sue Chaloner – Missin’ Mr. Marley; 12” (CNR) ‘84
Delixxx – Comin’ in From the Cold Dub; Uprising in Dub (Micron) ’80 Can.: Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – Lyin’ in Bed; Time Has Come: Best of (EMI America) ’88 kids miss their Dad. So do we

<Bob’s Kids: 11 from 7 mom’s; 29 sec.>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Iron Lion Zion 12” Remix; CD Single (Tuff Gong) ‘92

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Prince Far I – Tribute to Bob Marley; Voice of Thunder (Trojan) ’81 UK
Toots & the Maytals – Marley’s Gone (His Songs Live On); Live at Reggae Sunsplash ’82 (Genes) Live @ Montego Bay, JA
Horace Andy – Bob Lives On; Exclusively (Solid Groove) ’82 UK (1) vox
Ringo – Great Superstar; 12” (Top Ranking) ’82 (2) deejay

Set 6:

Judy Mowatt – Joseph; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76 Biblical prophet

<Out of Egypt, Joseph the Biblical Prophet>

Abyssinians – Jah Marley; Last Days (Tabou1) ‘97
Session feat. Azeem – Tribute to Bob Marley; Tribute to Marley (M. Al’s) ’81 Oakland

Set 7:

Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster Jammin’; Hotter Than July (Tamla) ’80: riddim shower (1): original
Roots Uprising & Trinity – Master Blaster Jammin’; 12” (Top Ranking)

Set 8:

Alpha & Omega – Freedom Fighters; Sound System Dub (ROIR) UK trance dub w/ female vox
Everton Blender – Bob Marley; Piece of the Blender (Heartbeat) ‘96
Ranking Joe – Tribute to Bob Marley; Rebel D.J. (Jamrock) ’82 Miami vinyl
Randeesh – Bob Marley is a River of Love; Courage (Mountain Lion) 2004
Isaac Haile Selassie – Dear Bob (Tribute to Bob Marley); CD Single (Resin Music) ‘99
Cedella Marley Booker – Redemption Song; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ‘84
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Redemption Song (band mix); CD Single (Tuff Gong) ‘80

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 28, 2017 (Stream + Tracklist): Extraterrestrials vs. Trump!

February 3, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

58908209c461881e4f8b463d — Jan. 20th, 2017 — day Trump was installed — UFO sighting from NASA’s video feed. None dare call it swamp gas! NASA panicked and cut the video feed. Do not scoff!

Greetings,

First week of President Trump. Baaah, don’t want to talk about it. 2016 Presidential Election: Ebola vs. Bubonic Plague. Gonna be a brutal four years. At least we have Reggae Music to remind us. Bobbylon Chants down Babylon!

Jamaican saying: Same thing for breakfast, same thing for tea:

Keith Poppin

What I find interesting? As a conspiracist, Trump’s election signaled the collapse of the Deep State: Neoliberal politics, irregardless of Political Party, enforced through Neocon Foreign Policy.

Bush gave us Afghanistan and Iraq 2.0. Obama wrecked Libya, Syria, Iraq 3.0, Yemen and Ukraine on his watch. How a Nobel Peace Prize winner got Cold War 2.0 off the ground with Russia is quite the feat of Deep State gymnastics!

Our first black President droned so many brown Middle Easterners that he literally ran out of bombs his last year in office! WTF?

yes-we-can-obama-drone-memes-7 — In 2008 I compared this guy to Bob Marley. But that was five wars ago

Joe Sixpack and Sally Housecoat basically went outside the duopoly of Republicrats vs. Democans. Shockwaves throughout the MIC/SIC and bankster class.

So if that rigid system is in tatters, there is no clandestine force to keep us in the dark about Extraterrestrials.

First we had the incredible footage captured by the Chilean Navy: 9 plus minutes of Infrared camera action on a UFO. No effing swamp gas, or ball lightning or bumbaclaat weather balloons.

Chilean Naval UFO incident

Just while we were processing that compelling visitation (other than Huff Post, mostly a news embargo on the story), now NASA captured video footage of another UFO “probe” (pun intended). 21 sec.

Smile Jamaica’s fave “fake news” site: RT – UFO stylee

unnamed — I call bullshit, NASA! Quit peddling fake news that Aliens aren’t real

What does any of this have to do with last week’s Ark-Ive of Smile Jamaica. Absolutely nothing!

But I am hoping for more encounters as the shit-stem (as Peter Tosh says) continues to crumble. UFO sightings will lead to a full on Columbus style emergence to fill the political gap Trump’s howling Presidency has brought about.

Let us hope the Anunnaki (those who came from the sky) treat us better than Columbus did the Native Arawak and Caribs and Africans enslaved in the Middle Passage.

Not that we would deserve their mercy.

Forward ever backwards never!

bless, robt

trump-lizard — The Alien Greys give the Judas Kiss to banning immigrants, from the Middle East or Outer Space

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 28, 2017 – Annotated Playlist; 65 sec.

Set 1:

Augustus Pablo Meets the Upsetter – Vibrate On; Scratch On the Wire (Island) ’79 UK vinyl; Lee Perry comp.
Aggrovators (Attack) JA dub vinyl of the hour
Prince Lincoln – Smiling Faces; Natural Wild (Orange Street) ’80 produced by Joe Jackson
Sly & Robbie – Slipping into Darkness; Many Moods of Sly, Robbie & the Taxi Gang (Sonic) ’82 Ramsey Lewis cover
Junior Delgado – Love Tickles Like Magic; Treasure Found (Incredible Music) ‘75
I Roy – African Herbsman; Crisis Time (Virgin Front Line) ’76; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement over Johnny Clarke’s African Roots
Senya – Rootsman; 10” (Impact!) ’75 female roots

Set 2:

Peter Tosh – Dog Teeth; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’71 Jamaican single
The Selecter – Train to Skaville; Celebrate the Bullet (Captain Oi) ’80 Ethiopians cover, bonus single
Don Carlos – Satan Control Them; Deeply Concerned (RAS) ‘87
Tommy Clark – Wicked Babylon; 10” (Tuff Scout)

r-2558653-1357583200-5993-jpeg — 2 Tone ska update of The Ethiopians Rock Steady classic

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27+ Years

Bingy Bunny & the Morwells – Africa We Want to Go; Kingston 12 Toughie (RAS) ’81
Rita Marley – Love Iyah; Harambe (Shanachie) ‘82

<Harambe = Swahili for pull it together; 18 sec.>

I Kong – Ghetto Cry; Africa Calling (Rohit) ‘79
Max Edwards – Rockers Arena (Disco Mix) ‘82
Yabby You & the Prophets – Zambia; Dub It to the Top (Blood & Fire) ’76 Dub Album of the Hour

r-2584829-1477672356-7501-jpeg — Chinese-Jamaican Rasta. Son of Wailer producer Lesley Kong.

Set 4:

Ayo – Lonely; Gravity at Last (Wrasse) 2008 Germ.-Nigerian female singer
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Keep on Moving + Version; Exodus (Deluxe Edition) ’77 12” Lee “Scratch” Perry mix; unreleased; 44 sec.

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Steel Pulse – Drug Squad; Caught You (Island) ’80 UK herbtune
Jah-Malla – Ghetto Child; Alive & Well (Clappers) ’80 NY, sons of Jamaican musicians

<Kwame Nkrumah quote on women; 43 sec.>

Matumbi – Man in Me; Best of (Trojan) ’77 Bob Dylan cover; 16 sec.

Dub Funk Association – Good Mans Dub; Pendulum Dub (Tanty) ’95 UK mutant dub
Aisha – Don’t Tire; Daughters of Zion (Twinkle) ’93 UK lovers rock dubstress

Set 6:

Ben Harper – Burn one Down; Voodoo Child (bootleg) herbtune livicated to Bernie Sanders; 4/11/98 Bonn Germany

<Ben vs. Bernie>

Peter Broggs – Vank Out; Never Forget Jah (Nocturne) best of
Sophia George – Final Decision; For Everyone (Pow Wow) ‘89
Mikey Dread – Chosen Few; World Tour (Dread at the Controls) 2000
Monty Alexander – Evening Time; A Tribute to Reggae’s Keyboard King: Jackie MIttoo (VP) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Al Campbell – Reggae Music; 22 Karat Solid Gold (Jet Star)
Gracy & the Herbman Band – No Hard Drugs; Movements (Funfundvierzig) ’95 Germ. Female
The Vibronics – The Return; 10” (Jah Tubby’s) 2005 militant steppers instrumental

alcampbell6 — Al CampbellSet 8: Mutant Dub

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Systemwide feat. Dr. Israel – People of the Book; Pure and Applied (BSI) 2002 Portland
Rockers Hi-Fi – More and More (The Hidden Persuader); Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK
Dubblestandart feat. Gudrun – Senses of a Woman; Are you Experienced (Collision) 2006 Jah-stra w/ female vox
Tre Son Meets vx – Jen-ee-Rocka; CD Single (vx) 2005 Toronto
John Frum – Healing Dub; Jahtarian Dubbers vol. 3 (Jahtari) 2012 Germ.

Words of Wisdom

Smile Jamaica is hosted by Robert Nelson on 90.9 FM KRCL in Salt Lake City, Utah (Saturdays, 4-7 p.m. MT). Ark-ives available weekly here at the Smile Jamaica blog.

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