I gotta admit that I am totally out of touch with the current scene in Dancehall Reggae. Once upon a time I was up on all the new tune and riddims, was cutting remix dubplates and was playing some wicked juggling segments all over the world. I was at Super Power records, Barry U, Original Records, Tiger’s Reggae Hut, VP, Ethiopian Taste and many more on a regular basis to wait around and listen to the newest 45s and pick them as they were played. The customer service was usually as bad as the typical Jamaican restaurant but I digress. LOL
Well, nowadays I don’t have my finger on the pulse like I once did but I still love real reggae music. Most of the riddims nowadays don’t even sound like “reggae” and I found myself longing for a nice little juggling on a bad riddim. I was looking for a classic riddim to revive and I decided on one of my favorite tunes and riddim of all time, War Is In The Dance by the legendary Frankie Paul (R.I.P.)
I reconstructed a new version to cut some “dubs” with from a dub version that came out a few years ago that was cool but had no “direction” as far as voicing to it. I was only looking to do one remix and I ended up doing a medley of 2 Rihanna songs. I thought it was pretty hot and decided to “build a new juggling” around it. I cooked up a few more tunes to the riddim and the final result of that was War Is In The Dance 2030 which is some guaranteed vibes.
Below is the original Rihanna Medley Remix and the entire mix that it inspired. Enjoy =)
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