Darker Shade Of Black Release Details
- Riddim year: 1967
- Total tracks: 139
- Unique artists on riddim: 121
- Key artists on this riddim: Admiral Bailey, Al Campbell, Anthony Malvo, Barrington Levy, Beenie Man, Boom Dandimite
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 1960s-80s Riddims Archive
Darker Shade Of Black produced by Blackbeard, Sugar Minott, Leonard Chin, Henry Lawes, Coxsone Dodd, Egland McDowell, Phillip Fanna, E.J. Robinson, Hugh James, Winston Riley, Jah Thomas, Phillip Burrell, Dennis Star, King Jammy, Joe Gibbs, Bunny Striker Lee, Herbert, Witty, Harold McLarty, L. Martin, Peter Chemist, Mafia, Fluxy, KRS-One, Bulby York, Lynford Marshall, Donville Davis, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare for Nura, Youth Promotion, Black Solidarity, Aquarius, Santic, Trojan, Shocking Vibes, Brainwave, Powerhouse, Volcano, Studio One, Style, Fashion, Kingston 11, Empire, Top Rank, Third World, Wackie’s, Scorpio, Joe Frasier, Drum, Bass, Mafia And Fluxy, Leggo, Redman International, Techniques, VP, Jaguar, Big Bee, Midnight Rock, Champagne, Vena, Dennis Star, African Love, Soljie, Arrival, Disco Mix, Penthouse, Well Charge, Carl’s, Jammy’s, Black Star, Klik, Gold Mine, Fitzroy, Joe Gibbs, Imperial Records, Hitbound, Junjo, Twin Explosion, Witty, Ghetto Vibes, John John, J.R., Love Injection, Fat Eyes, Broadyard, Taxi, Fire Ball origianlly in 1967
Originally from 1967, Darker Shade Of Black is one of those enduring Jamaican riddims that kept resurfacing through the rocksteady, roots, and dancehall eras under a long list of production names, with Coxsone Dodd and King Jammy among the many linked to later versions. Augustus Pablo’s Harder Shade Of Black is one of the most familiar cuts here, alongside Admiral Bailey’s Mosquito Bite and Admiral Tibet’s Reggae Music, which show how widely the pattern travelled across decades. With its tough, stripped-back feel and deep catalogue of reinterpretations, this riddim remains a clear link between Studio One’s classic sound and later digital-era dancehall.
Darker Shade Of Black Tracklist:
- [Dub] – Electric Buggy (1983)
- Admiral Bailey – Mosquito Bite (1987)
- Admiral Bailey – Remember (1994)
- Admiral Tibet – Reggae Music (1986)
- Al Campbell – Mouth Murder
- Anju Coombs – Fools Will never Know (2005)
- Anthony Malvo & Insane – Need More Love (2005)
- Anthony Selassie – Kick Up A Dust
- Ashanti Waugh – I Love Jah So
- Augustus Pablo – Harder Sade Of Black
- Augustus Pablo – Harder Shade Of Dub
- Augustus Pablo – The Red Sea
- Barnabas & Clatta Brown – Electric Buggy (1983)
- Barrington Levy – Quick Divorce (1980)
- Barry Brown – Promises
- Beenie Man – Mobster (1994)
- Beenie Man – Pardon (2007)
- Beenie Man & Jack Radics – By Gones
- Bingy General – Stick It Up
- Bonafide – Why (2006)
- Boom Dandimite – Informer Fi Dead
- Bounty Killer – Not Another Word (1994)
- Bushman – Robbery Aggravation (2001)
- Capleton – Warning
- Ce'Cile & Danny English – Secret Lover (2007)
- Charlie Chaplin – Face To Face
- Charlie Chaplin – There's A Green Hill
- Cherine – Kingston State Of Mind (2007)
- Chuck Fenda – So Many Girls (2007)
- Cutty Ranks – Pressure (2005)
- Dennis Brown – Dark Continent
- Dennis Brown – Yagga Yagga
- Devon Russell – Money Problem
- Dirty Harry & The Santic All Stars – Better Shade Of Dub
- Dub Specialist – Darker Black
- Earl Sixteen – She's My Kind Of Girl
- Early B – Ganja Man (1985)
- Early B – Gone A Mexico (1985)
- Early B – Gone Mexico (1984)
- Early B – What A Gwan
- Elephant Man – Gun A Bust Copper
- Frankie Paul – Day To Day
- Frankie Paul – Ganjaman Anthem (2007)
- Frankie Paul – Pass The Tu-Sheng-Peng (1984)
- Frankie Paul – Slave Driver
- Freddie McGregor – Not Giving Up
- Frisco Kid – Area Bad Boy (1994)
- George Nooks – No Compromise (2005)
- Jackie Mittoo – Darker Shades
- Jackie Mittoo & The Soul Vendors – Darker Shade Of Black (1967)
- Jah Batta – Youthman School
- James Eastwood – Darkest Night
- JD Smoothe – Let's Stay Together
- Jezzreel – Love Of My Life
- Jimmy Roots – Slave Driver
- Johnny Osbourne – Love And Be Loved
- Johnny Osbourne – Pop It Off
- Johnny P – Foreign Bundle
- Junior Reid & Ricky General – Dance Fi Gwaan (1994)
- Junior Vibes – Always Something There
- Kane Juice – That's The Way Love Goes
- King Everald – A Nuh Me Officer (1987)
- Lady Saw – Heads Of Government (1994)
- Lady Saw – Man In My Life (1994)
- Lady Saw – Married Man (2007)
- Leroy Sibbles – Dance Hall Style
- Leroy Smart – Settle For Me (1984)
- Little John – Warning (1994)
- Little Twitch – Homoni Corn
- Lone Ranger – Jennifer Lee
- Luciano – Love Affair (2004)
- Luciano – Traveler
- Luciano & Queen Ifrica – Love Affair (2005)
- Lukie D – Lonely Guy
- Lukie D – Love Again (2007)
- Malibu – Second That Emotion
- Merciless – Front Page Girl
- Mitch – DJ (2007)
- Mr Vegas – Lean With It (2007)
- Muzu Banton – Vex Bout That (1987)
- Mykal Rose – What You Running From (2003)
- Nana McLean – Breakfast In Bed
- Nardo Ranks – Hand In The Air
- Natty King – Nine Months (2005)
- Nigger Mikey & Ben Carthwright – Cow Kick Dem (1998)
- Ninjaman – Bad Publicity (1994)
- Ninjaman – Ranking Meat (1988)
- Nitty Gritty – Draw Me Mark (1986)
- Nitty Gritty – Draw Mi Mark (1994)
- Pad Anthony – Spread Out
- Papa San – Gal Dem Stallion
- Papa San – Yu No Guilty
- Peter Metro – Diddly Da - Yo
- Philip Fanna – Walk Out On Me (1985)
- Pinchers – Gangster Sound (2006)
- Pinchers – Mass Out
- Pompidoo – Governor General
- Richie Spice – Champion Sound
- Richie Stephens – Hot Lady
- Richie Stephens – Real Thing (2005)
- Richie Stephens – To The Cemetary (1994)
- Risto Benjie – Don't Press Button
- Rolando Alphonso – Brighter Shade Of Roots (1982)
- Saba Tooth – Warp Dem Girls (1994)
- Sanchez – Sound Clash
- Sanchez – Whip Appeal (1991)
- Shabba Ranks & KRS-One – The Jam (1991)
- Shinehead – Good Love Tonight
- Simpleton – Cross River Jordan
- Singing Melody – Love Is What We Need (2005)
- Singing Melody – Shower Me With Your Love (1990)
- Sizzla – Explain To The Almighty
- Sound Dimension – Darker Shade Of Black (1968)
- Sounds Unlimited – Darker Shade Of Red
- Spragga Benz – Crosses (1994)
- Stacious – U Story Straight (2005)
- Steely & Clevie – Brain Wave
- Stinger Man – God Alone
- Sugar Minott – I Know Them Love It (1985)
- Sugar Minott – Rockers Masters
- Sugar Roy & Conrad Crystal – Reason (2008)
- Super Cat – Learn Fi Ride
- Tanya Stephens – Just One (2005)
- Tenor Saw – Lone Ranger And Tonto
- Terror Fabulous – Keep It Real (2005)
- Terry Ganzie – When The Sun Goes Down
- The Revolutionaries – Angola
- Tiger – Me Name Tiger (1987)
- Tiger – Whey You Saying
- Tony Curtis – You Hypnotise Me (2006)
- Trini Man – Trinidad Mi Live (1987)
- Trinity – King Of Kings
- Turbulence – No Blood Shed (2003)
- Val Bennett – Dark Shades Of Africa
- Wayne Smith – Ain't No Meaning
- Wayne Wonder – Still Say Yes
- Willi Williams – The Elements
- Willie Lindo – Darker Shade Of Black
- Yellowman – Thanks And Praise
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