No No No Riddim – 197x-2008

Flashback fuel. The No No No Riddim pulls on one of reggae’s most persistent hooks, moving from Barry Brown and Clarance Parks through Big Youth’s “Concrete Jungle” and “Screaming Target” cuts to later revival versions like Dawn Penn’s evergreen “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)” and the Damian Marley, Eve and Stephen Marley take on “No, No, No. ” That spread tells the story here: a long-running lick that’s been reworked across roots, lovers rock, deejay style and contemporary crossover without losing its sting. Big Youth’s two “Screaming Target” versions and the Prince Far I sides give it extra depth, while the 2008-era Damian Marley cut shows how far the rhythm’s reach stretched. It sits neatly in that catalogue of classic Jamaican riddims that survive by being revoiced again and again.

No No No Riddim Tracklist:

1. Barry Brown – No No No
2. Big Youth – Concrete jungle
3. Big Youth – Screaming Target (V1)
4. Big Youth – Screaming Target (V2)
5. Clarance Parks – No no no
6. Damian Marley Ft Eve, Stephen Marley – No, No, No
7. Dawn Penn – You Dont Love Me (No No No)
8. Dawn Penn & Bounty Killer & Dennis Brown – No No No
9. I-Roy – Magnificent Seven
10. Jackie Mittoo – Ghetto Organ
11. Jah Thomas & Sister Jackie – Cockee & Pussy
12. Prince Far I – Don’t Deal With Folly
13. Prince Far I; Errol Holt – Yes Yes Yes
14. Ranking Forrest – Go Deh Brother Ben
15. Tonto Irie – Experience
16. Toyan – Praise Him
17. Tristan Palmer – For Health & Strength