No No No Release Details
- Riddim year: 2008
- Style: Reggae
- Total tracks: 17
- Unique artists on riddim: 18
- Production credits: VARIOUS LABELS 197x
- Key artists on this riddim: Bounty Killer, Damian Marley, Dennis Brown, Stephen Marley
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 2008 Riddims List · 1960s-80s Reggae Riddims
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 Tracklist:
- Barry Brown – No No No
- Big Youth – Concrete jungle
- Big Youth – Screaming Target (V1)
- Big Youth – Screaming Target (V2)
- Clarance Parks – No no no
- Damian Marley Ft Eve, Stephen Marley – No, No, No
- Dawn Penn – You Dont Love Me (No No No)
- Dawn Penn & Bounty Killer & Dennis Brown – No No No
- I-Roy – Magnificent Seven
- Jackie Mittoo – Ghetto Organ
- Jah Thomas & Sister Jackie – Cockee & Pussy
- Prince Far I – Don’t Deal With Folly
- Prince Far I; Errol Holt – Yes Yes Yes
- Ranking Forrest – Go Deh Brother Ben
- Tonto Irie – Experience
- Toyan – Praise Him
- Tristan Palmer – For Health & Strength
