
REGGAE GREATS THE DJS – ISLAND RECORDS 1985
Reggae Greats The DJs Release Details
- Style: Reggae
- Total tracks: 10
- Unique artists on riddim: 11
- Key artists on this riddim: Michigan, Papa Michigan, U Roy, Yellowman
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 1960s-80s Reggae Riddims
Vintage heat. Island’s Reggae Greats: The DJs catches that sweet spot where toastman swagger and studio craft lock together, with U-Roy’s “Runaway Girl” and Yellowman’s “Soldier Take Over” sitting alongside Eek A Mouse, Dillinger and General Echo like they were cut from the same fast-moving moment. You can hear the label’s instinct for sequencing here: Scotty’s “Draw Your Brakes” opens the door, then the set moves into the sharper, more playful edge of mid-’80s deejay reggae, with Papa Michigan and General Smiley adding a little harmony-sung lift on “One Love Jamdown. ” It’s a compact snapshot of how the Island catalogue framed the DJ era in 1985, right down to the cheeky “singjay” curveball from Eek A Mouse.
Reggae Greats The DJs Tracklist:
- Billy Boyd – Wicked She Wicked
- Dillinger – Cb 2000
- Eek A Mouse – Wa Do Dem
- General Echo – Drunken Master
- Lone Ranger – Barnabas Collins
- Papa Levi – Mi God Mi King
- Papa Michigan & General Smiley – One Love Jamdown
- Scotty – Draw Your Brakes
- U Roy – Runaway Girl
- Yellowman – Soldier Take Over
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