VP Records and Reggae Gold
July 27th 2006 08:46
I like dancehall. Not so much for the music – though I have great appreciation for certain tracks, but for the culture. I find dancehall culture an interesting social phenomenon. It interests me the direction Jamaican popular culture has gone. I think this is why I am not so into hip hop culture. Although there are many parallels between dancehall and hiphop, one of the differences, and the deciding difference in my case, is that it is Jamaican born and bred, just like ska and reggae.
VP records is one of the big reggae dancehall record labels. Rather than doing mostly reissues of sixties and seventies reggae like Blood & Fire or Trojan, VP is about putting out new records by current artists. Some of the artists on their roster include very big names of roots and dancehall such as Capleton, Beres Hammond, Luciano, Sasha and Lady Saw. They also press LPs too which gets my seal of approval.
They’ve always put out some interesting records and the Gold compilation series is in that. Reggae Gold 2006 is their latest comp, with an obvious fetching cover and a free DVD to match. Some of their top names get on here including Sean Paul with Temperature, R Kelly with Slow Wine and Elephant Man with Gansgter Rock. 18 tracks on the CD in total with talent across the board including the old and the newcomers such as Ding Dong. 13 US Dollars from their website, remembering there is a free DVD is pretty good too.
http://www.vprecords.com
VP records is one of the big reggae dancehall record labels. Rather than doing mostly reissues of sixties and seventies reggae like Blood & Fire or Trojan, VP is about putting out new records by current artists. Some of the artists on their roster include very big names of roots and dancehall such as Capleton, Beres Hammond, Luciano, Sasha and Lady Saw. They also press LPs too which gets my seal of approval.
They’ve always put out some interesting records and the Gold compilation series is in that. Reggae Gold 2006 is their latest comp, with an obvious fetching cover and a free DVD to match. Some of their top names get on here including Sean Paul with Temperature, R Kelly with Slow Wine and Elephant Man with Gansgter Rock. 18 tracks on the CD in total with talent across the board including the old and the newcomers such as Ding Dong. 13 US Dollars from their website, remembering there is a free DVD is pretty good too.
http://www.vprecords.com
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