Artist.......: Ragga Twins Album........: Ragga Twins Step Out Label........: Soul Jazz Records Genre........: Dance Hall Catnr........: SJR CD190 source.......: CDDA rip.date.....: Juil.-27-2008 str.date.....: Juin-30-2008 quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo Url..........: n/a
track title time
CD1
01. Ragga Trip 04:38 02. Illegal Gunshot 04:01 03. Spliffhead (Remix) 04:06 04. Love Talk 03:41 05. The Homeless Problem 03:59 06. Rudeboy 03:55 07. 18' Speaker 03:42 08. Tan So Back 03:55 09. Bring Up the Mic Some More 05:49
CD2
01. Juggling 03:14 02. Spliffhead (Original) 04:23 03. Hard Drugs░-░Deman Rockers 03:07 04. Shine Eye 05:20 05. Wipe the Needle 03:59 06. Iron Lady░-░Deman Rockers 02:53 07. Good Times 04:48 08. The Truth 04:44 09. Hooligan 69 Remix 05:11
Runtime 75:25 min Size 90,9 MB
Release Notes:
The Ragga Twins are the link between UK dancehall reggae, jungle and hip-hop. This is a retrospective of their classic (and now very rare) early tracks produced by Shut Up and Dance at the start of the 1990s.
The Ragga Twins (alongside producers PJ and Smiley, AKA Shut Up and Dance) revolutionised UK dance music at the start of the 1990s bringing Reggae and Hip-Hop styles together to create Jungle. As drum and bass approaches its 20th anniversary and as new developments such as Grime, UK Garage - and most recently Dubstep û create artists and producers who continue to cite Jungle as a pivotal moment in the UKs musical history, Ragga Twins Step Out, chronicles one of the most important groups of this time.
The Ragga Twins (Deman Rockers and Flinty Badman) began their careers as MCs for North LondonÆs legendary Unity reggae sound system. The Ragga Twins were born after Shut up and Dance sampled the pairÆs introduction on a dancehall mix-tape and then offered them a deal. At the height of rave culture, The Ragga Twins found themselves playing at raves up and down the country. With one album (Reggae Owes Me Money) and a steady stream of killer singles over the next couple of years the Ragga TwinsÆ musical blueprint of basslines, breakbeats and ragga defined Jungle music in the years to come.
As well as a serious overview of The Ragga Twins tracks with Shut Up and Dance, this album also features the super-rare bonus tracks ôIron Ladyö and ôHard Drugsö, dating back to their pre-Ragga Twins, Dancehall days with the Unity Soundsystem. The album comes with extensive sleeve-notes, photographs and interviews. Essential!
ôRelive the early-90s Reggae-Rave Soundclash. High speed dancehall chat, tough breakbeats and dub- reggae spliced together to still-exhillarating effectö Q
ôBefore dubstep and grime there was drum ænÆ bass, before that there was jungle and before that The Ragga Twins. A brilliant retrospective.ö Guardian
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