25 Years of Dancehall
Tuesday 23rd February 2010 marked the 25th anniversary of the day that Wayne Smith's Under Me Sleng Teng was first played in a dance.
To celebrate the 25th birthday of digital dancehall we looked back over the last quarter century of this brilliant music and had a quick party on our Rinse FM show. It was mad to look at how things have developed over two and a half decades.
The plan was to choose one tune from every year since 1985 while at the same time ensuring that all the key artists from the period were represented. We couldn't quite keep it to only 25 tunes and even then some notable vocalists and very big tunes got left out.
I suppose there's always someone who gets left out at a birthday party. Big up Kiprich, Cecile, TOK, Terry Ganzie, Serani, Spice and all the other artists whose invites got lost in the post.
Tracklist
- Wayne Smith - Sleng Teng (1985)
- Admiral Bailey - Punaany (1986)
- Super Cat - Mud Up (1987)
- Ninjaman - More Reality (1988)
- Shabba Ranks - Wicked Inna Bed (1989)
- Cutty Ranks - Retreat (1990)
- Buju Banton - Stamina Daddy (1991)
- Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder She Wrote (1992)
- Terror Fabulous & Nadine Sutherland - Action (1993)
- General Degree - Papa Lover (1994)
- Spragga Benz - Dem Flop (1994)
- Capleton - Tour (1995)
- Lady Saw - Sycamore Tree (1996)
- Beenie Man - Who Am I (1997)
- Mr Vegas - Heads High (Remix) (1998)
- Bounty Killer - Look (1999)
- Baby Cham - Man A Man (2000)
- Ward 21 - Don't Push It (2000)
- Sizzla - Pump Up (2001)
- Mad Cobra - Press Trigger (2001)
- Tanya Stephens - Touch Me No More (2002)
- Elephant Man - Genie Dance (2003)
- Vybz Kartel - Tek Buddy (2003)
- Sean Paul - Temperature (2004)
- Leftside & Esco - Tuck In Yu Belly (2005)
- Assassin - As A Man (2005)
- Tony Matterhorn - Dutty Wine (2006)
- Natasha - Calabria (2007)
- Mavado - So Special (2008)
- Demarco - She Can't Wait (2009)
- Busy Signal - Bare Gal (2010)
Related Links
25 Years of Dancehall
Gabriel Heatwave & Benjamin D
February 2010 | 57 mins
Recorded on our Rinse FM show
