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Old 07-29-2013, 06:13 PM   #211 (permalink)
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V/A Punky Reggae Party

One of the better Trojan label reggae comps. Many of the songs here don't duplicate on other Trojan collections. A good selection of socially conscious songs as well as some fine dub tracks. The usual suspects are featured here: Marley, Ken Boothe, Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Sugar Minott plus some not-so-familiar names. Worth hunting down.
Very decent comp.

As for my recent listening this is phenomenal but it does incorporate Old school Jungle and Dub but it's a sign that Reggae music wants to reclaim back it's authority since Dubstep has all but obliterated it's roots.

Skip to 1:40 if ya like for the start.

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