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Ireggae.com Presents:
THE CONQUEST OF CULTURE:
Best of the 1990s Reggae |
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with hosts
M.C. Gregory Stephens & DJ RJ
Broadcast January 25, 2000
KAZI 88.7 FM Austin, TX, USA
Click on image to hear entire program |
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The theme of the show
was the slackness vs. culture war at the beginning of the 1990s, and the way that culture
artists increasingly came to dominate through the 1990s. There are numerous samples from
Jamaican radio & interviews. We start each year with brief excerpts of some of the
year's cultural songs (often criticizing coke, gun lyrics, etc.), played a few top tunes,
and then over dub, gave a commentary over some of the year's main events which were
reflected in the lyrics: the murder of Panhead and Dirtsman in 1993; the death of Garnet
Silk in 1994; the emergence of Bobo artists in 1996, etc.
The show runs 152 minutes and is available on two
CDs or minidiscs
The "1990s chart" referenced is "The Top 100 Reggae
Hits of the 1990s", based on chart performance, compiled by Clinton Lindsay. |
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1990
TOUCH PON
Gregory Isaacs, Report to Me Version [Anchor/Music Works]
Shabba, Roots & Culture (Digital-B) [#50 on 1990s chart]
Clement Irie, Stop It [Robert French/Ffrench]
Dennis Brown, Neon Lights [Anchor/Music Works]
TOP TUNES
Junior Reid, One Blood (Mercury/STEELIE & CLEVIE)
Released in '89 on JR label in JA; '90 on Mercury.
DUB
Junior Blood, One Blood version |
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1991
TOUCH PON
Tony Rebel, The Herb (Penthouse) [coke critique]
Tony Rebel, War and Crime [Jammy's/Penthouse] BANDALERO riddim
Cocoa Tea, Ruling Cowboy (M. Bennet/Greensleeves)
Screwdriver, Roots and Culture [Gong Sounds/Gilly Dread]
TOP TUNES
Dennis Brown, Jah Can Do It [RAS/Leggo]
Marcia Griffith, Fire Burning [Penthouse]
Admiral Tibet, Serious Time [Digital B] (#43 1990s chart)
DUB
Admiral Tibet, The Lunatic dub (Mango/Gussie Clark) |
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1992
TOUCH PON
Junior Reid, Youth Man [JR]
Louie Rankin, Drug Abusin' [Mesa/King Jammy$]
Dennis Brown: Time To Unite [Shanachie/Black Scorpio]
TOP TUNES
Luciano, Chant Out [RAS/Xterminator]
Bob Marley, Iron Lion Zion
DUB
Shinehead, Real Rock version [Elektra/Gussie Clarke] |
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1993
TOUCH PON
Luciano, Poor & Simple [RAS/Xterminator]
Garnet Silk, The Rod [Digital B]
Magnificent Seven, Remind Them [Xterminator]
TOP TUNES
Buju Banton, Murderer [Penthouse] FAR EAST riddim (#23 1990s chart)
Garnet Silk, Fill Us Up with Your Mercy (Jammy$)
DUB
Sly & Robbie, Thief of Baghadad [TAXI] |
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1994
TOUCH PON
Cocoa Tea, Talk It (Greensleeves/Digital B)
Beres Hammond, Another Day in the System [Elektra/Beres Hammond]
Lady G, Me or the Gun (Danny Browne/Main Street)
Luciano, One Way Ticket [VP/Xterminator] SWEET TALKING riddim
TOP TUNES
Garnet Silk, Complaint [Penthouse]
Garnet Silk w/Richie Stephens, Fight Back [VP/El Paso] (#78 1990s chart)
Buju, God of My Salvation [Penthouse]
Tony Rebel, Teach the Children [Profile/Digital B]
Garnet Silk, Splashing Dashing [Digital B/Bobby Digital]DUB
Luciano, Wicked Haffa Run Way [Xterminator] JAVA riddim
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1995
TOUCH PON
Berres Hammond, Luciano, Tony Rebel, and Louie Culture--
Every Man Has a Way [Xterminator]
Luciano/Mutabaruka, Psalms 24 [Xterminator] (#22 1990s chart)
Luciano, It's Me Again Jah [Island Jamaica/Xterminator]
Everton Blender, Lift Up Your Head [Heartbeat/Star Trail]
TOP TUNES
Luciano, Lord Give me Strength [Island Jamaica/Xterminator]
Luciano & Louie Culture, Real Rasta Man [Fat Eyes--Bulby]
Mikey Spike, Chant Down Babylon [RAS/X-Rated/Barry O'Hare]
Tony Rebel, Know Jah (Penthouse) SWING EASY riddim
DUB
Sanchez, Praise Him (version/Xterminator) |
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1996
TOUCH PON
Anthony B, Fire Pon Rome (Star Trail)
Bounty Killer, Fed Up (TAXI/Sly & Robbie)
TOP TUNES
Frankie Paul, Songs of Freedom [RAS/Xterminator]
Anthony B, Raid the Barn [Star Trail]
Beres Hammond, Putting Up Resistance [RAS/Tappa Zukie)
DUB
Luciano, Love Jah & Live version (RAS/Xterminator) |
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1997
TOUCH PON
[first three tunes DRUM SONG sequence]
Morgan Heritage, Set Yourself Free (Digital B)
Sizzla, Make It Secure (Digital B)
Cocoa Tea, Hard Times (Digital B)
Sylvia Tella, I Will Never Be Thirsty (Jet Star)
TOP TUNES
Sizzla, Praise Ye Jah [Xterminator]
Yami Bolo and Capleton--Put Down Your Weapon [Fat Eyes--Bulby & Fatta]
DUB
Sly & Robbie, Mission Impossible [#90 on 1990s chart--from late 96] |
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1998
TOUCH PON
Jah Mali, El Shaddai [Penthouse]
Luciano, Sweep Over My Soul [Xterminator] [#61 on 1990s chart]
Morgan Heritage, Protect Us Jah (VP/Digital B) HEATHEN riddim
TOP TUNES
Tony Rebel, If Jah is By My Side [Flames] [#87 1990s chart]
Morgan Heritage, Reggae Bring Back Love, [Digital B] MELLOW MOOD riddim
DUB
Buju Banton, Politics Time Again version [Penthouse] HEATHEN riddim |
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1998/99
Buju Banton, Destiny (Penthouse) [#15 on the 1990s chart]
1999
Singing Melody, Run to the Hills (VP)
Morgan Heritage, Don't Haffi Dread (Digital) [#75 on 1990s chart]
Prince Malachi, Watch Over We (RAS/Xterminator)
Prince Malachi, Watch Over We version |
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CLOSING THEME SONG
Morgan Heritage, Music of the Century (Penthouse) |
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| BIOGRAPHIES Gregory
Stephens is a bilingual teacher in Oklahoma City Public Schools, currently at
Shields Heights Elementary. He is the author of On Racial Frontiers: The New Culture of
Frederick Douglass, Ralph Ellison, and Bob Marley (Cambridge UP). From 2001-02
Stephens was a Rockefeller Fellow at the Center for International Studies, University of
North Carolina. As a journalist, he has published in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco
Chronicle, Pacific News Service, jahworks.org and many other forums. He was an
award-winning songwriter for Elouise Burrell in Austin during the mid-1980s.
Contact: gstephen@email.unc.edu
DJ-RJ has been a reggae DJ at KAZI-Austin since 1988, and
has also been a drummer for some of Austin’s best reggae groups, including Root 1. He
is currently active in many political causes, including animal rights and various gender
equality groups. He runs a mailing list for Texas reggae events. For more information see:
http://www.geocities.com/texasreggaelist
Contact: TexasReggaeList@earthlink.net |
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