third world/black uhuru

[gunosantos]

i was just kidding... i don't have anything against third world, i even liked one or two songs... but is just that doesn't fit my style...

i also think they are "a bit" too pop-reggae...

but those "sly & robbie" artists are all killer....

blessings!

[JP]

**THIRD WORLD**
**Roots with quality!**
Cold Sweat (Island) & Dem Man Deh (Taxi)

[leggo rocker]

I tend to disagree witht e Sly Robbie / Black Uhuru suggestion. I love the Uhure (sly and robbie) sound but i find some of the Taxi production stuff really tiresome. Many of the Taxi tunes are too dominated by the synth drum for my liking.

But if you like the hard and tough sound of the Uhuru tracks, I would say there's a good chance you would also like anything by Scientists fromt he early 80s. OK, unless you by the original vocal versions by Linval or Barrington these are dubs, but I feel the sound has very similar qualities (and yet is different, if you follow me!)

Any one agree with that?

[gunosantos]

Yes leggo!

sometimes i do think that sly & robbie productions are quite repetitive, but i still enjoy them... but i rather much more scientist and linval thompson productions... also those "showdown" DUB series by scientist at king tubby's, with the roots radics and Junjo's production... big ROOTS tunes out there!!! without any doubt, my favorite dub albums.

The vocal showdown series at channel one is also Killer! all of it!

blessings,

[leggo rocker]

@ gunosantos

The vocal showdown series at channel one

What LP or LPs are you referring to here? Please link me to them here or somewhere. I am interested!

[gunosantos]

I guess you already know them... but anyway, in case you don't know,some of them are still available on record stores or at ebreggae.com...

Showdown vol. 1 to vol. 8 - All albums produced by the Hoo-Kim brothers, recorded and mixed at their channel one studio's between 82-86, with the likes of scientist, roots radics, and others with many artists in a "clash" style...

there goes in order:

vol 1 - http://www.roots-archives.com/release/2337
vol 2 - http://www.roots-archives.com/release/979
vol 3 - http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1333
vol 4 - http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1543
vol 5 - http://www.roots-archives.com/release/3466
vol 6 - http://www.roots-archives.com/release/3096
vol 7 - http://www.roots-archives.com/release/2895
vol 8 - http://www.roots-archives.com/release/2824

personal favorites: vol. 1, 3 and 4. But all are very worth having in your collection, in my humble opinion...

Blessings,

[leggo rocker]

Ah, I am familiar with some of them, and have the Suagr vs Frankie one, but had never really thought about them as being a 'set' - but it's obvious now you lay it out like this.

Thanks!

[arize_rootsman]

well they both suck well not when don carlos was part of the line up with black uhuru but if i had to pick it would be black uhuru better sound than third world and as far as sly n robbie and roots radics band ? roots radics domminated in the reggae world. my opinion respect everyone leses

[leggo rocker]

arize_rootsman:

Roots radics only dominated after Sly and Robbie went International on their own course - thus essentially 'disbanding' the Revolutionaries (or Professionals or Agrovators etc).

Check the backing bands on 75% of the pre-1980 stuff and you'll see that the Revs dominated reggae first and the Radics only got a look in after 1980.

I love both sounds, the pre 80 Revs and the post 80 Radics - both do it for me 'in fine style'.

[arize_rootsman]

yeah no doubt about that but i perfer the roots radics sound becuase artists like: don carlos, viceroys, wailing souls, freddy mcgregor, triston palma, barrington levy, jah thomas, to name a few and producers like linval thompson, henry junjo lawes, sugar minott, and others when they came out, they came out strong with roots radics sound, now if they were already backed up by revolutionaries or agravaitors or sly n robbie well roots radics improved their sound cause sly n robbie has more of the mid 70's sound i like it but i dont digg it as much as i do with roots radics sound my opinon