Artist.......: VA
Album........: An England Story 25 Years of the MC in the UK
Label........: Soul Jazz Records
Genre........: Other
Catnr........: SJR CD177
Source.......: CDDA
Rip.date.....: Mar-10-2008
Str.date.....: Mar-10-2008
Quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk
track title time
cd1
01. YT - England Story 04:00
02. Suncycle - Somebody 03:32
03. Doctor & Davinche - Gotta Man 03:21
04. Ty & Roots Manuva - So U Want More (Refix) 03:41
05. Papa Levi - My God My King 04:03
06. Tenor Fly - Bump and Grind 03:23
07. Skibadee - Tika Toc 03:36
08. Riko - Ice Rink Vocal 03:55
09. Jakes & TC - Deep 04:30
10. Jah Screechy - Walk And Skank 04:51
11. Top Cat - Love Mi Ses 03:14
cd2
01. Warrior Queen & The Heatwave - Things Change 03:43
02. Glamma Kid - Fashion Magazine 03:35
03. General Levy - Champagne Body 04:06
04. London Posse - Money Mad 06:11
05. Navigator & Freestylers - Ruffneck 07:06
06. Stush - Dollar Sign 03:31
07. Tubby T - Ready She Ready 03:30
08. Blak Twang - Red Letters 04:34
09. Estelle & Joni Rewind - Uptown Top Rankin 03:35
10. Tippa Irie - Complain Neighbour 03:13
Runtime 85:10 min
Size 109,6 MB
Release Notes:
The development of Black music in the United Kingdom owes
much to the influence of Jamaican and US music on each
succesive generation of Carribean immigrants to the UK -
from Windrush to the present day. UK based MCÆs take these
influences, mix them up with local references and styles
thus creating an identity of Black British culture. This
is constantly evolving not just musically but also in
terms of each subsequent generationÆs relationship to
British society. As Tricky put it in Massive Attack's Blue
Lines, of "English upbringing, background Caribbeanö
An England Story shows the links and musical path from the
arrival of UK Dancehall and Soundsystems in the early
1980s, through successive musical movements such as
Jungle, UK Hip-Hop, up to todayÆs Garage, Grime and
Dubstep.
The global pre-eminence of American hip hop means that
music like grime and UK hip hop is often seen as a form of
rap, whereas it owes as much to reggae music and culture
as it does to any American influence. Black music in
Britain has fashioned its own identity in contrast to that
of America, Africa, or elsewhere, by drawing on the unique
relationship that the UK has with the Caribbean. As Rodney
P (of celebrated 80s UK Hip-Hop group London Posse) says:
"This is a UK thing, it's hip hop and it's reggae and we
do reggae - and those Americans don't know about that".
Since the evolution of the 'fast chat' dancehall style of
the early 80s, the influence of reggae music and culture
has been crucial to the development of urban music in
Britain: from the heavy sampling of Jamaican
vocals/instrumentals employed by jungle, hardcore and
garage, to grime's London take on the soundclash, the
riddim version and patois-inflected rhymes. The importance
of the Jamaican soundsystem concept and its dubplates,
specials, clashes and heavy, heavy bass is a constant
throughout these different stylistic mutations