artist : DJ /Rupture & Matt Shadetek Present Jahdan Blakkamoore
title : We Are Raiders
label : Dutty Artz
cat# :
genre : Bass
street date : 2008-07-14
tracks : 8
bitrate : 167 kbps avg. 44.1/Joint Stereo
size : 34.97 mb
source : CDEP
type : Retail
url : http://www.duttyartz.com
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"Jahdan Blakkamoore is a Brooklyn local hero. Born in Guyana, after
crossing into the US alone and undocumented at the ripe age of 8, he
quickly began to absorb the swirl of music that thumps out of car trunks
and crackles across the pirate airwaves of the borough of kings. Making
his first impact with NYC's golden-era street rap legends Boot Camp Click,
Jahdan has been bridging the gap between hiphop, dancehall and roots
reggae ever since, collaborating with artists ranging from DJ Premiere and
M1 of Dead Prez, to reggae singer Lutan Fyah, jazz great Branford
Marsalis, to his own hiphop/ reggae trio Noble Society. Jahdan was
introduced to the sound of the UK Grime upon linking up with 77Klash &
Team Shadetek for the street smash 'Brooklyn Anthem'. Excited by the viral
success of that tune -it sparked a YouTube dance craze among the
Carribbean teens of NYC and was featured on best-selling videogame EA
Sports Madden '08 - Jahdan has linked up with DJ /rupture and Matt
Shadetek to continue his explorations into the world of the international
urban underground via 'We Are Raiders'. Not content to simply revisit past
successes, the EP finds Jahdan touching down on deep dubinflected Cumbia
beats from Buenos Aires by Chancha Vφa Circuito, synthetic Dancehall from
Vienna's Stereotyp, plus two riddims from lifelong Manhattan boy Shadetek
which both reflect and bend the UK dubstep sound. Known for setting
trends, mashing genres and breaking rules, DJ Rupture & Matt Shadetek
continue to blaze a trail bringing songwriting and humanity to the
Dubstep, Cumbia and Global Underground scenes. While mash-ups, unlicensed
sampling, pay-by-mail vocals and other forms of one-way non-collaboration
prevail in these producer/DJ-oriented scenes, the Dutty Artz team place an
emphasis on the more difficult but intensely more rewarding route of
collaboration, dialogue and friendship, creating music with long legs
capable of crossing national border-lines, social boundaries and musical
maps. File Under: Reggae, Dancehall, Dubstep, Electronic, New York
Tropical."
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01 Jahdan Blakkamoore - Buss It Pon Dem 3:00
02 Jahdan Blakkamoore - Nice Green 3:57
03 Jahdan Blakkamoore - Go Round Payola 3:16
04 Jahdan Blakkamoore - Pon Time (prod. by Stereotyp) 3:10
05 Matt Shadetek - Pure Riddim 4:54
06 Matt Shadetek - Payola Riddim 3:14
07 Matt Shadetek - Nice Green Riddim 3:51
08 Chancha Via Circuito - Varela 3:47
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