Sly & Robbie - Reggae Dance Hall

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Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s.

While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady. Reggae is based on a rhythm style characterized by regular chops on the off-beat, known as the skank.

Tracks
1 TheParty (6:07)    
2 TheParty (Dub Mix) (6:12)    
3 Fudge Faced Man (5:54)    
4 Fudge Faced Man (Dub Mix) (5:52)    
5 Groove on Love (4:22)    
6 Groove on Love (Dub Mix) (4:08)     
7 Much Too Fat (4:30)
Bonus Tracks    
8 Where Do We Go from Here (Club Version)(*) (5:39)     
9 Where Do We Go from Here (Hip Hop Version) (3:29)     
10 NYC (Central Park Version) (3:44)     
11 NYC (Bronx Zoo Version) (5:30)     
12 I Love You Babe (5:39)     
13 Brainwash (3:56)

Biography

Drummer Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar (getting his nick Sly from listening to Sly Stone) and bassplayer Robert Shakespeare meet in the mid seventies. Dunbar already had quite a reputation as a drummer.

He had played on several Jamaican hit records, a.o. Double Barrel by organist Ansell Collins. His rhythmic innovations to reggae drumming were becoming a trade mark for Channel One when he got acquainted with Aston 'familyman' Barrett's youthful protege bassplayer Robbie Shakespeare. Shakespear had already done a good deal of studio work, like 'Stir it up' from Bob Marley and some stuff with the Aggrovators.

Sly was playing at a club called Tit for Tat and Robbie was up the street at Evil People. They heard each other playing on their breaks, and they liked what they heard. It didn't take very long for them to decide to form a rhythmic drum-'n-bass partnership, and Sly & Robbie was a fact. In Jamaica they released several albums with the Revolutionaires, some of which were later released in Europe and the USA

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