24 Karat Gold Super Mix: 80's Reggae Dancehall Classics Prices

Compilation producers: Sherman Escoffery, Randall Grass.Composer: Randall Grass.Audio Mixer: DJ Yonnie.Reggae fans nostalgic for the early days of dancehall will get a kick out of this compilation, which features 24 hits from the early to late 1980s, the period during which dancehall was emerging as a distinct reggae subgenre but well before the ascendancy of the computerized rhythms and ragga. Most of these songs are strictly old school: "Zungu Zeng" by Yellowman, "Kushung Peng" and "Cassandra" by Frankie Paul, "Wa Do Dem" by Eek-A-Mouse, and so on. The most recent hitmaker represented is Shabba Ranks, whose "Caan Dun" closes the program. The tracks are strung together end-to-end in "megamix" style, which is fine, but too often it seems like that format was used as an excuse to trim the songs excessively -- the average track length is just over two minutes, and in some cases the editing is blatant and distracting. That doesn't stop 24 Karat Gold from being very enjoyable, but it's an annoyance. ~ Rick Anders

24 TRACKS: 1) Yellowman - Wreck A Pum Pum 2) Yellowman - Zunguzeng 3) Josey Wales - Leggo Mi Hand 4) Michigan & Smiley - Diseases 5) Supercat - Cry Fi Di Youths 6) Admiral Tibet - Leave People Business 7) Frankie Paul - Kusheng Peng 8) General Trees - Mini Bus 9) Red Dragon - Agony 10) Sister Charmaine - Leave The Glamity 11) Dennis Brown - Slow Down 12) Freddie McGregor - Big Ship 13) John Holt - Police In Helicopter 14) Eek A Mouse - Wa Do Dem 15) General Echo - Arlene 16) Courtney Melody - Bad Boy 17) Foxy Brown - Sorry 18) Reggie Stepper - Drum Pan Sound 19) Frankie Paul - Cassandra 20) Ninjaman - Murder Dem 21) Buju Banton - Stamina Daddy 22) Chevelle Franklyn - No One In the World 23) Tiger - When 24) Shabba Ranks - Caan Dun (X Rated)

24 TRACKS: 1) Yellowman - Wreck A Pum Pum 2) Yellowman - Zunguzeng 3) Josey Wales - Leggo Mi Hand 4) Michigan & Smiley - Diseases 5) Supercat - Cry Fi Di Youths 6) Admiral Tibet - Leave People Business 7) Frankie Paul - Kusheng Peng 8) General Trees - Mini Bus 9) Red Dragon - Agony 10) Sister Charmaine - Leave The Glamity 11) Dennis Brown - Slow Down 12) Freddie McGregor - Big Ship 13) John Holt - Police In Helicopter 14) Eek A Mouse - Wa Do Dem 15) General Echo - Arlene 16) Courtney Melody - Bad Boy 17) Foxy Brown - Sorry 18) Reggie Stepper - Drum Pan Sound 19) Frankie Paul - Cassandra 20) Ninjaman - Murder Dem 21) Buju Banton - Stamina Daddy 22) Chevelle Franklyn - No One In the World 23) Tiger - When 24) Shabba Ranks - Caan Dun (X Rated)