VA - Dancehall Stylee (22 Killa Dancehall Classics, Trojan)

Focusing on the dawn of the dancehall in the early '80s, the Trojan compilation "Dancehall Stylee: 22 Killa Dancehall Classics" includes just that: some of the best heard in the style from a solid range of artists -- Barrington Levy ("Sweet Reggae Music,"), Leroy Smart ("Too Much Pressure,"), Barry Brown ("Teaching,"), Wayne Jarrett ("Satta Dread,"), Don Carlos ("Booming Ball,"), Earl Sixteen ("Some Gone Astray,"), and others.        

The dancehall style was born out of a fusion of factors - the musicianship of the Roots Radics, the console skill of Scientist, the foresight of producer Henry "Junjo" Lawes, and the youth singer Barrington Levy. These were the ingredients unwittingly brought together in late 1979, when Junjo cut Levy on "A Yah We Deh". Backed by the Radics, and with Scientist doing the final mixes at King Tubby´s, he stumbled on a winning formula. Dancehall was born, and the rest is history.


Tracklist:
1. Barry Brown - Teaching
2. Barrington Levy - Sweet Reggae Music
3. Poppa Tollo - Get Ready And Reggae
4. Earl Sixteen - Some Gone Astray
5. Leroy Smart - Too Much Pressure
6. Purpleman - Trod Along
7. Don Carlos - Booming Ball
8. Sammy Dread - Labour Ward
9. Anthony Johnson - Dread Locks
10. Junior Keating - African Queen
11. Earl Cunningham - What A Day
12. Earl Sixteen - Play Play
13. Wayne Jarrett - Satta Dread
14. Jah Thomas - Dancehall Connection
15. Charlie Chaplin - Stur-Gav Special
16. Anthony Johnson - Natty Dread Come In A Dance
17. Don Carlos - Ababa John I
18. John Wayne - You Too Greedy
19. Earl Sixteen - Bad Company
20. Earl Cunningham - Violence And Crime
21. Don Carlos - Lazer Beam
22. Poppa Tollo - Nuff Stylee
   

VA - Dancehall Stylee (22 Killa Dancehall Classics, Trojan)
(256 kbps, cover art included)