Strictly The Best Vol. 31 (2003)

Product Summary Label: Vp Records UPC: 00054645169929 Release Date: 9/8/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60615903 Item#: MRKU2Q Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Dude - Beenie Man/Ms. Thing ~ Various Artists 2. All Out - Elephant Man ~ Various Artists 3. Clap Your Hands Now - Sean Paul/Fatman Scoop/Crooklyn Clan (Get Busy remix) ~ Various Artists 4. Gal Yuh a Lead - T.O.K. ~ Various Artists 5. Head Gone / Genie Dance - Elephant Man ~ Various Artists 6. Vitamin S - Baby Cham ~ Various Artists 7. Do It Right - Bounty Killer/Rik Rok ~ Various Artists 8. Girls Alone - Assassin ~ Various Artists 9. Your Eyes - Rik Rok/Shaggy ~ Various Artists 10. Solid As A Rock - Sizzla ~ Various Artists 11. Enemies - Wayne Wonder/Mobb Deep/Fat Joe/Surpriz (remix) ~ Various Artists 12. Jump Around - Morgan Heritage ~ Various Artists 13. Smile - Junior Kelly ~ Various Artists 14. Good Old Dancehall Vibes - Beres Hammond/Big Youth ~ Various Artists 15. Just One Of Those Days, (Dry Cry) - Sizzla ~ Various Artists 16. Perfect Proposal - Wayne Wonder ~ Various Artists 17. Tempted To Touch - Rupee ~ Various Artists 18. Feel Alright - Sean Paul ~ Various Artists 19. Burn - Tanto Metro/Devonte ~ Various Artists 20. Hot In The Club - Wayne Marshall ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Compilation producers: Joel Chin, Lorna darby, Edwin Howell, Neil Edwards. This is part of VP Records "Strictly The Best" series. The Strictly the Best series has always been reliable for delivering dancehall's big hits, but on their 31st volume they've reached a new plateau. With 2003 being the year dancehall found success on America's charts and rap acts like 50 Cent started to appear on dancehall's healthy bootleg mix CD industry, there's been quite a bit of trading of ideas among urban and ragga producers and both genres are all the more exciting because of it. The layering and quick samples on Elephant Man's "All Out" are right in line with Missy Elliot's stylish, hiccupping beats, and Sean Paul's "Clap Your Hands Now" remixes "Get Busy" from Red Stripe to Hennessey. If there's any justice on the radio, Beenie Man's catchy vocoder workout, "Dude," would be as big as "Pon De River Pon De Bank," and Sean Paul's minimal "Feel Alright" would be a staple of booty sets. Productions in the dancehall world have gotten more and more interesting with producers twisting and manipulating popular riddims to sound fresh while adding plenty of sleek tricks. It pushes the MCs harder and they end up being more creative, but it also makes the five or so roots and lovers rock tunes here sound anemic and dated (except for the deep Beres Hammond and Big Youth cut here). Wisely the collection lumps the lovers rock and roots together, making the jarring difference easier to take. With more great numbers than usual, Strictly the Best, Vol. 31 ends up a milestone in the series. ~ David Jeffries   Technical Info Release Date : 05/23/2005 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 1699 Label : VP Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00054645169929    Product Image