Need Help Building Up My Reggea

[roryd 0]

hi guys im new to the game and im a bit short on my reggea IE i dont know the names of great songs to play i think i have about 7 tracks at best downloaded and ready to go but would love to know what reggea works out there ???

 

 

heres what i have so far

 

 

shes alright bitty mclean

it keeps raining bitty mclean

mysterious girl peter andrea (think i spelt that right)

sweets for my sweets cj lewis

tease me chaka demus and pliers

you can get it if you reaily want it dekker desmond

i dont wanna dance eddy grant

lets talk about sex salt N pepa

twice my age shabba ranks

oh carlina shaggy

girlie girlie sophia george

 

 

ok a few more than 7 but thats all i have but would love to build this up a bit as i have my first solo act on the 1st of next month and think a reggea set mite go down well

[funkymook 0]

If it's just adding a bit of popular reggae to you record box then get a Bob Marley and UB40 Greatest Hits and any one of the hundreds of 'Best Of Reggae' type collections.

 

If you want to go any deeper than that then you are heading more towards specialist tunes (great if have the right audience). I can give you a list of what I usually play but they wouldn't work for most 'average' functions (and I'm by no means a specialist).

 

In the meantime I'll post a few of the popular songs for you in a minute...

 

[Robster 0]

I often at one residency play a reggae sub genre dancehall and flow from dancehall into traditional reggae and back into general chart stuff , this works in that venue but for general functions the excellent recommendations by funkymook are well worth looking into

 

dancehall faves of mine are dutty wine by tony mattherson , murder she wrote by chacka demus and pliers , get busy these can move to current tracks that flow like serani's no games and gyptians hold ya

 

save the last dance soundtrack has a few songs from dancehall to hip hop to r&B so these work well as bridging songs going from one genre to the other.

 

but i am only a karaoke host so defer better and more in depth knowledge to my more capable peers...

 

 

[unklbrian 0]

Ohh Boy , one of my fav styles !!!!

 

but a can of worms - "reggae" covers many styles , and depends on the crowd your playing to ..

 

if its a older 'general crowd' try some from these

 

Super 70s Reggae - EMI VTDCDX 726 - a good primer 3cd box of early/mid/late 70s uk hits [not much Marley tho]

 

The Trojan Story - METROCD 518 - a bit more 'eclectic' , but good floor fillers for old Mods/skins etc ,

 

Also look out for Prince Buster - FABulous greatest hits - TJCCDD 071 , [NOTE - there are at least 3 different versions of this cd - this one is 18 track & good 'cuts'] --- this will help playout SKA !

 

SO SO many that i could go on for hours !!!!

[orbitdisco 0]

A few I have found that have worked for me over the years :

 

Janet Kaye - Silly Games

Clint Eastwood & General Saint - Stop that train

Shabba Ranks - Mr Lover Man

Gregory Issacs - Night Nurse

 

Not sure that Salt n Pepa in your list is Reggae though!

[Derek Paul 0]

As already mentioned Bob Marley and UB40 are must have. Then to add to the list of great suggestions above try

 

Welcome To Jamrock - Damian Marley

Money In My Pocket - Dennis Brown

Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant

O.K. Fred - Errol Dunkley

Bad Boys - Inner Circle

Paper Planes – M.I.A.

Good Thing Going - Sugar Minott

Now That We Found Love - Third World

Cool Meditation - Third World

Red Red Wine - Tony Tribe

Pressure Drop - Toots & The Maytals

Love Is My Religion - Ziggy Marley

 

[roryd 0]

thanks guys i was having a job sorting out this box set now its looking a lot fuller now should do a good reggea set now...

 

 

 

i have my fist solo on the 1st april so need to be ready really lol by the time i get there i would have co-DJed at about 12 gigs and the guy showing the rope will only be in the other room and a text away lol

 

im thinking as its a singles night with age ranging from 20 to 55 im thinking of starting in the chart music and work my way back to reggea with that new reggea song hold you by gyption then move in to the 80's turns and take the last 2 hours home with motown witch i know allways gos down well at this gig

 

 

rory

[FrankieJ 0]

Sean Paul you could get away with, plus Jammin by Bob Marley always goes down well.