Tag: ragga

Here’s another whitelabel goody…. Pow Pow is a pretty underrated 92-93 record label, though there’s a fair bit of variability between the releases. According to some comment on discogs, this record got plays in an old Easygroove set, though I don’t remember which one. The Bob Marley sample is pretty catchy and it’s definitely a…

Here’s an obscurity I picked up not too long ago, one of those random 92 tunes which probably wasn’t big at all back in the day but is still pretty fun and hook-y. It’s also definitely on the fast side for 92 tracks (at +0% here). Absolutely no idea about the artist or label, not…

Fun ragga hardcore track here. I think the only reason this one is so easy to find is that it had a reasonably larger pressing, as later releases on the label are a bit harder to come by and hence fetch much higher prices (thinking in particular of the Fenetik – E.Lite EP.. never nabbed…

Here’s another track from my hardcore for Beantown Boogiedown.com. This one is a really class early ragga hardcore number, featuring the one and only Stevie Hyper D on vocals. For those who don’t know, Stevie Hyper D is considered one of the top hardcore/jungle MCs of all time, a real legend in the scene who…

Someone requested a Macka Brown track for the blog recently. Since I don’t have the one they asked for, here’s a great white label by him instead. For those who don’t know, Macka Brown is AKA Bug Kahn, of Bug Kahn and the Plastic Jam “Made in 2 Minutes” fame. Most of his EPs around…

Here’s a track I put in my recent mix for beantownboogiedown.com (cop that if you haven’t plenty of great lesser known tunes in there w/ a full tracklist provided). This tune in particular is a nice 91 ragga hardcore jam by Lloydie Crucial & Peter Ranking, who collabed on a number of great ragga hardcore…

OK I’m cheating and posting a more well known track… in fact, I’d wager it It doesn’t get that much more classic than this tune. Although primarily a hiphop act earlier on, Demon Boyz did some amazing hardcore/jungle stuff as well. This tune is one of those early tunes alongside the best by Rebel MC…

Here’s another ragga influenced track ala the Echo Minott one posted recently, though this is more of a proper 92 hardcore one. Just deep bass, a breakbeat, a kick drum, and some all-too-familiar ragga vocals…but all working perfectly together. It’s funny because tracks like this would have held very little appeal for me when I…

Another nice find from my London trip…as the comment on Discogs says, this is a classic ragga breakbeat track ala early Ragga Twins / Rebel MC / SUAD stuff. A bit strange that the label says it’s from 1993, as it sounds more like ’90, ’91 to me. No matter though, it’s a great vibey…