NEW TUNES STORM NM REGGAE DANCEHALL CHARTS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST !!!!!!!!

NEW Mexico Reggae Dancehall Charts Aug 2003 1 new Capleton Baghdad Stonelove 2 1 S.Paul & Sasha I'm Still In Love Old To New 3 new Wayne Marshall All Night Long Sontelove 4 4 Sean Paul Get Busy 40/40/VP 5 3 Capleton Clappin' South Rakkas 6 new W. Wonder, LL Cool J & Duchess No Letting Go Remix VP 7 new Queen Paula Signal Di John Remix RMC 8 2 Sanchez Frenzy Joe Frazier 9 new Elephant Man Jamaican Girl Stonelove 10 re-entry Sanchez War Joe Frazier 11 new Bounty Killer Plenty Gal Stonelove House 12 new Lady Saw Party Baby G 13 new Cecile Bring The $ Come Stonelove 14 new Buju Banton If Jah Was Like Man Digital-B 15 6 S. Paul, Shaggy & Will Smith Sexy Lady Big Yard 16 new Beenie Man Gal Dem Ignition Rx. Top Brass 17 new TOK Goodas Baby G 18 new Sanchez Superstar Joe Frazier 19 re-entry Ward 21 Hotta Bettah Phatta South Rakkas 20 16 Tanto Metro & Devonte Hey Girl Big Yard updated Aug 13, 2003

A massive 12 new tunes entered the NM Charts this month as the hard-core riddims out of Kingston are finally shaping up for 2003, after a somewhat disappointing start in my eyes. There are finally a good number of them runnin' things including EGYPTIAN, CARIBBEAN STYLE, 20 CENTS & BAGHDAD.

It looked as if Mr.Dutty Cup was never going to give up the pole-position again, after 3 consecutive months at the top, yet the prophet Capleton finally managed to topple him. He did so on the title track of the BAGHDAD riddim, on which he spits pure fire; " Babylon dem a fight over oil,whole heap 'a money dem a spend pon missile!!!" Stonelove's BAGHDAD came roaring into NM, just as predicted last month, charting 5 other times in the form of Wayne Marshall's fine "All Night Long" at #3, Elephant's "Jamaican Girl"(based on a Brian & Tony Gold tune from the early 90's) at #9, Bounty's "Plenty Gal" at #11 and Cecile's "Bring The Money Come". Queen Paula also charted on the original hip-hop version of the riddim called SNAKE with her HUGE x-rated "Signal Di John Remix".

South Rakkas CLAPPAS continues to remain ever-popular in NM with 2 tracks still in the charts. A hype, fast beat entitled 20 CENTS has also taken hold, which is surprising as it is quite hard-core for the NM dancehalls, yet it has come accross very well. Check the Lady Saw & TOK tracks for August. The DIWALI is experiencing yet another re-surgence, courtesy of the HOT "No Letting Go Remix" featuring LL Cool Jay, Duchess aka Sasha and Wayne Wonder, while Sean Paul's "Get Busy" continues to hang tight. The DIWALI has therefore been continually represented on this chart for well over a year, which has to be record-setting. I will check it out for next month. Beenie Man's "Gal Dem Ignition" remix is doing well out here in bad-man territory, as is the SEXY LADY riddim featuring superstars like Sean Paul, Shaggy, Will Smith & Tanto & Devonte.

On the rootical front Sanchez still a run tings. Not only did he enter the brand-new "Superstar" at #18 but he also charted with "Frenzy" at #8 and "War" at #9. As if that wasn't enough he also has two more guns entitled "World Peace" and "Stay With Me" bubbling under. Buju charted this time on the JAVA riddim: "If Jah Was Like Man". Until next month: Jah bless: