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January New Mexico Reggae Dancehall Chart

NEW Mexico Reggae Dancehall Charts, January 2002
1	Sean Paul	Get Busy	VP/40/40
2	S. Paul & Busta Rhymes	Gimme the Remix	VP/Atlantic
3	Elephant Man	Sorrow to the World	Q 45
4	TOK	Cree	B-Rich
5	Shocking Murray	Woman A You Mi Want	Bazooka
6	Bounty Killer	Raging Storm	40/40
7	Capleton & Military Man	No Time	71 Records
8	Buju Banton	Concrete Jungle Rock	Gargamel
9	LMS	Respect the Woman	71 Records
10	Culture & Anthony B	Two Sevens Clash	Old To the New
11	Riche Spice	Jah Lift Me Over	71 Records
12	Elephant Man	Give Her It Good	40/40
13	Toots & Anthony B	Pomps & Pride	Fat Eyes
14	Jr. Reid	Man A No Taliban Remix	JR
15	Bounty Killer & A. Doolas	Fitness	Awful Music
16	D. English & Egg Nog	Wine Baby Wine	40/40
17	Jr. Kelly & JC Lodge	Someone Loves You Honey	Old to the New
18	Beenie Man	Ten Out of Ten	40/40
19	Capleton	Lift up Har Dress	John Dog
20	Shaggy, S. Paul, B&T Gold	Hey Sexy Lady	Big Yard
updated Jan. 19, 2003

SEAN PAUL rules the first NM Reggae Dancehall Chart for 2003. His "Get Busy" miraculously extends the reign of the DIWALI into the new year. Right on its heels is another Sean Paul creation; the remix of his massive "Give Me The Light" featuring Busta Rhymes. He also has extra-hot tunes on the MASTERPIECE and TAI CHI riddims, that are barely bubbling under. Things are lookin good for Mr. Dutty Cup.

Elephant's newest bad man tune to reach us on Q 45 Records is at #3; while Richard Browne's TAI CHI riddim finally charts in the form of TOK (at #4). The toppa-tops of November & December 2002 (Shocking Murray as well as the Capleton/Military Man combination) have dropped down a few spots but are still going strong. Lenky's red-hot MASTERPIECE riddim seems ready to replace the DIWALI slowly. It is included 4 times in our current Top 20, featuring the likes of Bounty Killer, Beenie Man, Elephant and Danny English alongside Egg Nogg.

On the roots-front we see a number of further entries on the NO TIME beat, plus some of Steelie&Cleevie's re-workings of vintage Joe Gibbs material. As Joe Gibbs just passed recently, a fitting tribute for real: Old To The New!!! The gargamel Buju Banton released a nice update of the FULL UP riddim and especially his "Concrete Jungle Rock" is off the hook! Last but not least we have an interesting combination featuring Shaggy, Sean Paul plus Brian & Tony Gold entitled "Hey Sexy Lady" which has a nice Latin flair to it. Brian & Tony Gold will be special guests on Chris Goldfinger's "Reggae Dancehall Show" on BBC ONE radio this Saturday (4-6 pm West Coast time). It is available on the internet at www.BBC.UK/radio one. Possibly THE best reggae radio program in the world (outside of Jamaica).

This same Saturday(1-25)I will be hosting REGGAE RUNNINS in Santa Fe (sorry no internet access yet), taking a HARD look back at reggae in 2002; what was HOT and what was NOT.

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