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BABY CHAM HAS NEW MEXICO LOCKED !!!

NEW Mexico Reggae Dancehall Charts Jan 2005

1
4
Baby Cham
Hood
Mad House
2
1
Baby Cham & Nina Sky
You're Turning Me On
Black Chiney
3
6
Spice & Toi
Right There
Mad House
4
17
Elephant Man
Father Elephant
Black Chiney
5
11
Baby Cham & Toi
That's How I Ride
Mad House
6
7
Capleton
Who You Calling Nigger
Black Chiney
7
2
Richie Spice
Marijuana
5th Element
8
(new)
Capleton
Ask For What You Want
John John/ Greensleeves
9
14
Macka Diamond
Chase Money
Mad House
10
(re- entry)
Richie Spice
Earth A Run Red
Henfield
11
19
Cobra
Ah Who
Mad House
12
3
I-Wayne
Can't Satisfy Her
Loyal Soldier
13
(new)
Bounty Killer & Angel Doolas
Walk Di Walk
John John
14
(re- entry)
Elephant Man
Bun Bad Mind
Stonelove
15
(new)
Kevin Lyttle & Spragga
Last Drop
Atlantic
16
9
Freddy McGregor & Assassin
Youth Well Cold
Penthouse
17
(new)
Ward 21
King Of The World
H2O/ Greensleeves
18
20
Gentleman
Intoxication
Don Corleon
19
(new)
Cobra
Ah Who
Mad House
20
12
Bunny Rugs
Marcus Garvey
Mr. Tipsy
updated Jan 28, 2005

 

Baby Cham does it again!!! Last month's #1 with Nina Sky dropped down to the runner-up spot, yet his massive "Hood" on Dave Kelly's BAD GAL riddim climbed from #4 to the pole-position. As if that wasn't enough: his combination with new singing sensation Toi occupies #5 as well. Further tunes on Dave Kelly's latest masterpiece include a crucial track by Jamaica's top female artist of the hour Macka Diamond who claims: "Mi no chase money, money chase me!", as well as another gal-anthem by veteran Cobra who has all kinds of classic lyrics, like : "A gal waan drama, tell her: start it! Tell her you will print out your gucci shoes in her face, mek a gal know yuh know karate." Together with RED ALERT, this is the BEST dancehall riddim of 2004! Irresistable beat, irresistible groove and crucial tunes, even though just a few of the dancehall superstars voiced the project.

Right on the heels of the BAD GAL is Black Chiney's massive KOPA, which has been added to the heavy rotation of NM top hip-hop stations. Typically, only the Nina Sky tune (the mix without Baby Cham, of course) is being featured and my fears/predictions from about a year ago have unfortunately been confirmed. While hip-hop stations and dj's here in NM are more than willing to USE dancehall reggae to hype up their shows/sessions, NONE of them have been willing to do ANYTHING to help our music progress any further. They just BLINDLY follow (have to follow?) the trends being set in places like New York and Miami. While bringing some of our artists into the spotlight, these same artists are completely dropped/ignored after a given hype is over, rather than following up on them to see what they are really about. The typical combination of hip-hop and dancehall dj's/sound-systems playing TOGETHER is also completely absent here in NM, with hip-hop dj's claiming that they don't feel dancehall is what the mainstream crowds are craving. Still, they play the big dancehall radio hits of the past two years at EVERY session to rile the massive up but refuse to even help take things to another level by featuring further material by the same artists. Pure bloodclaat this and I urge everyone who is sick & tired of this to start calling your local hip-hop/r'n b stations and DEMAND weekly dancehall programs that go beyond what they have been trying to feed you. Back to the KOPA: further killer tracks on the riddim by Elephant Man and Capleton clock in at #4 and #6 this time.

John John's CHICATITA riddim has been liscenced by Greensleeves and two monsters from Capleton and Bounty Killer together with Angel Doolas chart this month. Nice beat which reminds me of the Jamaican re-creation of George Michael's FAITH riddim from the late 90's. Christopher Birch helped to create the KLYMAXX for Juke Boxx Records, which is represented by Kesheira and Shaggy, while Don Corleon and Nigel Staff lent a hand or two to build H2O's new SLOW BOUNCE, which, in turn, is represented by the mentally ill Ward 21. Both riddims are excellent and should get further tracks in these charts in the coming months.
On the roots-front, Richie Spice still runs things with two tracks in this top 20. I-Wayne dropped back down to #12, Germany's Gentleman climbed from #20 to #18 on the DROP LEAF, while Mr.Tipsy's MARCUS GARVEY and Penthouse's SOME LIKE IT HOT are still kickin it with Bunny Rugs and the hot Freddy McGregor/Assassin combination.

That's it from New Mexico for this month. More time

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