24 Karat Gold: A 24 Track Mega-Mix of Classic Dancehall Hits (2000)

About this title: Reggae fans nostalgic for the early days of dancehall will get a kick out of this compilation, which features 24 hits from the early to late 1980s, the period during which dancehall was emerging as a distinct reggae subgenre but well before the ascendancy of the computerized rhythms and ragga. Most of these songs are strictly old school: "Zungu Zeng" by Yellowman, "Kushung Peng" and "Cassandra" by Frankie Paul, "Wa Do Dem" by Eek-A-Mouse, and so on. The most recent hitmaker represented is Shabba Ranks, whose "Caan Dun" closes the program. The tracks are strung together end-to-end in "megamix" ... read more

Tracks:

1. Wreck a Pum Pum [Foster/Lawes]
2. Zungguzungguguzungguzeng [Foster/Lawes]
3. Let Go Mi Hand [Lawes]
4. Diseases [Fairclough/Lawes]
5. Cry Fi Di Youths [Maragh/Railey]
6. Leave People Business Alone [Riley]
7. Kushung Peng [Blake/Lawes]
8. Minibus [Edwards/Johnson]
9. Agony [May/Riley]
10. Leave the Glamity [Riley]
11. Slow Down Woman [Brown]
12. Big Ship [McGregor]
13. Police in Helicopter [Holt/Lawes]
14. A Wa-Do-Dem [Hylton/Lawes]
15. Arleen [Riley]
16. Bad Boy [Riley]
17. Sorry [Chapman]
18. Drum Pan Sound [williams/Johnson/Br]
19. Cassandra [Brown]
20. Murder Dem [Ballentine/Johnson/]
21. Stamina Daddy [Myrie/Riley]
22. No One in the World
23. When [Jackson/Johnson/Bro]
24. Caan Dun [X-Rated] [Gordon/Johnson/Brow]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.