Artist: Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate | Album: The Reggae Power | Released: 2015 | Genre: RnB, Reggae, Pop | Label: VP Records | Country: Jamaica / USA / UK | Duration: 00:58:52

Theirs is the ultimate musical marriage, a partnership that, once formed, re-etched the very landscape of not just Jamaican music, but the entire world’s. Such hyperbole is oftentimes rolled out by publicity machines whenever two musical talents come together, but in the case of drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare, it really was an earth-shattering union. Their rhythms have been the driving force behind innumerable songs — one statistician estimated that together they’ve played on approximately 200,000 tracks, and that doesn’t count remixes, versions, and dubs. As a production team, they were the equivalent of a creative storm, the cutting edge of modern dub, ragga, and dancehall.

Dunbar and Shakespeare linked up in 1975, but by then they’d already become established figures on the Jamaican scene. Lowell Charles Dunbar was nicknamed Sly for his adoration of Sly Stone, and in his teens had begun his career in the late ’60s playing in studio bands. For a while he was a member of the RHT Invincibles, a group led by Father Good’un that included such talents as Lloyd Parks, Bertram McLean, and Ansell Collins. The group cut several singles, but none were particularly successful. Dunbar would have better luck with his studio work and made his recorded debut with the Upsetters on the single “Night Doctor.” Producer Lee Perry was obviously impressed with the young drummer and consistently used him in the studio. Even so, Dunbar continued with his outside interests, joining Skin, Flesh & Bones, a group led by Al Brown that boasted the drummer’s old compatriot Lloyd Parks. In 1974, the drummer and fellow bandmember Ranchie McLean launched a short-lived label, Taxi, which focused mainly on the group’s and its members’ own material. Meanwhile, Shakespeare was also making a name for himself. He too had launched his career as a sessionman in his teens and by the early ’70s was a member of producer Bunny Lee’s house band the Aggrovators.

Tracklisting:

01. Love On My Mind (feat. Beenie Man & Crystal Kay) [03:57]
02. Get Ya Girl (feat. Thelma Aoyama & T.O.K.) [04:58]
03. Let Me Love You (feat. Ce’cile) [03:49]
04. Star Across the Sky (feat. Romain Virgo) [04:11]
05. Wasn’t So Bad (feat. Alaine) [04:12]
06. Chatty Woman (feat. Morgan Cramps) [04:24]
07. Dancin’ Time (feat. Mr. Vegas & Chehon) [03:45]
08. Zutto (feat. T.O.K.) [04:58]
09. Anything and Everything (feat. Bitty McLean) [04:08]
10. Off Love (feat. Al) [04:06]
11. Pray for the World (feat. Sizzla Kalonji) [04:23]
12. Crazy Jamaican Love (feat. KGN21 & Ryo the Skywalker) [03:54]
13. Shibuya Dram (feat. Miss Monday, Simon & Biggy) [04:32]
14. Party Time (feat. Jason Sweetness & Future Fambo) [03:02]

Single download
Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate – Love On My Mind feat. Beenie Man & Crystal Kay
Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate – Get Ya Girl feat. Thelma Aoyama & T.O.K.
Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate – Let Me Love You feat. Ce’cile
Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate – Star Across the Sky feat. Romain Virgo
Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate – Wasn’t So Bad feat. Alaine
Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate – Chatty Woman feat. Morgan Cramps
Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate – Dancin’ Time feat. Mr. Vegas & Chehon
Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate – Zutto feat. T.O.K.
Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate – Anything and Everything feat. Bitty McLean
Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate – Off Love feat. Al
Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate – Pray for the World feat. Sizzla Kalonji
Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate – Crazy Jamaican Love feat. KGN21 & Ryo the Skywalker
Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate – Shibuya Dram feat. Miss Monday, Simon & Biggy
Sly and Robbie and Spicy Chocolate – Party Time feat. Jason Sweetness & Future Fambo

Category:Pop
Main catalog

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