February 2021 Challenge (& Raffle)

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

Wed 17 – Better than Bob?
What’s your best reggae record, Marley or otherwise?

I've always had a soft spot for Peter Tosh.

This is smokin'...




Peter Tosh - Equal Rights

 

[Bluecloud777]

Wed 17 – Better than Bob?
What’s your best reggae record, Marley or otherwise?

I don't think I have any raggae albums on vinyl so I go with a sample.

Lauryn Hill "The miseducation of Lauryn Hill"

Over a minimal boom-bap beat, Hill talks openly to an ex after a breakup and gets everything off her chest. Sister Nancy's “Bam Bam” sample is heard in the refrain of the song and after the second verse.

 

[Rip_City]

Sun 14 – Valentine’s Day
Play the most romantic/anti-romantic album you have.

D'Angelo - Brown Sugar



I know I played D'Angelo in this challenge before, but this one seemed right for the sensual mood after flipping through the cubes.

 

[gafacaode]

Wed 17 – Better than Bob?

 

[Rip_City]

Mon 15 – If only
Spin something by the artist you would most have liked to see live but haven’t.

Sunn O))) - Life Metal



I was told by a number of concert-goers that during their shows, the stage venue becomes enraptured and fully cloaked in dry ice, to the point where you are unable to see your outstretched arms. Each of their guitar/bass notes are supposed to ring out so loud that you can not only just hear but feel the vibrations from each note/chord change. Like...being sucker-punched with brick walls of sound. Having never been to a metal/hardcore/other abrasive music concert prior to Daughters/Lingua Ignota, where I was told all of this information, I was unsure about how to feel about a concert experience akin to that.
Over a year later? It's safe to say that I want that. More than ever now.

 

[RowBearToe]

Wed 17 – Better than Bob?: What’s your best reggae record, Marley or otherwise?

Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend

Nobody's better than Bob, and this is the only Reggae album in my collection so not many options here haha

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

Wed 17 – Better than Bob?

The Clash - London Calling

I don't have any reggae in my collection, unfortunately (gonna stream some later), but a few songs on this record are very much in the style, particularly "The Guns of Brixton." Even the title track's rhythm guitar is very reggae-y, just fast. My best friend was a huge Marley fan in high school and we bonded over our idolization of him and Strummer.

 

[Turbo]

Wed 17 – Better than Bob?

Black Uhuru "Red" (1981 Mango Records, original US pressing)

It's impossible to top Bob, but this is my favorite non-Bob reggae record. Front-to-back bangers with infectious basslines.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 17: Better than Bob?
What’s your best reggae record, Marley or otherwise?
Culture - Two Sevens Clash

Few things lift the spirit better than a wonderful Reggae album and this is a good one.

 

[Kris]

Day 16: Trio
boygenius - boygenius

 

[Poly-Rythmo]

Day 17 - reggae

Bob Marley - Live at the Rainbow 4th June 1977

In hindsight, I should have just played live albums all month as that's what I'm in the mood for right now. There's other reggae albums I love - The Harder They Come, Two Sevens Clash, Jacob Miller, African Herbsman by Bob - but I'll play this, my most recent grab. Bob had so much energy when he played and his bands were always so well drilled. This is such a great gig.

 

[Kris]

Day 17 Reggae (Rocksteady)
Phyllis Dillon - One Life to Live

 

[dhodo]

Day 14 - Valentine's
Quelle Chris - Guns

This is a great love song Quelle and Jean Grae wrote together on their honeymoon.

 

[dhodo]

Day 15 - If Only
Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin

Ha, looks like I picked this band for a similar category almost a year ago but obviously I haven't been able to see them since then!



Edit: This video is insane. And pretty funny. (warning: violence)

 

[dhodo]

Day 16 - Trio
Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar

I'm terrible at thinking of bands/groups with certain numbers, but I thought of this group and I haven't spun this in forever. Wonder if they are working on anything new.



Oops sorry for blurry pic.

 

[imtheocean]

Day 17: Better than Bob? (Spoiler alert, no!)

Reggae is not represented in my collection, so I'll have to defer to it's bastard offspring.

Various Artists ~ Dance Craze

 

[ranbalam]

Day 17: Better than Bob?

This is my favorite album by my favorite reggae artist. Yep, it's Bob.



And as a bonus post, here's Bob's wife Rita. This is a great record as well.

 

[D Jilla]

Day 17 - Better than Bob?

I love Bob, but I’d rate a couple LPs higher than any of his studio albums. Here’s one:

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

Day 17 - (Not) Better than Bob



Silvertones - Silver Bullets

Yeah I dont consider myself a fan of the genre and I havnt listened to this since I got it. Maybe I will like it now

 

[Wes C. Attle]

Wed 17 – Better than Bob?
What’s your best reggae record, Marley or otherwise?

Phyllis Dillon - One Life To Live



She’s always been one of my favorites. I love this record. You know it’s going to be good when they can’t even spell the actual artist’s name correctly on the cover.