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Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

Mid-Day Mixup Wednesday

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Jul 28 2010, 1:00 PM ET Comment

by Ricardo Gutierrez

Today we are switching gears a little bit. This one is in honor of our host, who is probably hiking through the woods and doing pull-ups on tree branches as you all read this. TNC mentioned he had been fienin' for some old Reggae, so here it is.

Hearing late 70s/early 80s Dancehall always reminds me of summertime and puts a smile on my face. Back in my DC days I remember rolling with my friend Neil to Adams Morgan and squeezing into this sweatbox named Tameri (I'm not sure of the spelling). There is something magical about a whole room of people bouncing in unison to slow bass-heavy music. I love how old Dancehall plays on so much negative space with it's sparse instrumentation and enough delay and reverb to make you feel like you're falling into a cave.

By the way, all you NYC folks, my girl Sam is DJing tonight (and every Wednesday) at this cool little bar/restaurant in Soho called Lucky Strike (not the bowling alley). She plays an eclectic mix like I do.

Menu:

100 Weight of Collie Weed - Carlton Livingston
Murderer - Barrington Levy
Night Nurse - Gregory Isaacs
Ganja Smuggling - Eek-A-Mouse
I Chase the Devil - Max Romeo
Nightclubbing - Grace Jones
World a Reggae - Ini Kimoze
Double Barrel - Dave & Ansel Collins
I'm Still in Love (With You) - Martia Aitken
Tom Drunk - U-Roy & Hopeton Lewis
Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt - Yellowman
Bam Bam - Sister Nancy


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