CHANT DOWN BABYLON with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > DECEMBER 30 > 2006 

The annual "best of" show, where we run through the best singles of the year...
While this is pretty subjective, it does take into account feedback from the
local dancehalls, and sales at the Higher Level Record Shack...
As usual I haven't included more that one tune on a particular riddim, so 
some big tunes won't appear where edged out by another. I should also mention 
that it was really hard to rank these - there were no clear standouts like last 
year's "Welcome To Jamrock" and the top 10 could be mixed up in pretty much any 
order and still seem right.


JESSE I'S TOP 20 ROOTS SINGLES OF 2006:

1. CHUCK FENDER - Gash Dem (Juke Boxx 7")
2. AL BOROSIE - Herbalist (Forward 7")
3. TURBULENCE - Ital Stew (Tads 7")
4. MARLON ASHER - Ganja Farmer (Caribbean 7")
5. KING KONG - Ethiopia (Massive B 7")
6. BEENIE MAN - Politrix (Free Willy 7")
7. CAPLETON & ROD TAYLOR - His Imperial Majesty (Reggae Fever 7")
8. RICHIE SPICE - Gideon Boot (Digital B 7")
9. COLLIE BUDZ - Come Around (Epic 7")
10. ANTHONY B - Stop Fight (Soul Vybz 7")
11. ANTHONY B - Uprising (Soul Vybz 7")
12. LUTAN FYAH - Love Selassie I (Fireponrome 7")
13. QUEEN OMEGA - Judgement (Special Delivery 7")
14. JAH CURE & FANTAN MOJAH - Dem Nuh Build Great Man (Down Sound 7")
15. RICHIE SPICE - Babylon System (NAP 7")
16. SIZZLA - Chant Them Down (In The Streetz 7")
17. MIDNITE - Trodding On (Lustre Kings 7")
18. TURBULENCE - Burn Bad Mind (Marrigold 7")
19. ANTHONY B - Reggae Gone Pon Top (Tads 7")
20.  QUEEN IFRIKA - When Will It Cease (Hi Score 7")

Honorable mentions: 
Midnite's "Hymns" on Lustre Kings, Natural Black's "Never Quit" on Ice Berg, 
Lutan Fyah's "Bloodstain" on High Fence, Lutan Fyah's "Too Blessed To Be 
Stressed" on Secky Wonder, Queen Ifrika's "I Music" on Fashozy, Mutabaruka's 
"Bring The Fire" on Taxi, Natural Black's "Love Rastafari" on Shagrilla, 
Anthony B "Drop It" on Vocieful.


JESSE I'S TOP 10 DANCEHALL SINGLES 2006

1. CHAM - Ghetto Story (Mad House 7")
2. STEPHEN MARLEY, DAMIAN MARLEY, BUJU BANTON - Traffik Jam (Ghetto Youths 7")
3. ASSASSIN - Good Over Evil (Mad House 7")
4. CAPLETON - City Lock (African Star 7")
5. CAPLETON - Purge Dem (KBC 7")
6. ASSASSIN - Gully Sittn (Zero G 7")
7. BUSY SIGNAL & MOVADO - Full Clip (Daseca 7")
8. BUSY SIGNAL - Too Much Gun (H20 7")
9. BEENIE MAN - Gooda (Forward 7")
10. DING DONG - Badman Forward Badman Pull Up (VP 7")

Honorable mentions: Hot This Year riddim on Tuff Gong (was huge in 2006, but
was actually a revive riddim!), Cashley on Cashley, Sick on Pure and Clean, 
Red Bull and Vodka on Pure Music.

Finally, the actual playlist, in the order they went to air:

QUEEN IFRIKA - When Will It Cease (Hi Score 7")
ANTHONY B - Reggae Gone Pon Top (Tads 7")
TURBULENCE - Burn Bad Mind (Marrigold 7")
MIDNITE - Trodding On (Lustre Kings 7")
SIZZLA - Chant Them Down (In The Streetz 7")
RICHIE SPICE - Babylon System (NAP 7")
JAH CURE & FANTAN MOJAH - Dem Nuh Build Great Man (Down Sound 7")
QUEEN OMEGA - Judgement (Special Delivery 7")
LUTAN FYAH - Love Selassie I (Fireponrome 7")
ANTHONY B - Uprising (Soul Vybz 7")
ANTHONY B - Stop Fight (Soul Vybz 7")
COLLIE BUDZ - Come Around (Epic 7")
RICHIE SPICE - Gideon Boot (Digital B 7")
CAPLETON & ROD TAYLOR - His Imperial Majesty (Reggae Fever 7")
BEENIE MAN - Politrix (Free Willy 7")
KING KONG - Ethiopia (Massive B 7")
MARLON ASHER - Ganja Farmer (Caribbean 7")
TURBULENCE - Ital Stew (Tads 7")
AL BOROSIE - Herbalist (Forward 7")
CHUCK FENDER - Gash Dem (Juke Boxx 7")
CAPLETON - Purge Dem (KBC 7")
CAPLETON - City Lock (African Star 7")
ASSASSIN - Good Over Evil (Mad House 7")
STEPHEN MARLEY, DAMIAN MARLEY, BUJU BANTON - Traffik Jam (Ghetto Youths 7")
CHAM - Ghetto Story (Mad House 7")