Playlist: January 6, 2024

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 6th January, 2024

Featuring the Strictly Culture 23 riddim from Blacker Dread, plus more favourites from last year, including my annual “best of the rest” look at tunes that weren’t reggae enough for the reggae review, and weren’t quite dancehall enough for the dancehall review.

FREDDIE McGREGOR – The Overseer (Chant Them Down) (Observer)
DIGGORY KENRICK & THE PROPHETS – Oppression part 1 (Natural Bird)
ALTON ELLIS & ZOOT SIMMS – Oppression (Sings Rock and Soul: Studio One)
JOE HIGGS – Freedom Journey (Micron)
OWEN GRAY – Peace and Freedom (Attack)
MO KALAMITY MEETS SLY & ROBBIE – Throw Down Your Guns (One Love Vibration: Sofia Théa Records) french based singer of cape verde descent
SINEAD O’CONNOR – Throw Down Your Arms (Throw Down Your Arms: Chocolate and Vanilla)
BURNING SPEAR – Throw Down Your Arms (Dry and Heavy: Island)
BARRY BROWN – Warmonger (City Sounds)
PRINCE FARI – Survival (Tamoki Wambesi) –request
CHARLIE CHAPLIN – Walk With Jah (Tamoki Wambesi)
DHAIMA – Don’t Feel No Way (Ninakupenda)
COCOA TEA – If Jah Is For Us (Settle Down: Corner Stone)
DON CARLOS – Fight Fight (Hit Bound)
DON CARLOS – Strictly Culture (Blacker Dread)
DON CARLOS – Strictly Culture (2023 version) (Strictly Culture 23 riddim: Blacker Dread)
FRED LOCKS – Nuh Old Nuh Cold (Strictly Culture 23 riddim: Blacker Dread)
IZEZZI – Nuh Victim (Stand Strong) (Strictly Culture 23 riddim: Blacker Dread)
BUSHMAN – Break Dem (Strictly Culture 23 riddim: Blacker Dread)
ANTHONY B – Inna De Revolution (Strictly Culture 23 riddim: Blacker Dread)
FIKIR AMLAK – Forward (Move Different: Good Over Evil)
PROTOJE – Weed and Tings (In Search of Zion: In.Digg.Nation, Six Course Music, Zion I Kings)
PROTOJE & LILA IKE – Still Bloom (In Search of Zion: In.Digg.Nation, Six Course Music, Zion I Kings)
KHALIA & TANYA STEPHENS – No Answer (K.Licious)
DAHVID SLUR – Stay Alive (Addis Records)
VANZO – Officer (Baco Records & Street Machine Production)
VALIANT & TEMPLEBOSS – Muhammad (Diplomat Records)
VALIANT – Soliloquy (Young General Records)
INTENCE – Lesson (Nuh Brakes Recordz)
INTENCE – Round 10 (Tru Ambassador)
BYRON MESSIA – Dear Dancehall (Dear Dancehall riddim: Tru Believers Entertainment)
YAKSTA – Cut and Clear (Dear Dancehall riddim: Tru Believers Entertainment)
RUSHAWN – Pulse A Move (Dear Dancehall riddim: Tru Believers Entertainment)
CHRONIC LAW – Revenge (Penance riddim: Lee Milla & Scotch Hot)
IMERU TAFARI, POPCAAN, CHRONIC LAW – Vibrations (Koastal Kings & Dubshot Records)
BIG 12WELVE – Darkest Days (Big 12 Recordz)
ELEVATE TODAY – Reach Home Safe (ETM LTD)
CLAYE – Ego (Intuition: Rocket Life Records)
MASICKA – Broken Home (Generation of Kings: Def Jam Recordings)

listen online at https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/babylon-burning/2024-01-06/17-00-00