Reggaetronics, or Sometimes it's Necessary to Listen to the Great Black Men

Reggaetronics, or Sometimes it's Necessary to Listen to the Great Black Men

I thought about making this all reggae/ska, and couldn't do it. Then I figured, as a response to Another False Alarm, I'd do a tribute to the Great Black men. Couldn't do that either. You might say this shows a lack of backbone or a small music library or both. I'd just call myself the Great Compromiser/>.

Mix is here.

1. Desmond Dekker: "Reggae Recipe" (Israelites: The Best of Desmond Dekker)

2. Dandy Livingston: "Rudy, A Message to You" (Suzanne Beware of the Devil: The Best of Dandy Livingston)

3. The Skatalites: "Phoenix City" (Studio One Rockers)

4. Harmonettes: "Shame Shame Shame" (Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up)

5. The Four Tops: "Bernadette" (Heaven Must Have Sent You: The Holland/Dozier/Holland Story)

6. Curtis Mayfield: "Move on Up" (Curtis)

7. Lil' Wayne: "Show Me What You Got (Remix)"

8. Bill Withers: "Use Me" (Still Bill)

9. Arthur Robinson: "Moments (edit)" (Rare Reggae Grooves From Studio One)

10. Laurel Aitken (w/ Kenneth Richards & His Harmonizers): "Yea Yea Baby" (Trojan Jamaican R&B Box Set)

11. Stan Getz (w/ Joao Gilberto & Antonio Carlos Jobim): "Aguas de Março (Waters of March)" (The Best of Two Worlds Featuring Joao Gilberto)

12. Lindstrøm: "Arp She Said" (It's a Feedelity Affair)

13. New Order: "Dreams Never End" (Movement)

14. The Radio Dept.: "The Worst Taste in Music" (Pet Grief)

15. Roxy Music: "Same Old Scene" (Flesh & Blood)

16. The Magnetic Fields: "The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure" (69 Love Songs)

17. Nat King Cole: "The Christmas Song" (Literally, Every Fucking Christmas CD Ever Made)

18. Sam Cooke: "Bring It on Home to Me" (The Man and His Music)