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Dre Skull feat Megan James & Popcaan x First Time

It’s no secret that we are big Dre Skull fans here at HDD HQ and this extra cut on loudspeaker riddim which features Purity Ring’s Megan James and Popcaan on vocals is just divine. We are still debating what Megan says in the opening line but her vocals are haunting and soothing at the same time.  Another reason to love the tune is that it was created as part of a Dre Skull/Puma collaboration to launch their dance dictionary project and the video features some of the world’s best dancers  communicating some of the lyrics through dance. How could we not love it – especially the girl in the green disco pants!

 

Overtime Riddim x Medley Video


The only way to pretty much guarantee a post on this site is a medley video and finally after a couple of months we have one. This time it’s for last year’s Overtime riddim. Gyptian, Mavado, Christopher Martin, Popcaan, Beenie Man and more. It may be Island pop is but the video is fantastic, even if it is just a smooth blend of all the artist’s individual ones.

Mixpak x Kling Klang Riddim Videos

We have been playing Kling Klang Riddim for a good few months now – our World Carnival #3 mix opened with Champion Bubbler and the riddim produced by Dre Skull was one of our top tunes of 2012 and the soundtrack to our World Carnival party video. The video for Popcaan’s cut So We Do It dropped two weeks ago and Tifa’s Champion Bubbler video dropped yesterday and boy were they worth waiting for! They were both directed by Andrew Capper on location in Jamaica and they are some of the best dancehall videos we have seen for some time – the Popcaan one is so good that Kazabon was worried about Popcaan’s safety! You can read more about Andy Capper’s work and his recent projects with Dre Skull in this interview by Suze Webb over on the Mixpak blog.

Chi Ching Ching x Hot A Nuh Snap Back

One of our favourite sites on the internet is Kingston Style, we are fans of Jamaican fashion (the BTS of the new Major Lazer Video is our idea of heaven) and this ode to Snapbacks is perfect for us. Chi Ching ching might have the best style of any Jamaican artist right now (check out his facebook group). We do love Popcaan’s cardigan and snapback combo’s but it’s more a case of him looking like a baller grandad.

HDD’s Top 20 Tunes of 2012

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As 2012 comes into its last few days we decided to  repeat last year’s near- impossible task of picking our top 20 tunes of the year. Based on the tunes we have been playing out and the tunes we have been listening to at HDD Headquarters, in no particular order, here are our top hip hop, dancehall and tropical tunes of 2012.

Atumpan - The Thing
Kerwin Du Bois - Bacchanalist
Miguel  - Adorn
Jeremih – 773 Love
Vybz Kartel - Party Mi Say
Machel Montano - Go Down
Kanye West feat Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz - Mercy
Konshens  - Stop Sign
Dom Kennedy - My Type Of Party
Kendrick Lamar feat Dr Dre - The Recipe
Cham  - Wine
Frank Ocean –  Pyramids
Murlo - Next To You
D’Banj - Oliver Twist
Future  - Turn On The Lights
Trojan  - Check Your Weight 
The Dream  - Dope Bitch
Popcaan - Party Shot
Jessie Ware - 110%
Dre Skull - Kling Klang Riddim

Picking just 20 tunes that summed up the year in music for us was extremely difficult so here are the tunes that came close but did not quite make the top 20.

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E40 - Function
Kaakie –  Toffee Pon Tongue
Gappy Ranks –  Wickedest Slam In Di Garrison
Busy Signal –  Real Spender$ (Theory Refix)
Burna Boy  - Like To Party
Omarion feat Wale – MIA

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Santigold – Disparate Youth
Poirier – Bring It On feat EJ Von Lyrik
Kakal – Saltfish (Magaroze Riddim)
Lexx Blake feat Serocee & Rubi Dan –  Let Your Booty Riddim 
Stylo G  - Press Up
R2Bees feat Sarkodie & Nana Boro –  Agyeeei (Dubbel Dutch Re-Riddim)