"It's A Pity" exudes longing like few others. On top of a grooving reggae beat mixed with some sounds that dubstep has gratuitously borrowed from, Tanya imagines a life with a man who already has a wife. "It's A Pity" sounds kinda like the Jamaican precursor to Adele's hit "Someone Like You," with Tanya Stephens smart lyrics baring her soul to this mystery man. You can picture her writing a long letter to her John Doe, with each verse varying from outright desperation to even diplomacy (Tanya admits that if she can't have him, she could share). The intensity with [...]
Joe writes: Around the turn of the millennium, Jamaican dancehall star Tanya Stephens made a Macy Gray-style pop album with two Swedish producers, Emil Gotthard and Peter Cartiers, and released it on Warner Sweden. The songwriting on the album was brilliant but the campaign ended in tears. I raved about the music to a Warner US executive; he said the meeting he had with Tanya was one of the worst he'd ever had with an artist. The album's thank-you list is the best I've ever seen, and makes me think Tanya's searing anger could somehow have been turned [...]
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The 25th Annual JazzReggae Festival at UCLA : Official | Tickets Despite all the parties, clubs, concerts, etc. we tend to frequent, we here at Dank Radio love community events. For the people, by the people. So we're delightfully surprised that we were sent the documentary below celebrating the 25th Annual JazzReggae Festival at UCLA. We had so many questions about how the event came about and who was responsible for organizing it. This was THE perfect way to answer all of our questions. Not to mention give a voice to the [...]
Here is John Legend putting his mark on Adele's powerful sass-soul single "Rolling In The Deep," from her head-turning XL LP 21 . The last time someone put a transformational spin on "Rolling" it was Jamie xx with his outstanding Tanya Stephens-beat infused remix. Where Jamie has production, Legend has vocals, so his "Rolling" goes deep on that front - a cappella, in fact, with some gospel choir-styled backup. So here's the third signature take on one of the year's bigger singles: Read More...
ALL OUT REGGAE CLASSIC - This track has been getting caned so much lately I've actually worn a Tanya Stephens shaped hole in my ears. Here's the video as well, I'm sure she's singing in English so what's with the subtitles?- Reggae for the deaf perhaps... I SAID REGGAE FOR THE DEAF PERHAPS......YES DEAR.....IT IS A PITY ISN'T IT....? Download audio file (tanya-stephens-its-a-pity.mp3 ) tanya stephens - it's a pity ;p Share on Facebook
There is so much gold on this blog, so again I will post two tracks, that i have been posted before, both are bootlegs by Lulu Rouge. Tanya Stephens, It's A Pity – Lulu Rouge Bootleg Download here (Right Click, Save As). Lil Mama, Lipgloss Download here (Right Click, Save As). Try out the new music player [...]
Classic dancehall over a classic Busta beat, now with a forgiving 8 bar intro. I may have shared a rough copy of this before, but this is the final version. Tanya Stephens - Goggle (Remix) Shawn Ryan Intro Edit Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps
The 'King of the Dancehall' Beenie Man and Dancehall's 'rebelution' leader Tanya Stephens will cruise through the hills of St. Elizabeth this December King Of The Dancehall Junction, the once bustling business center of Jamaica 's second largest parish , will now be known as the area's entertainment center when the 'King of the Dancehall' Beenie Man , Dancehall's 'rebelution' leader Tanya Stephens , Lover's Rock crooner Anthony Cruz , and Roots chanter Prestige cruise through St. Elizabeth's [...]
Tanya Stephens (Vivienne Stephenson) was a huge reggae star back in the 90's. When the genre was male-oriented, she stood out as a great artist whose innovative words, sound, tone and delivery could compete against any of her male counterparts. Stpehens is going to release a a new CD sometime this year which I'm curious to hear what it will sound like. In the meantime peep this remix of one of her classic songs called "Goggle" to get an idea of what this girl is capable of. (and if you know who did this remix please let [...]
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The first new tune from Tanya Stephens in a long long time. It's nice to have her back with this cut on the one drop reggae of Baby G's Good Love riddim: MP3: Tanya Stephens - Reminiscing Get the Flash Player to listen to this But speaking of reminiscing, I miss hearing Tanya on bashment rhythms; for the last few years her releases have been almost entirely reggae songs. I'd love to [...]
The first new tune by Tanya Stephens in a long long time. It's nice to have her back with this cut on the Good Love riddim.
Tanya Stephens - It's A Pity (mp3)
vyle - "Second City" (Norrit Remix) [vyle myspace] [norrit myspace] Yeah! Woho! - "Rock" Dance, Kill, Move - "Girls Are Boys" (Yeah! Woho! Rework) [yeah! woho! myspace] Tanya Stephens - "It's a Pity" (Lulu Rouge Bootleg) The Crooked Spoke - "Black Tower Hotel"(Lulu Rouge Remix) [lulu rouge myspace] [...]
(via Zash ) Got some new stuff from the smooth flowing Music For Dreams artist, Lulu Rouge . A couple of re-edit's and a bootleg, no big deal. I touched base on these guys when Haldon dropped me a line with a Trentemøller / Pilooski remix attached, how do you NOT listen when names like that are in the mix? Trick question. Anyway, instead of some o-rig Lulu tracks being remixed, the gang decided to hop on the other side of the table and make some changes of [...]
Vi fik forleden en gave af Lulu Rouge . Den skal I naturligvis også have del af. Sæt gang i den dybe fredagsstemning med disse edits fra Buda og T.O.M. DJ Shadow ft. Soulwax - Six Days (Lulu Rouge Re-edit) (download) [Lydfil her/Audiofile here] Tanya Stephens - Its A Pity (Lulu Rouge Bootleg) (download) [Lydfil her/Audiofile here] The Crooked Spoke - Black Tower Hotel (Lulu Rouge Remix) (download) [Lydfil her/Audiofile here] Marvin Gaye - Whats Going [...]
Tanya Stephens - Female Pimping (mp3)
Les posts dancehall ne sont pas légion ici comme dans la blogosphère alors profitez en pour déguster ces galettes qui font un malheur de Kingston à Notting Hill. Tony Matterhorn est un peu au ragga ce que Kanye West est au rap, après des dizaines de productions efficaces il effectue un passage réussi derrière le micro avec un titre aussi offensif que festif. Le Wipe out riddim avec ses irrésistibles guitares surf a servi de base à la plupart des toasters en vogue mais c'est un [...]
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