Slang Editorial :: Never Underestimate The Value Of A Holla'

Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Hurting So Good

I am home sick today, feeling pretty shitty overall, but I'm taking the opportunity to relax and listen to a lot of music.

Still running hard is my intense reggae kick--I just can't get enough of the (good) stuff lately. I've already mentioned my love for John Holt's "A Love I Can Feel" and Toots' "54-46 Was My Number", but another song that has been bowling me over lately is Susan Cadogan's "Hurt So Good (single edit)". Cadogan's vocals and sweet and soulful and this track really hits that perfect spot of "if-this-don't-make-you-feel-good-you-probably-dead". This cut was made with Lee Perry's Upsetter outfit and is just sooooooooooo fucking great--and if you dig, you should check out Cadogan's whole album by the same name.

Also tumbling in the headwheel of awesome are three more tracks:

1) Another track on the Studio One Best of comp, The Cables' "Baby Why"--great reggaeloveache
2) John Holt covering George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord"
3) an old favorite from 2003, an AMAZING Gregory Isaac's mashup with Alicia Keys' "You Don't Know My Name"

All four are great and I recommend that you download below and listen for yourself. On the radar in the next month will be a little amateurly-compiled reggae comp featuring all of these any many others from yours truly. But for now, enjoy:

Listen:

Susan Cadogan, "Hurt So Good (single edit)", from Hurt So Good
The Cables, "Baby Why", from The Best of Studio One Collection
John Holt, "My Sweet Lord", from John Holt -- 18 Greatest Hits
Alicia Keys and Gregory Isaacs, "You Don't Know My Name"

And PS--thanks again to Joe Keyes for helping to ignite this reggae spark into an explosion of sound.

love,
JB

Labels: loved sounds, mp3, music, reggae

posted by Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything at 5/06/2009 04:05:00 PM 0 comments

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