XL Releases Serious Times Reggae Compilation
You're leaving one of Radiohead's recent shows. A reggae song comes on the sound system, and it's really good. "What is this darkly anthemic monster of a track?" you think to yourself. You ask your friends. They don't know. All you remember is the line, "I could have been one of the most notorious." To this day you wonder, "What was that song?"
Well to this day and no longer, because Pitchfork has your answer. That track is Turbulence's "Notorious", and it's featured prominently on XL's upcoming Serious Times compilation, a double disc package that comes with 20 pages of liner notes and is set for an October 10 release.
The first disc is a mix of tracks from the second (in addition to a few dubplates not featured there) done by Cham/Rihanna tourmate Federation Sound (aka Max Glazer). The second disc features the tracks in their unmixed form, along with a couple of remixes of the title track by Gyptian that are not featured on the Federation Sound mix. In addition to "Notorious" and "Serious Times", the compilation also features the 10-year-old QQ's "Poverty". If you need a descriptive preview, Dave Stelfox raved about all three tracks in the January installment of the Month in Dancehall. And yes, there are two different songs called "Rolling". Figures.
Click on the link below to hear an exclusive remix of the title track.
Serious Times: Disc 1 (Federation Sound Mix):
01 Intro
02 Turbulence: "Notorious"
03 I Wayne: "Living in Space"
04 Richie Spice: "Marijuana"
05 Richie Spice: "Marijuana (Federation Dubplate)"
06 Tony Curtis: "Rolling"
07 Tony Curtis: "Rolling (Federation Dubplate)"
08 Jah Mason & Simpleman: "Rolling"
09 Morgan Heritage: "Wall of Babylon"
10 Bascom X: "Love You the Same Way"
11 Perfect: "Hand Cart Boy"
12 Nanko: "Lucky You"
13 Norris Man: "Home & Away"
14 Fantan Mojah: "Feel Di Pain"
15 Sizzla: "Ain't Gonna Fall"
16 Nitty Kutchie: "Ghetto"
17 Gyptian: "Serious Times"
18 QQ: "Poverty"
19 QQ: "Poverty (Federation Dubplate)"
20 Rob Symeonn: "Chosen One"
21 Turbulence: "Notorious (Wabenzi Vocal Version)"
Serious Times: Disc 2 (Singles & Exclusive Versions):
01 Turbulence: "Notorious"
02 I Wayne: "Living in Love"
03 Richie Spice: "Marijuana"
04 Tony Curtis: "Rolling"
05 Jah Mason & Simpleman : "Rolling"
06 Morgan Heritage: "Wall of Babylon"
07 Bascom X: "Love You the Same Way"
08 Perfect: "Hand Cart Boy"
09 Nanko: "Lucky You"
10 Norris Man: "Home & Away"
11 Fantan Mojah: "Feel Di Pain"
12 Sizzla: "Ain't Gonna Fall"
13 Nitty Kutchie: "Ghetto"
14 Gyptian: "Serious Times"
15 QQ: "Poverty"
16 Rob Symeonn: "Chosen One"
17 Turbulence: "Notorious (Wabenzi Vocal Version)"
18 Gyptian: "Serious Times (Truth & Soul Vocal Version)"
19 Gyptian: "Serious Times (Truth & Soul Dub Version)"
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