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Five new tunes you'll hear me play at @hotwukofficial on Saturday 23 May 🚀🏆 The maddest bashment party hits @thefoxandfirkin with @the_heatwave @theethaichi @therealchrisgoldfinger @jess_bee_official @raedee_ 🚨⚠️ Join us for dancehall and dancing 💥💯 🔜 Saturday 23 May 2026 🕔 9pm-3am 📍 Fox & Firkin, 316 Lewisham High Street, London SE13 6JZ Tickets ➡️ foxfirkin.com 🔊 Box Ah Rubbaz – WYFL Riddim @anthony_b_originalfireman @djmac__ @crashdummyy 🔊 Hush – Recovery Riddim @nigyboyagain @rvssian 🔊 Panic @vybzkartel @shenseea @tjrecords 🔊 Slip & Slide – Hill & Gully Riddim @masickamusic @digenius1 🔊 Talk To Me Nuh @vybzkartel @shenseea @rvssian

When Fred Flintstone became a dancehall MC 🦕 It might not sound like it’ll work, but trust me it does 😅 Mad Cobra uses the melody from The Flintstones theme tune for his 90s dancehall hit ‘Dun Wife’ 🎯💥 I love playing this record out and watching people as they eventually clock what is going on 😂 It’s produced by Anthony Red Rose and Anthony Malvo, two legendary 80s dancehall voices behind hits such as ‘Tempo’ and ‘Can’t You Stop The Rain’ 🚫🌧️ Released on Red Rose and Malvo’s How Yu Fi Sey Dat label, ‘Dun Wife’ is on the same riddim as Simpleton’s classic Quarter to Twelve 🕘 🔊 Dun Wife – Quarter to Twelve Riddim 🎤 @ewartbrownofficialmadcobra 🎵 @anthonyredroze @therealanthonymalvo 🎚️ How Yu Fi Sey Dat?

Why was Ninjaman angry about Nelson Mandela’s visit to Jamaica? 😡🤔 In July 1991, Nelson Mandela visited Jamaica and appeared at the national stadium, with musicians such as Jimmy Cliff, Marcia Griffiths, and Judy Mowatt performing in tribute 🎤🪘🎸 Ninjaman thought he should’ve been able to walk the streets of Kingston and be among the people of deprived areas such as Tivoli, Jungle, and Rema 🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏿🌇 He recorded this song to vent his frustration, with an impassioned, almost spoken word delivery that, 35 years later, is a valuable historical document of the period 🔥 I love Mr Doo’s version of the classic Lecturer riddim that Ninjaman rides here: warm bass, crisp snares, dubbed out keyboards, and a saxophone melody that will live in your head for days 🎷🎹🥁 🔊 Mandela Come – Lecturer Riddim (1991) 🎤 Ninjaman @ninjaman_music 🎵 Cargill Lawrence @mrdoomusic 🎚️ Mr Doo

The Hill & Gully riddim from @digenius1 has brought Jamaican folk music back to the centre of dancehall conversation 🌍🔥 One of the many things I love about Jamaican music is the way these threads never really disappear. Hill and Gully Ride has been reworked and reversioned continuously for over 70 years, moving from mento and ska into rocksteady and reggae, and through multiple eras of dancehall 🇯🇲🪇🪕 Each successive generation of Jamaican artists has found new ways to carry forward this piece of musical history, reinterpreting it in the latest style. From Lord Composer in 1954 to Busy Signal in 2014, via Duke Reid, The Skatalites, I Roy, Yellowman, Johnny Osbourne, Ini Kamoze, and Elephant Man 💚💛🖤 Mento and Jamaican folk songs aren't just the roots of reggae and dancehall, they have remained part of the music the whole time 💫🔙 What's your favourite version of Hill and Gully Ride? 👀🤔 Dancers ✨ 💃🏾 @creativesrights @malcolmperformingarts Dinki Mini tutorial 💃🏿💃🏽💃🏾 @masicka video for Slip & Slide Music 🎶 🔊 Hill & Gully Riddim @digenius1 🎵 Hill And Gully Ride - Lord Composer (Motta's Recording Studio, 1954) 🔊 Hill & Gully Ride - Duke Reid & Tommy McCook @skatalites (Treasure Isle, 1964) 🎵 Hilly and Gully Rider - Alva 'Reggie' Lewis (1968) 🔊 Hill and Gully - I Roy @virginrecords (1979) 🎵 Hill & Gully Rider @king.yellowman (Volcano, 1983) 🔊 Hill & Gully @1johnnyosbourne @phang1200 (Power House, 1987) 🎵 Hill and Gully Ride @inikamoze @xterminatorproductions (9 Sounds Klik, 1995) 🔊 Hill & Gully Ride @elephantmantheenergygod @mrgakagoofy (Young Blood Records, 2002) 🎵 Hill & Gully Ride @busysignal_turf (First Name Music, 2014)

A singalong with no words 🧐 What other tunes are like this? 🎵🎶 There are few things more uplifting than a crowd of people all singing along to an anthem. This song guarantees that every time I play it - which is often, as it’s one of those classics that never leaves my record box 📀 I love how Sly & Robbie updated the Stalag bassline for this riddim - though paradoxically, this is that rarest of things, a dancehall tune without an actual bassline 🤯 Shout out Toots and the Maytals on the original, and Sister Nancy of course, without whom this record would not be possible 🙏🏼 🔊 Bam Bam (1992) 🎤 @kingpliers 🎵 @slyandrobbie 🎚️ Taxi

Summer sessions are back. Francis Road. Dreamhouse Records. Beer on tap. @mr_jerkyjerk_street_food on the food. Every second Friday from 5pm — kicking off 8th May. See you there. 🔊 Poster design by @olliestafford #dancehall #leyton #reggae #eastlondon #londonrecordshop

HOT WUK IS BACK 🔥 SATURDAY 23 MAY SOUTH LONDON LOADING… Dancehall. Bashment. Energy ⚡ @the_heatwave ft @theethaichi @therealchrisgoldfinger @jess_bee_official @raedee_ 📍 Fox & Firkin, Lewisham

The weirdest record in dancehall? 🧐 Name a tune stranger than this 💭 Tiger was a major force in Jamaica in the late 80s and 90s before his career was sadly cut short by a motorbike accident in 1994 🐯 His distinctive voice and energetic stage shows made him a star – I would fully advise checking out his live performances on YouTube 📺 I love how minimal Rap Pon Rydim is – just a bassline and kicks until the hi-hats appear out of nowhere after a minute. No snares, no synths, no melody 🚫🎶 🔊 Rap Pon Rydim (1988) 🎤 Tiger @officialrankingtiger 🎵 David Eccleston / Paradise Records 🎚️ Dug Out

Five tunes you'll hear me playing on vinyl at @fillybrook this Friday 🔊 Come down for a drink and some dancehall 🍹 It’s @bluespot_records with me alongside @elliotbaxter.lds and @daseriousmc 🎧 🔜 Friday 13 March 2026 🕔 5pm-12am 📍 Filly Brook, 392 Grove Green Road, London E11 4AP 🔊 Wa Do Dem @iameekamouse @blackerdreadmusic 🔊 Sensi Addict @horaceferguson 🔊 Live Blanket @theshabbaranks @kingjammysuperpower 🔊 Jumbo @mikey.melody.564 🔊 Ya Mi Born Ya Mi Live @outlaw_terryganzie @madhouserecords

Join us this Friday, the 13th, at @fillybrook for a night of Dancehall music! @daseriousmc is back as our guest, and we’ve arranged a sit-down with him to learn more about his journey into music. We’ll kick things off at 5 PM, so arrive early to take advantage of our drink offers between 5 to 7 PM. If you can’t make it then, don’t worry—we’ll be playing tunes until midnight. Join us for a late-night drink and a dance! 📍 @fillybrook 📆 Friday 13th March ⏰ 5pm - 12am #dancehall #Leytonstone #vinyl #soundsystemculture #eastlondon

I’ve never seen this mix anywhere else 👀 It’s on the back of the 7” for Shabba’s Trailer Load of Girls, labelled the Poco Mix 📀 I love how it starts almost empty - and just keeps building 💛 Then when the beat finally drops 💥 🔥 Steely & Clevie at their absolute best 👏🏼 🎹🥁🪘🪇 Has anyone else ever come across this version? 🤔 🔊 Trailer Load of Girls – Poco Mix (1991) 🎤 @theshabbaranks 🎵 @steelyandclevie @cleviemusic 🎚️ Shang Muzik – Clifton 'Specialist' Dillon

It's hard to remix a classic like Under Mi Sensi 👑 Beenie Man jumps on the riddim and brings a completely different energy – without taking anything away from the original 🎯 That joy in his intro gets me every time 😁 Original or remix – which one are you reaching for? 🤔 🔊 Under Mi Sensi – African Beat Riddim (1995) 🎤 @barringtonlevy411 @kingbeenieman 🎵 Paul 'Jah Screw' Love 🎚️ @timeonerecords