VARIOUS ARTISTS / “Motown Reggae Samba Mixtape”


Source: Breath of Life (BoL Mixtape - 2009)

This is probably the shortest intro in BoL’s history. It went down like this: I dug deep—I mean deep, deep, deep—down into my stash of sounds and came up with a double handful (and a coupe of tracks gripped between my toes) of Jamaican and Brazilian versions of Motown songs. I know the names of all the artists and I know what releases they are from. Most of the reggae tracks are easily available, usually in a box set. I have provided links for most everything except the Brazilian duo of Edmon e Alexandre Dantas.

Some of the tracks are recent, some are as old as Motown. All of them are happening.

I got nothing else to say.

Except: ENJOY!!!

—Kalamu ya salaam

Motown Reggae Samba Mixtape Playlist

1. “Let’s Get It On” – Edmon e Alexandre Dantas – Álbum Desconhecido

2. “Let’s Get It On” – Lloyd Charmers – Trojan Motor City Reggae Box Set

3. “Easy” – Edmon e Alexandre Dantas – Álbum Desconhecido
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4. “Easy (Feat. Abram Wilson)” – Jazz Jamaica – Motorcity Roots

5. “The Way You Do The Things You Do” – Set Eric Donaldson – Trojan Motor City Reggae Box Set
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6. “Eu E Você – Cruisin’ ” (with Smokey Robinson) – Sandra de Sa – Traduz Os Sucessos da Motown

7. “(It’s The Way) Nature Planned It” – Ken Boothe & B.B. Seaton – Trojan Motor City Reggae Box Set

8. “Boogie On Reggae Woman” – Ken Boothe & B.B. Seaton – Trojan Soulful Reggae Box Set

9. “I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Feat. Denys Baptiste)” – Jazz Jamaica – Motorcity Roots
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10. “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” – Marisa Monte – Marisa Monte

11. “It’s The Same Old Song” – Delroy Wilson – Trojan Motor City Reggae Box Set

12. “Tears Of A Clown” – Chosen Few – Trojan Soulful Reggae Box Set

13. “You Keep Me Hanging On (Feat. Mary Pearce)” – Jazz Jamaica  – Motorcity Roots

14. “I Want You Back (Feat. Abram Wilson)” – Jazz Jamaica – Motorcity Roots
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15. “Touch Me In The Morning” - John Holt – Trojan Motor City Reggae Box Set

16. “My World Is Empty Without You” – The Heptones – Trojan Motor City Reggae Box Set

17. “Tears Of A Clown” – Mighty Diamonds – Motown Reggae

18. “I Second That Emotion” – Chosen Few – Trojan Soulful Reggae Box Set
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19. “Papa Was A Rolling Stone” – Pioneers – Trojan Soulful Reggae Box Set

20. “Papa Was A Rolling Stone” – Ken Boothe & Thomas – Motown Reggae

21. “Slave” – Derrick Harriott – Trojan Motor City Reggae Box Set

22. “Living For The City” – Pat Rhoden – Trojan Soulful Reggae Box Set

23. “Message From A Black Man” – Byron Lee & The Dragonaires – Trojan Motor City Reggae Box Set

24. “War (Feat. Juliet Roberts, Mary Pearce, Harry Brown, Denys Baptist)” – Jazz Jamaica – Motorcity Roots
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25. “Master Blaster (Jammin’)” – Stephen Marley – Conception: An Interpretation Of Stevie Wonder’s Songs

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