VARIOUS ARTISTS / “Motown Reggae Samba Mixtape”

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 jazz jamaica motorcity cover.jpg 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 sandra de sa motown cover.jpg 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 marisa monte cover.jpg 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 trojan motown box set cover.jpg 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 trojan soulful reggae box cover.jpg 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 stevie wonder's songs cover.jpg 25. “Master Blaster (Jammin')” - Stephen Marley - Conception: An Interpretation Of Stevie Wonder's Songs

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December 9th, 2014 at 6:57 pm

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