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Title Artist Label Format Date |
Levels (Brokwile Part 3) Suncycle Crew Suncycle Productions / Jamdown UK CD 04 - 02 - 2004 |
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Disc 1
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Rating :
from 5 (excellent) to 1 (poor) |
| Vocals : 4 | Backing : 4 | Production : 4 | Sound quality : 4 | Sleeve : 3 |
Suncycle Crew is an over 15 fine exponents of raw UK talents large collective, from the musically fruitful but
incredibly notorious Stonebridge Estate in Harlesden, London. Suncycle is at this
moment one of the hottest dance crews in the UK, with their fresh urban music blend of
riddims and tracks from the streets of North West London, from hiphop induced beats to romantic reggae callings. With worldfamous and in Jamaica often used riddimbuilder
Jazzwad producing the single "Hanging Out" from this album "Levels: Brokwile
Part 3", and a very fine guest-appearance of Spragga Benz on "Boom Under Dem
(Suncycle Mix)", and a bonus CD mixed by one of England's premier sounds, Silver Star Sound (the sound that in rotation
fills the international dancehall slot at BBC 1Xtra) the crew around Suncycle CEO and
producer Dolamite seems to be ready for the big breakthrough. The first riddim used
is the firmly in hiphop rooted 'Antrax'-riddim, that backs the soulful "Don't
Lie" on which 10(!) year old Shortie Kwarmz, labelchef and producer Dolamite and
Skrilla Kidz' member and Dolamite's cousin W.Squeeze. "Levels" is a boast-tune
by one of 2K2's newcomers of the year in the UK, Gappy Ranx. "White Liver" by
Vigilante, another upcoming UK-DJ who recorded some excellent tunes for Big Man
Productions as well, is followed by the proud-to-be-black tune "Bleach" by
Dolamite and sung by sweet voiced Carla Marie. "Don't Lie (Skrilla Kidz Mix)"
is going even further into UK hiphop territory, featuring Dolamite's brother Naff
Skrilla, his good friend Villain and latest Skrilla Kidz' discovery Skrilla One. The
distasteful named 'Holocaust'-riddim is the foundation for the nice Cocoa Tea relick
"21 & Over" (go home to your mama, you're too young to be my lover) by Sarita,
another Dolamite cousin, who delivers her lyrics in a very soulful R&B style, in
combination with Nuff Skrilla, before this bass-heavy riddim is given another ride on
"Man To Woman". "Boom Under Dem" featuring Spragga Benz has a riddim
typically showcasing the many influences of UK dance on UK dancehall and vice versa
called 'Alignment' with a strong contribution by Spragga to the Suncycle Crew's DJing.
Following are the lovers dancehall inna combination style of Carla Marie backing Kanny
Kedar's DJ-ing on "Close To Me". Dolamite's DJ-ing is featured over the same
riddim mixed with the soulful singing of Sarita in "Worried". The 'Chicken
Back'-riddim licked by Booji feat. Yuti for "Baby", the anti domestic-violence 'Naa
Bax Woman' by Infra Redman, and Vigilante and Veno Floss' "No Stopping You" all
pretty well voiced, but the riddim doesn't seem to sparkle as much as the other
riddims on this disc. That liveliness pops back in on Infra Redman's "My Ballers" over the 'Rumble'-riddim, that is followed by Kenny Kedar's praising tune
"Most Of Everything", and Gappy Ranx strange story about the "Chicky
Man". The boom tune that got the ball rolling even faster in the UK on listening
presents itself as just that, the whole Suncycle Crew are featured on the mix by
dancehall stalwart Jazzwad of the tune released as a single "Hanging Out". The
riddim proves to be a strong backing for Gappy Ranx' "Tania", and then we are
treated to a Shortie Kwarmz showcase, where he delivers with different Suncycle
members 4 tunes in a row, all sounding different, yet all with a certain signature
sound. This first disc is closed in fine style with the R&B-ish "Take Care" on
which Landa Boo, Sarita and W. Squeeze show the diversity of the vocal talents in the
Suncycle Crew.
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