Title Artist Label Format Date

Scorn Dem Spice Spice-Madhouse Records / All Access Entertainment CD February 9, 2008

Track list

Fight Over Man Fix Mi Good (a.k.a. Right There) feat. Toi Rude Boy Love feat. Pinchers Inna Di Light Whoa I'm Back Goody Goodo No Gal Dun Out Weh Yuh Hear Bout

Rating : from 5 (excellent) to 1 (poor)

Vocals : 4/5

Backing : 5

Production : 5

Sound quality : 5

Sleeve : 4/5

Madhouse Records' Dave Kelly protégé Grace Hamilton a.k.a. Spice, who from her first major appearance at Sting 2000 made it clear that she was in the business to stay, propelled to the top of the female DJ ranks in 2004 with "Fix Mi Good" a.k.a. "Right There", now releases her aptly titled and by All Access Entertainment distributed (and until March 25th, 2008 in Europe during her shows on the Madhouse Tour 2008 sold) "Scorn Dem" debut album, as that scorn dem catchphrase is as typical for her as gangsta for life is for Mavado. One of the wickedest producers, though one of the least prolific, ace producer Dave Kelly, known for his quality riddims including 'Pepper Seed', 'Bug', 'Backyard', 'Arab Attack', 'Bruk Out', 'Joyride', 'Fiesta', 'Eighty Five' and 'Stage Show', contributes several riddims to this album, that also features some riddims by other producers that are truly hot of the press. The album kicks off with "Fight Over Man" over Dave Kelly's 'Eighty Five'-riddim, with Spice coming on strong with her mi is a girl mi nuh fight over man / from mi likkle bit a jus so mi tan / dis ya gyal only wah gi him one / afta dat him tun fool cah him just get di bomb / tight pussy gyal nuh fight ova man / a everybody know she we a name brand / when mi a wine mi gi di wickedest slam / so mi sorry fi di gyal dem out deh whe nah nuh clam, followed by her 2004 break through tune "Fix Mi Good"> a.k.a. "Right There", her invitation to give it to her with Toi over Dave Kelly's 'Bad Gal'-riddim with its sit mi like a chair / and mek me bawl an grab my hair (oh baby) / ooooh, right there, right there / ooooh, right there, right there / love it hardcore, so baby put me on the floor (yes) / ooooh, want more, want more / ooooh, want more, want more and the wicked combination with the original Bandelero Pinchers - who unfortunately lacked during the Madhouse Tour 2008 in the package with Cham and Spice due to visa problems - "Rude Boy Love" over the great 'Stage Show', actually a slowed down version of Dave Kelly's own 'Joyride' with steel pans backing. "Inna Di Light" is the first of a couple of releases of which the 45s have just been hitting the market included on this album, as it is her take on the 'Gear Box'-riddim that Adrian & Steve Locke produced for their Truck Back label and the tune is currently climbing dancehall charts worldwide, followed by another very recent tune recorded for Truck Back, "Whoa" over the very hardcore 'Old Axe'-riddim, that is almost nothing more than a drumpattern and "I'm Back", based on the 1983 pophit "Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder (like Lady Saw did in 1983 for her "Can't Tie Me Down" across Richie D's 'Hydro') over the great 'North Coast'-riddim that Ras Ghandi produced for his House Of Vibes, making clear that none a dem can stop me from strive / no baby can slow mi down which she proved working throughout her pregnancy and within six weeks of giving birth to her son launching herself back in the thick of things. "Goody Goodo" is another tribute by Spice to (the tightness of) her own punnany (good hole) over Natural Bridge's extremely catchy haunting 'Cranberry'-riddim, produced by Mark Pinnock, before she sings (rather well) instead of deejays "No Gal" her D'Angel diss over the riddim of "No One", the Grammy Award-winning R&B/soul song by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys from her third (2007) studio album "As I Am". "Dun Out" is Spice' strong take on Ward 21's latest riddim 'Dem Gal Sitten' (that has just been released as a Japan-only one-riddim album with 12 tunes, all by female artists) before this very entertaining debut album is closed with "Weh Yuh Hear Bout" over the very nice 'Ecup'-riddim. It's a pity that a couple of real scorchers (like e.g. Spice' second tune over the 'Eighty Five'-riddim "Grab Yuh Hood", "Some Gal" over Demarco & John John's 'The Mix', "Walkie Talkie" over John John's 'Big Up' and "Tek Set" over 'Yellow Moon''s 'After Dark') have not been included - and that could easily have been done with only 10 tracks now - on this set, but this is a debut album by Spice that can wholeheartedly be recommended to every dancehall aficionado.