Sleng Teng Riddim

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The Sleng Teng Riddim is one of the most famous and popular dancehall riddims . It was produced by Lloyd 'King Jammy' James in 1985. The Sleng Teng Riddim is considered the first digitally produced riddim in the world. A total of 335 official songs were sung or toasted on this riddim . There are also various remixes and unofficial versions. Many famous artists have released one or even several songs with it. a. Anthony B. , Culture and Sugar Minott .

history

The Sleng Teng Riddim is a cover version of a rock 'n' roll song from 1959. The piece was written by the American musician Eddie Cochran . It's called Somethin 'Else and was released on the Liberty label. King Jammy used the basic melody of the song in 1985 and changed it slightly. He replaced the bass used in the original song with an electronic synthesizer . The melody that once sounded in the background was now the dominant part of the piece. He used a Casio Digital Music Box for this. Jammy then produced the song Under Me Sleng Teng with the young Deejay Wayne Smith . The fully electronically produced riddim is considered the first digital riddim in dancehall history. On February 23, 1985, one of the most famous historical soundclashes between King Jammy and the Black Scorpio sound system took place on Waltham Park Road in Kingston. King Jammy put on the riddim he had produced for the first time. The novel synthetic bassline delighted the audience so much that Jammy took off a triumphant victory. After a short time, Deejays released 23 songs on the instrumentals that were released afterwards, including Cocoa Tea , Super Cat and Tenor Saw . The novel sounding riddim immediately became a hit in the dancehalls of Jamaica. In the same year, several producers used King Jammy's riddim to release their own versions. Thus, the number of releases in the first release year grew to a total of 87 songs, including by artists such as Culture or Sugar Minott . In 1986, 27 more songs were released, bringing the number of published tracks to over a hundred in less than two years. In the following two years more than fifteen songs were released. After only two songs were released in 1990, a total of 69 songs appeared on the riddim by 1995. The popularity decreased rapidly. After only a single song was released in 1997, the last 6 tracks appeared on the riddim in 1998, which came from well-known artists such as Anthony B., Bounty Killer or Capleton. After six years, the Powerstone label released 33 new songs on the Sleng Teng Riddim. Tracks were released again in the following two years. However, the riddim could not build on the great successes in the 1980s. In 2009 the last seven songs were released for the time being.

Artist / song (selection)

Interpreter title year
Lloyd 'King Jammy' James Sleng Teng instrumental 1985
Wayne Smith Under Me Sleng Teng 1985
Cocoa Tea Hey bobby 1985
Culture Capture Rasta 1985
Sugar Minott Jamming In The Street 1985
Super cat Trash and Ready 1985
Tenor Saw Pumpkin Belly 1985
Cutty Ranks Blue Mountain Coffee 1986
Ninjaman Murder Them 1990
Papa San Pretend Ting 1991
Bounty killer Lodge (= Splurt) 1993
Mad Cobra Rude boy skill 1993
Luciano & Cocoa Tea Mr. Governer 1993
Beenie Man Off The Air Bad Boy 1994
Spragga Benz Mark Death 1994
Wayne Wonder Someone To Hold 1994
Anthony B. Gather and Come 1998
Burro Banton Attention 1998
Capleton Pure sodom 1998
Tanya Stephens Learn Fi Choose 1998
Anthony Cruz Know We 2004
Elephant Man Bumboclaat 2004
Sizzla progress 2004
Turbulence On my mind 2006
Baby cham No soundboy 2008

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Somethin 'Else at Discogs
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Sleng Teng Riddim on the Riddim database
  3. ↑ a b Article about the Sleng Teng Riddim (English)

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