Comments on: Dancehall’s Answer

By: An England Story: The Culture of the MC in the UK 1984-2008 | JamsBio Magazine

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:46:53 +0000

[...] excellence, look no farther than “Walk and Skank,” a slack and swaggering take on the Answer riddim that can still stir the right crowd into a flurry. The track was cut by Jah Screechy, of the [...]

By: Sir Joe / Heartical Sound

Sir Joe / Heartical Sound — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:02:34 +0000

Nice post indeed, just to add a little spice : Blacker Dread his the owner for the cut of “the answer” rididm that Bobby konders from Massive B sampled for his own release ! But Blacvka Dread riddim had already been used long time in teh 80s for a Major Mackerel cut and an even more famous cut by Supercat, called “Vinyeard style”… Strangely enough Blacka only released his own series years after, making people believe he versioned the riddim while he originated that specific cut of the “Answer” in which Horsemouth Wallace plays the drums !

Also the Eek a mouse cut mention is not a remix, it was revoiced over the rythm by Eek a mouse himself (who also did an album for Blacka dread licensed to Greensleeves) and officially released by Blacker Dread.

By: jchante

jchante — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:15:15 +0000

I have an article that will be published on our site on this very nice post.

thanks

By: matt

matt — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:30:49 +0000

Nice post Rick…only one problem: now I want to be on an island in a little bar laying down the “answer” over and over and over…

By: Timewarp

Timewarp — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:36:52 +0000

Very cool to hear how that riddim has evolved!

By: br79

br79 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:19:51 +0000

nice collection. enjoyed reading and listening, ‘big up’