The riddim’s key stabs are worthy reappearing elements, yet it is Beenie Man – Girls Dem Sugar & Romie Įventually re-released as a 12” by VP Records, these twoĪnthems helped Beenie Man’s stock rise to ridiculous heights by the decade’sĮnd. Grindsman managed to add transportation to the lyrical possibilities! Influencing Vybz Kartel, the Dragon-produced “ Benz Punaany” by Provided Cutty Ranks with the instrumental platform for the unrelenting “ The Stopper ” Vibes kept things slack with artists like Tumpa Lion and Chris Gussie P Jammy’s revisiting it for Admiral Bailey & Chaka Demus’s “ This Is We ” Shocking
Plenty of other producers tackled Punanny around this time, with Riddim would achieve hyper-riddim status and derivative interpretations,Įmploying the same drumbeat would be heard on numerous recordings during the The exploration of these new beats and sounds that dancehall music provedĮspecially receptive to… the drum beat, created by Clevelandīrowne, was based on a dotted crochet rhythm played by the kick drum. Ray Hitchins provides both context and impact: “the drum machine, inĬonjunction with the new recording participants and recording model encouraged Sound Creators of Jamaican Popular Music, author To listen past such overt sexuality to find the egalitarian admission that “any Featuring theīlatant chorus call of “gimmie punnany, waan punnany,” it is up to the listener Headed – in some ways this tune is rather ahead of its time.
Offering a prescient understanding of where dancehall (and hip-hop) music was Routes as “deceptively simple… hypnotic and strangelyĪdmiral Bailey certainly shows his prowess here as well, O’Brien Chang and Wayne Chen describe in Reggae Production dons Steely & Clevie – a style that Kevin Has the riddim – an early computer driven production from eventual digital Its raw crassness and energetic vibe has excited the dancehall ever since. The original is therefore far more known and influential, as Of the original, which seems to have been the intent. Mango, and potato references, in general it’s more hummable than singable thisĪllows the song to fully capture the catchiness (though none of the bawdiness) While clearly inferior, Bailey’s “Healthy Body” isĪctually fairly clever in one key way: while featuring obligatory banana, The UK on Live And Love – along the way it was retitled and rewritten to get Admiral Bailey – Punaany Ĭut first for Jammy’s Records as a 7” and later as a 12” in So here are some choice selections to begin with, from the original forward to
Space in its beat and four-note bassline, closely imitating the mixing boardĪction of a live clash.” There are literally hundreds of tunes to choose from, ‘Stats’ Houghton to argue in Pitchfork that the two “songs can share theĬredit for rearranging the sound of Jamaican music for the following 10 years,Īt least.” Houghton astutely adds that Punanny “has a surprising amount of Released virtually alongside Super Cat’s “Mud Up,” leading journalist and DJ Edwin Just how crucial is this riddim? Admiral Bailey’s “Punaany” was Named for the original vocal from Admiral Bailey, a slack anthem that helped to usher vulgarity into the digital era, the catchy instrumental has provided the foundation for additional hits from the likes of Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, Elephant Man, Junior Cat, and Shabba Ranks. Arising out of the increasingly slack dancehall scene found in mid-80s Jamaica, the Punanny (also spelled Punaany and Punany, amongst other possible iterations) riddim is a much-versioned up-tempo digital shuffle.
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