Greensleeves Rhythm Album #35: Clappas is an album in Greensleeves Records

Greensleeves Records

Greensleeves Records & Publishing is a record label specialising in dancehall and reggae music. The company was founded by Chris Cracknell and Chris Sedgwick and started as a small record store in West Ealing, London, in November 1975 and is based in Britain....

' rhythm album

Greensleeves Rhythm Album

Greensleeves Rhythm Album is a series of various artists compilation albums released by Greensleeves Records. Each volume of the series features tracks from multiple artists recorded over one or two reggae or dancehall riddims produced by various producers...

series. It was released in February of 2003 on CD

Compact Disc

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 and LP. The album features various artists recorded over the "Clappas" riddim. The riddim was produced by the South Rakkas Crew production team. The rhythm is inspired by Norman Greenbaum

Norman Greenbaum

Norman Greenbaum is an American singer-songwriter. He was raised in a traditional Jewish household and went to Hebrew school. His initial interest in music was sparked by Southern blues music and the folk music that was hugely popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s...

's hit pop song "Spirit in the Sky

Spirit in the Sky

"Spirit in the Sky" is a song written and originally recorded by Norman Greenbaum and released in 1969. The single sold two million copies in 1969 and 1970 and reached number three in the U.S. Billboard chart, as well as number one on the UK, Australian and Canadian charts in 1970. Rolling Stone...

" and contains elements of Wayne Smith

Wayne Smith (musician)

Wayne Smith is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician.-Biography:His 1985 recording of " Sleng Teng", is generally regarded as the beginning of ragga style reggae. The rhythm was created on a Casio MT-40 and is based on the riff from Eddie Cochran's "Somethin' Else"...

's hit Under Me Sleng Teng

Sleng Teng

Sleng Teng is the name given to the first fully computerized riddim in Jamaican music. The riddim, which was created by the collaboration between King Jammy and Wayne Smith, was titled "Under Me Sleng Teng". However, in this case Wayne Smith was the one who had found the computerized sound in Noel...

. The album includes the hit song "Under Mi Sensi" by Mr. Vegas

Mr. Vegas

Mr. Vegas is a Jamaican dancehall star.-Biography:Smith was born in Kingston in 1974. The moniker "Mr. Vegas" was given to Smith by his schoolyard football-mates, who thought that he kicked the ball like a Las Vegas dancer...

, Alozade

Alozade

Michael Sterling, better known as Alozade, is a dancehall and reggae deejay notorious for his use of profanity.He has performed at the biggest Jamaican reggae festivals Sumfest and Sting as well as at the German Splash! festival in 2001....

 & Hollow Point, which is a take on the Barrington Levy

Barrington Levy

Barrington Levy is a reggae and dancehall artist from Jamaica.-Career:In 1976, Levy formed a band with his cousin, Everton Dacres, called the Mighty Multitude; the pair released "My Black Girl" in 1977...

 classic by the same name.

Track listing

1. "Under Mi Sensi" - Mr. Vegas
   Mr. Vegas
   Mr. Vegas is a Jamaican dancehall star.-Biography:Smith was born in Kingston in 1974. The moniker "Mr. Vegas" was given to Smith by his schoolyard football-mates, who thought that he kicked the ball like a Las Vegas dancer...
   
   , Alozade
   Alozade
   Michael Sterling, better known as Alozade, is a dancehall and reggae deejay notorious for his use of profanity.He has performed at the biggest Jamaican reggae festivals Sumfest and Sting as well as at the German Splash! festival in 2001....
   
    & Hollow Point
2. "Mr. Lover" - Elephant Man
3. "Wha Dat?" - Capleton
   Capleton
   Capleton is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist. He is also referred to as King Shango, King David, The Fireman and The Prophet. His record label is called David House Productions...
   
   
4. "Hotta, Betta, Phatta" - Ward 21
5. "Clap Your Hands" - Mr. Vegas
6. "U Good To Go" - Vybz Kartel
   Vybz Kartel
   Adidja Palmer , better known as Vybz Kartel, is a Jamaican dancehall artist, songwriter and businessman. He has many nicknames, including Addi Teacher and Gaza Emperor.-Biography:...
   
   
7. "Spotlight" - Sizzla
   Sizzla
   Sizzla Kalonji, or simply Sizzla in are de reggae musician. He is one of the most commercially and critically successful contemporary reggae artists and is well-known for his above-average prolificacy...
   
   
8. "Honey" - Ce'Cile
   Ce'Cile
   Ce'Cile, born Cecile Charlton is a Musician from Kingston, she is one of the best known current Dancehall artists.-Biography:...
   
   
9. "Bring It On" - Beenie Man
   Beenie Man
   Anthony Moses Davis , better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Grammy award winning Jamaican reggae artist. He is the self-proclaimed "King of the Dancehall".-Biography:...
   
    & T.O.K.
   T.O.K.
   T.O.K. is a dancehall group hailing from Kingston, Jamaica. The group consists of Alistaire "Alex" McCalla, Roshaun "Bay-C" Clarke, Craig "Craigy T" Thompson, and Xavier "Flexx" Davidson...
   
   
10. "Kaos" - Harry Toddler
11. "It's About Time" - Tanya Stephens
    Tanya Stephens
    Vivienne Tanya Stephens, better known by her stage name Tanya Stephens is an influential reggae artist who emerged in the late 1990s...
    
    
12. "Double Sick" - Mad Cobra
    Mad Cobra
    Ewart Everton Brown , better known by his stage name of Mad Cobra or simply Cobra is a Jamaican reggae musician.-Biography:...
    
    
13. "Clappin'" - Capleton & The David House Crew
14. "Ghetto Pickney" - Mr. Vegas ft. Illa & Aisha
15. "Nuh Inna It" - Determine
16. "Talk" - Pickney
17. "Have Dat Lock" - Assassin
18. "I'm a Grown Man" - Lexxus
19. "Part Time Lover" - Irish Man
20. "All The Girls" - Jagwa
21. "Luv Up Mi Girl" - Chuck Fender
    Chuck Fender
    Chuck Fenda is an American reggae musician and deejay born in Brooklyn, New York. Raised in Jamaica, Fenda is also known as "The Living Fire", "Poor People Defender" and "Chuck Fender". He has toured in both the United States and Jamaica...
    
    
22. "2 Pack of Slam" - Merciless