A nomadic look through the story of music as I have come to commune with it through time. Stories told from a point in the nexus of life outside of and inside of the world of music as I have come to know it. Episode 1 starts from a place that is both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. Dave ‘Rude Boy’ Kelly shaped my worldview of Dancehall music in the late 1990s. What I didn’t really know until now is the case that he has made in my life story for not just being my favorite producer, but possibly the greatest producer of dancehall music in my lifetime.
From his beginnings working with Donovan Germain in the late 80s to start Penthouse Productions as a critical centerpiece of the operation to starting his own label Madhouse Records in 1993, Dave Kelly’s work was far above the rest. From Madhouse Records we were privileged to have borne witness to Dave’s multitalented hands as he took the reins as a songwriter, musician, producer, and engineer and gave us hit after hit, and classic after classic.
Madhouse became a home of sorts for many an artist from Terror Fabulous to Buju Banton, Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, Baby Cham, Spragga Benz, Wayne Wonder, Lady Saw, Mr. Easy, Shaggy and Frisco Kid and the unknown, never seen Alias/Stranger who was thought to be the voice of Dave Kelly himself.
Episode 1 brings you Dave Kelly in an Xtra Large, Mad House. A deep dive into Dancehall from the hands of Dave ‘Rude Boy’ Kelly, in his 1990s Madhouse and Xtra Large label days.
Tracklist:
Carbon the Element – Intro
1: Buju Banton – Big It Up (Big It Up/Bogle)
2: Terror Fabulous feat. Maxi Priest – Dreaming (Big It Up/Bogle)
3: Daddy Screw – Turn On Di Heat (Big It Up/Bogle)
4: Capleton – Good Loving (Big It Up/Bogle)
5: Terror Fabulous & Daddy Screw – Bruk Wine Butterfly (Bruk Wine Butterfly)
6: Wayne Wonder – Karma Chameleon (Bruk Wine Butterfly)
7: Spragga Benz – Car Crash (Car Crash)
8: Terror Fabulous – No Ride (Car Crash)
9: Frisco Kid – Wackie News (Car Crash)
10: Daddy Screw & Donavan Steel – Kerry (Car Crash)
11: Frankie Sly – Wah Wah (Car Crash)
12: Louie Culture – Old Before Young (Car Crash)
13: Maxi Priest – Heart Breaker (Car Crash)
14: Wayne Wonder – Sweet & Sour (Medicine)
15: Devonte – Only Me (Medicine)
16: Frisco Kid – Little And Cute (Medicine)
17: Louie Culture – Big & Bold (Medicine)
18: Frankie Sly Feat. Gary Minott – Wonder When (Medicine)
19: Baby Cham – Goodas Girl (Medicine)
20: Spragga Benz – Machine Gun Kelly (Medicine)
21: Beenie Man – Teenie Weenie (Medicine)
22: Buju Banton – Batty Rider
23: Tanto Metro & Devonte – Big Up Yu Status
24: Heavy D & Buju Banton – Hotness (Excellence)
25: Louie Culture – Excellence (Excellence)
26: Wayne Wonder & Terror Fabulous – Talk Bout (Excellence)
27: Wayne Wonder & Louie Culture – Live And Learn (Action)
28: Terror Fabulous – Action (feat. Nadine Sutherland) (Action)
29: General Degree – Mr. Do It Nice (Action)
30: Daddy Screw – Model Pon Yuh Man (Action)
31: Buju Banton – Second Class (feat. Carol Gonzales) (Action)
32: Buju Banton – Love How The Gal Dem (Action)
33: Buju Banton – Man A Look Yuh (Pepperseed)
34: Terror Fabulous – Yuh Nuh Kotch (Pepperseed)
35: Terror Fabulous – Number 2 (Pepperseed)
36: D. Screw & D. Steele – Big Tings A Gwaan (Pepperseed)
37: Wayne Wonder & Don Yute – Loving Excess (Pepperseed)
38: Spragga Benz – Things A Gwaan (Pepperseed)
39: Donavan Steele – Dapper (Pepperseed)
40: Major Screw – Wifey (Pepperseed)
41: Louie Culture – No Gul (Pepperseed)
42: Michigan & Smiley – Stress (Pepperseed)
43: Ninja Man – New Jamaica (Pepperseed)
44: Terror Fabulous – Yaga Yaga (Ba Ba Boom)
45: R.B.K. – Arab Attack (Arab Attack)
46: Donovan Steele & Daddy Screw – Ms. Bonafide (Arab Attack)
47: Nadine Sutherland & Spragga Benz – Please Me (Arab Attack)
48: Daddy Screw & Donovan Steele – Buff Up Your Chest (Arab Attack)
49: Frisco Kid – You And You Man (Arab Attack)
50: Wayne Wonder – Honey’s Fine (Arab Attack)
51: Terror Fabulous – Open The Door (Arab Attack)
52: Frisco Kid – Yvette (Arab Attack)
53: Terror Fabulous – Behold (Arab Attack)
54: Beenie Man – Certain Gal (Arab Attack)
55: General Degree – Mr. Tickle (Arab Attack)
56: Louie Culture – Bow & Salute (Arab Attack)
57: Louie Culture – Salute Ghetto Youth (Arab Attack)
58: Professor Nuts – Funny Guy (Arab Attack)
59: Gary Minott – Seek God (Arab Attack)
60: Beenie Man – Wicked Ride (Arab Attack)
61: Beenie Man – Slam (Arab Attack)
62: Spragga Benz – Body Good (Arab Attack)
63: Spragga Benz – W (Arab Attack)
64: Lady Saw – Sycamore Tree (Joyride)
65: Wayne Wonder & Baby Cham – Joyride (Joyride)
66: Wayne Wonder – Bashment Girl (Joyride)
67: Tanya Stephens – You Nuh Ready Yet (Joyride)
68: Spragga Benz – Hunting (Joyride)
69: Frisco Kid – Rubbers (Joyride)
70: Alley Cat – Fresh Off The Block (Joyride)
71: Silver Cat – Get Smart (Joyride)
72: Beenie Man – Silent Violence (Joyride)
73: Buju Banton – How It A Go (Joyride)
74: Mr Easy & Baby Cham – Funny Man (Joyride)
75: Baby Cham – The Mass (Stink (Xtra Large))
76: Alley Cat – Hot Gal (Stink (Xtra Large))
77: Wayne Wonder – Dreamland (Stink (Xtra Large))
78: Beenie Man – Old Dog (Stink (Xtra Large))
79: Frankie Sly – Just So (Stink (Xtra Large))
80: General Degree – Daddy Teddy (Stink (Xtra Large))
81: Spragga Benz – Girl Watcher (Stink (Xtra Large))
82: Dave Kelly – Girls Anthem (Stink (Xtra Large))
83: Wayne Wonder – Rainbow (Rae Rae)
84: Wayne Wonder – Cartoon (Rae Rae)
85: Baby Cham – Hottie Hottie Crew (Rae Rae)
86: Frisco Kid – Living In Style (Rae Rae)
87: Franky Sly – F*ssy (Rae Rae)
88: Mad Cobra – Who Get De Money (Rae Rae)
89: Baby Cham – Que Sera (Rae Rae)
90: Spragga Benz – No Way (Rae Rae)
91: Lady Saw – Eh Em (Rae Rae)
92: Wayne Wonder – The Best (Haunted)
93: Bounty Killer – Worthless Bwoy (Haunted)
94: Spragga Benz – Dolly House (Haunted)
95: Lady Saw – Woman Mi Name (Haunted)
96: Richie Stephens – Bad Bull In A Pen (Haunted)
97: Textra – H.O.T. (Haunted)
98: Baby Cham – Break Up And Make Up (Haunted)
99: Baby Cham – Many Many (Haunted)
100: Stranger – Dugu Dugu (Haunted)
101: General Degree – Heavy Man (Dugu Dugu)
102: Frisco Kid – Tink We Nice (Dugu Dugu)
103: Wayne Wonder – Glamour Girl (Dugu Dugu)
104: Alias – Experience Rider (Dugu Dugu)
105: Baby Cham – More Wood (Dugu Dugu)
106: Mad Cobra – Honey & Money (Dugu Dugu)
107: Beenie Man – New Suzuki (Dugu Dugu)
108: Baby Cham – Gallong Gyal (Showtime)
109: Shaggy – Hot Gal (Showtime)
110: Red Fox And Rayvon – Bashment Party (Showtime)
111: Wayne Wonder – Searching (Showtime)
112: Frisco Kid – Gal Pon De Side (Showtime)
113: Professor Nuts – Mama Have Har Own (Showtime)
114: Mad Cobra – Gal Splurt (Showtime)
115: General Degree – Stand By (Showtime)
116: Frisco Kid – Sergeant Wallace (Showtime)
117: Goofy – Lef We Turf (Showtime)
118: Mr. Easy – Rain Again (Showtime)
119: Spragga Benz – We Nuh Like (Showtime)
120: Beenie Man – Hypocrite (Showtime)
121: Bounty Killer – Eagle And The Hawk (Showtime)
122: Dave Kelly – Slurp (Showtime)
123: Baby Cham – Hope (Showtime)
124: Baby Cham – Boom Tune (Backyard)
125: Alias Crew – Holiday (Backyard)
126: Frisco Kid – Calico (Backyard)
127: Lady Saw – Nah Diss Me (Backyard)
128: Wayne Wonder – Are You Ready (Backyard)
129: Bounty Killer & Wayne Wonder – Criss Pack of Boots (Backyard)
130: Bounty Killer – Show Me Them (Backyard)
Bruk Out Interlude
132: Baby Cham – Boom (Backyard)
133: Wayne Wonder – Conscience (Bruck Out)
134: Lady Saw – Oh Yeah (Bruck Out)
135: Spragga Benz – Do It And Done (Bruck Out)
136: Mr. Easy – Murder (Bruck Out)
137: Wayne Wonder – Informer (Bruck Out)
138: Chico & Goofy – Nah Stoop (Bruck Out)
139: Mad Cobra – War (Bruck Out)
140: T.O.K. – Eagles Cry (Bruck Out)
141: Baby Cham – Can I Get A … (Bruck Out)
142: Bounty Killer – Can’t Believe My Eye (Bruck Out)
143: Bounty Killer – Anytime (Bruck Out)
144: Bounty Killer – Look (Bruck Out)
145: Wayne Wonder – Keep Em Coming (The Bug)
146: Lady Saw – Dial Tone (The Bug)
147: Chico – You No Care (The Bug)
148: Frisco Kid – What You Up To (The Bug)
149: Spragga Benz – Cant Get No Gal (The Bug)
150: Shaggy – Girls File (The Bug)
151: Frankie Sly – Haters Anthem (The Bug / The Clone)
152: Beenie Man & Mr. Easy – Haters And Fools (The Bug)
153: Baby Cham – Ghetto Pledge (The Bug / The Clone)
154: Bounty Killer & Baby Cham – Another Level (The Bug / The Clone)
