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Two more tried and tested reggae hip-hop booties from the current undisputed king of such blends, DJ Maars, make it onto vinyl 7″ with the arrival of a new white and green splatter vinyl 45 from Easy Now Recordings. And such is the enduring popularity of boom-bap drums combined with reggae/ rocksteady samples (instead of funk and soul ones) and a good rap or
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DJ MAARS: Used To Dub H.E.R. b/w Wit Ya (Vinyl 7″)
DJ MAARS: Smokin’ Funk b/w Ruffneck Rockas (Ltd. White/ Red splatter 7″)
Rating: Hanging out for new wax from DJ Maars and the Easy Now Recordings camp? You can rest easy then, because here’s the man himself with the first in a new run of back catalogue bangers on 45. And as anyone who follows Maars will know – that’s some back catalogue – exemplified on this white and red splatter vinyl 7″ release by Smokin’ Funk b/w
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DJ MAARS & TOM SHOWTIME: Roots Party b/w Hungry Busta (Vinyl 7″) + Free Fyah Vol. 8
Rating: All we wanna know is where the party at so it’s lucky reggae hip-hop kings, DJ Maars & Tom Showtime have the answer pressed in gorgeous, palm green, seven inch vinyl on new 45 Roots Party. You like the sound of that, don’t you? Biggie’s Party & Bullshit acapella placed atop a beefed-up slab of rocksteady – why it’ll fuck up the party before it’s even started! And as you’ll
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DJ MAARS & TOM SHOWTIME: Too Easy/ Boombap Fever (EASY 005)(Vinyl 7″)
Rating: Oh shit! The summer seven inch gold keeps coming as the dream team that is DJ Maars and Tom Showtime work their seemingly infallible reggae-hip-hop Midas touch for another wax outing with a new cut on one side and an old favourite – in this case the Das EFX-featuring Boombap Fever – on the other. Great though
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DJ MAARS vs. TOM SHOWTIME: Number One b/w Dr D.R.E.A.D. (2018 Re-edit)(Vinyl 7″)
Rating: Continuing an absolutely impeccable run of reggae/ hip-hop edit business, Easy Now Recordings recently dropped their EASY004 nugget which, like its predecessors, commits one new and one well-tested club banger to each side of a coloured vinyl 45 – in this case a suitably vibrant red. The ‘new’ is Maars’ solo rocksteady re-version of Bahamadia’s
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DJ MAARS vs TOM SHOWTIME: Let Me Clear My Dub/ Loose Juice (2017 Re-bake) Ltd. 7″(2017)
Rating: This is what is known in the trade as a sureshot or one that ‘never leaves the bag’. It is, in short, an essential purchase. Yes, it’s the long overdue seven inch vinyl release of a pair of gigantic DJ Maars and Tom Showtime reggae-hiphop booties. On the A-side is the pair’s brand new roof-raising reggae re-version of DJ Kool’s evergreen Let Me Clear My Throat while B-side
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DJ MAARS: ’93 Diamonds (2016)
Rating: No self-respecting producer of reggae-hip-hop should lack for wax output and DJ Maars is making up for lost time by dropping his second slab of niced-up newness on seven inch with an oldie from his extensive back catalogue of epic mash-up collabs. with Tom Showtime on the flip. ’93 Diamonds follows last year’s equally superb red vinyl Summertime/ Jump Around and finds Oakland’s finest, Souls Of Mischief, rocking
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DJ MAARS vs. TOM SHOWTIME: Summertime/ Jump Around (2015 Re-master) (2015) Ltd. red vinyl 7″
Rating: There’s still room for a few more epic reggae mashups this year it seems (despite the space taken up by Cockney Nutjob’s excellent recent Heads Boppin’ EP) as DJ Maars and Tom Showtime flex their mettle again. This new one grafts Mos Def’s Summertime over the riddim for BB Seaton’s version of the Gershwin-penned – er – Summertime and enlists Seaton vocals on the
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