DJ Kicks

Daddy G | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 16, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: !K7 Records
• ASIN: B0002W184I
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,385 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Philip Levi & Tipper Irie - Intro

2. Willie Williams - Armagideon Time

3. Sound Dimension - Rockfort Rock

4. Melaaz - Non Non Non

5. Tricky – Aftermath (Unreleased Mix)

6. Meters- Just Kissed My Baby

7. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt (Massive Attack Remix)

8. Les Negresses Vertes - Face A La Mer (Massive Attack Remix)

9. Massive Attack - Karma Koma (The Napoli Trip)

10. Johnny Osbourne - Budy Bye

11. Badmarsh & Shri – Signs (Dubplate Mix)

12. Barrington Levy - Here I Come (Dubplate Version)

13. Foxy Brown - Oh Yeah

14. Leftfield - Inspection/Check One

15. Massive Attack And Mos Def - I Against I

16. Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (Danny Krivit Edit)

17. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy (Perfecto Mix By Paul Oakenfold)

Editorial Reviews

Some DJs get their kicks by dropping the most obscure tunes they can find. Others take pleasure in kicking back with friends and digging out timeless favorites. Daddy G, also known as Grant Marshall, belongs to the latter school. "These," he says of the components of this mix, "are the records that are always in my box."

Although he’s best known for comprising one half of Massive Attack, Daddy G has been DJing ever since he started making mixes on a cassette recorder at the age of ten. Reggae records filtered through via his older sister's DJ boyfriend. And his devotion to a good bassline grew out of his mid-teen experience of Jamaican sound systems. From around 1982, he ran the Dugout club in St. Paul’s, part of the unique Bristol scene where reggae and funk collided with post-punk - and eventually produced trip hop.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Daddy G, May 31, 2006

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Kurt Lennon (Calgary) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DJ Kicks (Audio CD)

One of the best things about the DJ Kicks collection is the way it allows the mixers/producers/DJs creating them to really be creative, and give props to their influences. One of the more outstanding examples of this is Daddy G's mix. Starting with obscure tracks from Willie Williams and Melaaz, he segues into a black box mix of Tricky's suffocatingly dense "Aftermath", and never looks back. He also gives plenty of face time to his day job in Massive Attack, featuring originals (including "I Against I" with Mos Def, only available on the Blade II soundtrack, and a barn-burner in its own right) and their remixes of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Les Negresses Vertes. With favorites by Aretha Franklin, Leftfield and Foxy Brown's anthemic "Oh Yeah" rounding out the mix, it establishes itself as a seductive reggae/dub/R&B/Euro conglomeration, and definitely a top-tier collection in a long line of prestigious mixes. Definitely one to cherish and listen to during summer nights.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I play this cd over and over...., September 30, 2005

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J. Zukav "Intuition Teacher" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DJ Kicks (Audio CD)

I am a Massive Attack/reggae fan and my local record store guy suggested I try daddy G out. It's been in my cd player ever since. If you like trance, reggae, soul, r&b, with a little twist of euro underneath...all mixed together smooth deep and delicious ....you'll love this one too.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, March 1, 2005

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J. Andy Johnson "on a tangent" (Earth, but just barely.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DJ Kicks (Audio CD)

Laid back... Waaay back. Massive attack delivers again.

Props to G for dropping some Levy in this mix.

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