Track Listing
1. Crazy Baldheads - (with Luciano/Beenie Man)
2. I'm Coming Home - (with Ambelique)
3. Money - (with Red Rose)
4. He Said She Said - (with Gina Foster & Chris Ballin)
5. Skin Tight - (with Red Dragon)
6. One a We, Two a We - (with Mykal Roze)
7. Easy and Cool - (with Merciless)
8. Love My Woman - (with Yami Bolo)
9. Sweetie - (with Chaka Demus & Pliers)
10. Mechanic, The - (with Lt. Stitchie)
11. Compliments on Your Kiss - (Brian Gold, Tony Gold, with Red Dragon)
12. Freak Out - (with Don Yute)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Ambelique, Beenie Man, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Lt. Stitchie, Luciano, Merciless, Mykal Roze, Red Dragon, Red Rose, Yami Bolo | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Taxi Gang: Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis (guitar, keyboards); Robbie Lynn (keyboards); 808 (horns); Robbie Shakespeare (bass, keyboards, guitar); Sly Dunbar (drums, drum programming); Brian & Tony Gold, Chevelle Franklin (background vocals).
Producers: Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis.
Compilation Producer: Crispin Murray.
Engineers: Colin "Bulby" York, Lindford "Fatta" Marshall.
Recorded at Mixing Lab Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica. Includes liner notes by Masouri.
Bassist Robbie Shakespeare and drummer Sly Dunbar, the most prolific and best-known rhythm section in '80s reggae, spent the decade producing other artists, often for their own production company and label, Taxi Records. Several compilations of Taxi singles have been released, including 1995's excellent 12-track collection HAIL UP THE TAXI.
Working mostly with young singers little-known outside of their native Jamaica, Sly and Robbie created a Phil Spector-like element of interchangeability with the Taxi singles. As fine as singers like Ambelique and Chaka Demus are, their Taxi singles are first and foremost Sly and Robbie records, defined by the pair's trademark intermingling of forward-looking electronics and heavy roots influences. The opening track, "Crazy Baldheads" by Beenie Man & Luciano, is possibly Taxi's highest point, but HAIL UP THE TAXI is a near-flawless collection of '80s and '90s reggae greats.
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