Inna Reggae Style 005

Time for more Reggae cover version action, and this time round its the turn of some Diva's to be Reggaefied, starting with Beyonce, as Althea Hewitt tackles 'If I Were A Boy' and turns it into a bona fide instant classic, alongside one of my all time favorite Reggae tracks, The Marvels take on 'Rocksteady' by Aretha Franklin.

Inna Reggae Style 004

Its Reggae cover version time again and seeing as though its Independence Day I am picking a couple of American bands for this installment. This time up its Kurt Cobains turn to get reggaefied as the back music to 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' changes dramatically, and Gwen Stefani and No Doubt get some nifty organ action to turn 'Don't Speak' into a certified monster.

Inna Reggae Style 003

Reggae cover versions abound again this week, and seeing as though this week sees the first anniversary of Michael Jacksons death, I thought I'd make it a special MJ themed Inna Reggae Style as a tribute.

Theres actually an astonishing amount of Reggae reworks of a huge range of MJ's tracks, and it was hard to narrow it down to just two, but I think the ones below are probably the very best in the crop. So hold your crotch, shout shamone, and skank out in memory of a legend.

Inna Reggae Style 002

More cover versions Reggae'd up to the max again, and this time round its time for Coronation Street to move to Kingston and The Beatles to grow dreadlocks.

Inna Reggae Style 001

Been listening to A LOT of Reggae recently, and I still find it refreshing how it never grows tiresome, as there is still such a treasure trove of wonders to be discovered from a genre which is soon to be coming close to being 50 years old.

I've been on the search for good Reggae cover versions of Non Reggae songs, and have found some absolute beauties along the way, and its proof to how wonderful a genre Reggae is when you realize that a hell of a lot of the covers sound so much better than their original recordings.

There is something about the Reggae sound, about the vocalists and their style of singing that turns the songs they are singing around, makes them sound like they have more meaning to them and generally just makes the music sound BETTER

So this is the start of a new feature called 'Inna Reggae Style, where from now I'm going to start posting two Reggae covers every couple of weeks, starting this week with two covers of Radiohead and Kraftwerk that on paper you would not expect to work, but seriously do.