track  title                                          time

       cd1

 01.   YT - England Story                            04:00
 02.   Suncycle - Somebody                           03:32
 03.   Doctor & Davinche - Gotta Man                 03:21
 04.   Ty & Roots Manuva - So U Want More (Refix)    03:41
 05.   Papa Levi - My God My King                    04:03
 06.   Tenor Fly - Bump and Grind                    03:23
 07.   Skibadee - Tika Toc                           03:36
 08.   Riko - Ice Rink Vocal                         03:55
 09.   Jakes & TC - Deep                             04:30
 10.   Jah Screechy - Walk And Skank                 04:51
 11.   Top Cat - Love Mi Ses                         03:14

       cd2

 01.   Warrior Queen & The Heatwave - Things Change  03:43
 02.   Glamma Kid - Fashion Magazine                 03:35
 03.   General Levy - Champagne Body                 04:06
 04.   London Posse - Money Mad                      06:11
 05.   Navigator & Freestylers - Ruffneck            07:06
 06.   Stush - Dollar Sign                           03:31
 07.   Tubby T - Ready She Ready                     03:30
 08.   Blak Twang - Red Letters                      04:34
 09.   Estelle & Joni Rewind - Uptown Top Rankin     03:35
 10.   Tippa Irie - Complain Neighbour               03:13

                                            Runtime  85:10 min
                                           6 MB


Release Notes:

The development of Black music in the United Kingdom owes
much to the influence of Jamaican and US music on each
succesive generation of Carribean immigrants to the UK -
from Windrush to the present day. UK based MCís take these
influences, mix them up with local references and styles
thus creating an identity of Black British culture. This
is constantly evolving not just musically but also in
terms of each subsequent generationís relationship to
British society. As Tricky put it in Massive Attack's Blue
Lines, of "English upbringing, background Caribbeanî

An England Story shows the links and musical path from the
arrival of UK Dancehall and Soundsystems in the early
1980s, through successive musical movements such as
Jungle, UK Hip-Hop, up to todayís Garage, Grime and
Dubstep.

The global pre-eminence of American hip hop means that
music like grime and UK hip hop is often seen as a form of
rap, whereas it owes as much to reggae music and culture
as it does to any American influence. Black music in
Britain has fashioned its own identity in contrast to that
of America, Africa, or elsewhere, by drawing on the unique
relationship that the UK has with the Caribbean. As Rodney
P (of celebrated 80s UK Hip-Hop group London Posse) says:

"This is a UK thing, it's hip hop and it's reggae and we
do reggae - and those Americans don't know about that".

Since the evolution of the 'fast chat' dancehall style of
the early 80s, the influence of reggae music and culture
has been crucial to the development of urban music in
Britain: from the heavy sampling of Jamaican
vocals/instrumentals employed by jungle, hardcore and
garage, to grime's London take on the soundclash, the
riddim version and patois-inflected rhymes. The importance
of the Jamaican soundsystem concept and its dubplates,
specials, clashes and heavy, heavy bass is a constant
throughout these different stylistic mutations