Changez Changed

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  Changez Changed by Worker Ant

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I dubbed this track for a few reasons:

1) I like the original track (Ce'cile - Changez). I think it's a classic...a female deejay dissing all the top ranking male deejays in dancehall music. It's by far the best song on the Chiney Gal Riddim.
2) Some of my friends also like the original track.
3) I like the riddim, so i sampled a break from it, removed the bass and played my own bassline & melodies over the top of the break. Also added some perc echoes.
4) I wanted to take out all the diss vocals (that diss specific deejays by name) and leave behind almost all the other vocals.

As you can hear at the end of the track, she said "everything cris yo mi nah diss no one, all a we a friends so we still can jam..." I'd like to put emphasis on that. The dancehall scene is full of songs dissing and violently threatening other artists. The conflict between the Gaza and Gully camps has led to various fights and shoot outs. I think dissing should be a fun and playful thing that doesn't have to boil down to real violence. So i really dig the way Ce'cile said that near the end of the track.

The Chiney Gal Riddim is one of my favorites also. As far as i know, this riddim hasn't been released in an instrumental version. I decided to make my own instrumental version by sampling some breaks. My version is definitely less smooth, more filthy, obnoxious and bass-heavy. However, my goal was not to dub the Chiney Gal Riddim, but to make a dub version of Changez by Ce'cile.

Take a listen and let me know how it sounds.