sean paul - feel alright

first off, i wanna let the world know i was chumped by greensleeves. coolie dance was my first ever riddim lp, could have been a defining moment in my musical life, could have led to dropping all my spare money on these things, but is the best track on there? is it fuck. it's probably not even the fault of greensleeves: s paul is a big shot signed to atlantic, they probably don't want his newest tracks licensed before they've had a chance to release them ("feel alright" sounds like a possible worldwide smash).

but fuck dancehall anyway for making me sound like some whiny dude who's mad cuz they didn't include his favourite bob dylan outtake on some shit! i dunno, it might even be its non-appearance on the album that makes it seem like the definitive coolie dance track. none of the other versions have the addictive doom-chant bass line though; none of them are as lithe and confident (s paul can afford to almost do without that annoying "do it like a genie wind up yourself" refrain); and none of them have s paul himself, who is still inhuman, but of course his ridiculously tight command of every single hook makes me want to be inhuman too.

(lithe isnt quite right actually, nor is sinuous or any other porno-adjective - basically it sounds like a penis; the best penis ever in fact!)