Friday, November 15, 2024

Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do (15th Anniversary Edition)

Major Lazer celebrates 15 years of their dub-dancehall meets festival mainstage fanfare debut Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do with a new anniversary reissue. Pairing then-rising star Diplo’s production and his Lazer partner Switch’s deft hand for alternative pop gold with a slew of Jamaican heavies and fresher faces alike, the album quickly became a centrepiece for a dance music subset straddling the line between the aggro dynamics of the era’s dubstep and the headier roots of the sound in touchstones like Kingston’s soundsystem culture. At a time when big room dance music was starting to border on the nihilistic, Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do’s blend of lush psychedelia, head rush rhythms, and interconnectivity offered a welcomed respite.

Tracklist:
1. Hold The Line
2. When You Hear The Bassline
3. Can't Stop Now
4. Lazer Theme
5. Anything Goes
6. Cash Flow
7. Mary Jane
8. Bruk Out
9. What U Like
10. Keep It Goin' Louder
11. Pon De Floor
12. Baby
13. Jump Up
14. Zumbie
15. Pon De Streets
16. Where’s The Daddy?
17. Nobody Move