ehh. I'm not really talking about recorded ska. Never really, really got in to that excpet maybe the Pietasters (but then I always like Strapped Live... best anyway). Live Ska is 1000 times better than any recording.
The Stubborn All-Stars had the first track on the Spawn of Skarmegeddon album with Tired of Struggling:
In the mid-'90s there was a third wave ska revival in the U.S., and it gave rise to any number of mediocre bands playing in styles that ranged from skacore ( punk rock with horns and choppy guitar backbeats) to old-school instrumental ska. The center for traditional ska during this period was New York City, where the scene was roughly divided in two: a group of bands associated with the Moon Ska NYC label and a smaller crew affiliated with the Stubborn and Triple Crown labels. The former were often more influenced by R&B, while the Stubborn crowd showed a marked tendency to drift away from ska entirely and into reggae and rocksteady. On the Stubborn All-Stars' second full-length, they hit a reggae groove with stunning power on "Tired of Struggling," a modern take on the "sufferer's anthem" (a roots reggae institution), then upped the ante with the even more powerful "Struggling Version," a dub remix that featured virtuosic freestyle toasting from DJ Jack Ruby Jr.. The dub mix brings Vic Rice's minimalist bass line to the front before dropping everything but the drums as Ruby starts toasting; when the bass and chicken-scratch guitar drop back in as Ruby hits his second quatrain, the effect is simply thrilling. This pair of tracks is the perfect example of how music can be explicitly derivative and still modern, original, and thoroughly compelling.
(from Allmusic.com)
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