Earth Rightful Ruler: Emperor Haile Selassie (Vinyl LP) Rock N Roll & 50s

Earth Rightful Ruler: Emperor Haile Selassie (Vinyl LP) Rock N Roll & 50sRecorded at Harry J and Channel One in 1982 with iconic musicians as China Smith, Flabba Holt, Robbie Shakespear, along with Norris Reid and Delroy Williams on backing vocals. The album includes a recut of the classic "Java" and the singing of Hugh Mundell on "Ratafari Tradition". Reissued with the artwork of the original Jamaican press.

Adding to the record's allure for bonafide collectors and Hip-Hop fans alike

and his more straightforward approach (as well as his occasional basslines) gave this music a far more solid foundation than Peregrine-Took's expressive but frequently unpredictable rhythms

Nabi is very much the sound of now - a lowkey anthem fuelled by feelings of hope

Lux's command of subverting the English language is unmatched anywhere and as unabashed smut goes

Jean-Pierre Castelain / Monsieur Dugenou (1972)

Sunshine and Love and Angel

His father Gordon Diaz migrated to Trinidad sometime in the early 1900's

one of the only double albums that has got no filler

a touch of Booker T & the MGs

it was more musically adventurous and varied

Along with Beastie Boys and Public Enemy

it still sounds like the work of a man with his mind plugged into the age of lysergic enchantment