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01. Dillinger - Cocaine in My Brain
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02. Dr. Alimantado - The Barber Feel It
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03. U Roy - Hold On
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04. I Roy - War and Friction
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05. Dillinger - Roots Natty Congo
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06. Prince Jazzbo - Good Memories
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07. Big Joe - In the Ghetto
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08. Dennis Alcapone - It Must Come
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09. Jah Stitch - Bury the Barber
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10. Little Joe - Tradition Skank
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11. Trinity - Kendal Crash
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12. Dillinger - Daylight Saving Time
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13. Clint Eastwood - What a Hard Man Fe Dread
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14. Trinity - Give Me a Helping Hand
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15. Jah Stitch - King of the Arena
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16. Dillinger - Tickle Me
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ARTIST
VA
TITLE
The Deejays Meet Down Town 1975-1980
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
VOICE OF JAMAICA
CATALOG #
VOJ 003CD
VOJ 003CD
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
10/14/2014
The late '60s and early '70s spectacle of Jamaican deejays taking their live performances out of the dance halls and translating them into hit records, not only marked the beginning of 40 years of dancehall-driven music on the island but also provided the original inspiration and template for the global dominance of rap and hip-hop. The art of deejay was now rightly recognized and the toasters or talk-over artists advanced from introductions and interjections to stringing complete sets of lyrics together and riding the rhythm for the entire length of the song. Deejays including
U Roy
,
I Roy
,
Dennis Alcapone
,
Big Joe
,
Little Joe
and
Prince Jazzbo
, who built their reputations working live on sound systems, now went one step beyond and moved on to become recording deejays with entire catalogs of hit singles and albums to their credit. Throughout the '70s a whole host of mic men followed in their wake, including
Dillinger
,
Dr. Alimando
,
Clint Eastwood
and
Jah Stitch
. Talking records were not new, but "talk-over" records were. The repercussions of this uniquely Jamaican phenomenon would go on to reverberate worldwide.
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