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01. DILLINGER - Answer Me Question
02. DILLINGER - Natty Dread A De Ruler
03. DILLINGER - Fernando Sancho
04. DILLINGER - Leggo Violence
05. DILLINGER - Lier Linda
06. DILLINGER - Everybody Girl
07. DILLINGER - Three Piece Suit And Thing
08. DILLINGER - Tickle Me Girl
09. DILLINGER - The Fool And His Money
10. DILLINGER - Babylon Leggo Jah Children
ARTIST
TITLE
Answer Me Question
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
RR 304CD RR 304CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/10/2017

Radiation Roots present a reissue of Dillinger's Answer Me Question, originally released in 1977. Trained in the art of deejay toasting by the legendary Dennis Alcapone, Lester Bulllock initially called himself Alcapone Junior, until maverick record producer Lee 'Scratch' Perry renamed him Dillinger in the early 1970s, following his success on a west Kingston sound system called Smith the Weapon, based in the ghetto of Payne Avenue. Perry cut Dillinger's first dozen tracks, and there was early work for other producers such as Prince Tony, Augustus Pablo, Enos McLeod, and Phil Pratt; then, Dillinger's debut album, Ready Natty Dreadie (1975), was a local hit for Studio One, but the CB200 set for Island catapulted him to international prominence. Yet, the Dillinger material with the roughest edge was always produced by Bunny 'Striker' Lee, as this LP, Answer My Question, so amply demonstrates. First issued in the Netherlands on the Scramble label in 1977, it shows Dillinger on fearsome form, his relaxed rhyming toasts tackling sound system matters, the Rastafari lifestyle, action movie subplots, the highs and lows of romantic relationships, the need to help the less fortunate, and other burning issues of the day with biting wit and verbal dexterity, all delivered over tough Aggrovators rhythms - including an unusual cut of the "Three Piece Suit" rhythm.