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01. Dillinger - Cocaine in My Brain
02. Dr. Alimantado - The Barber Feel It
03. U Roy - Hold On
04. I Roy - War and Friction
05. Dillinger - Roots Natty Congo
06. Prince Jazzbo - Good Memories
07. Big Joe - In the Ghetto
08. Dennis Alcapone - It Must Come
09. Jah Stitch - Bury the Barber
10. Little Joe - Tradition Skank
11. Trinity - Kendal Crash
12. Dillinger - Daylight Saving Time
13. Clint Eastwood - What a Hard Man Fe Dread
14. Trinity - Give Me a Helping Hand
15. Jah Stitch - King of the Arena
16. Dillinger - Tickle Me
ARTIST
TITLE
The Deejays Meet Down Town 1975-1980
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
VOJ 003CD VOJ 003CD
GENRE
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.