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Article ID CD-7624
Format CD
Artist I Roy
Title Can't Conquer Rasta
Track list
Pos. Sample Artist Title Riddim Remarks
1 MP3 sample I Roy Jamaican Colley
2 MP3 sample I Roy Them Can't Conquer Rasta
3 MP3 sample I Roy It Rough Down Ya
4 MP3 sample I Roy Rasta Love Universally
5 MP3 sample I Roy Wise Man A Rasta Man
6 MP3 sample I Roy Big Eel
7 MP3 sample I Roy Jamaican Colley - Dub
8 MP3 sample I Roy Them Can't Conquer Rasta - Dub
9 MP3 sample I Roy It Rough Down Ya - Dub
10 MP3 sample I Roy Rasta Love Universally - Dub
11 MP3 sample I Roy Wise Man A Rasta Man - Dub
12 MP3 sample I Roy Big Eel - Dub
Style(s) DJ, Reggae
Label Radiation RROO311CD
Producer Bunny Lee
Year 1977
Country IT - Italy
Quality m/m re
Remarks Born Roy Samuel Reid in Saint Thomas in 1944, I Roy was one of Jamaica's all-time greatest deejays. A natural-born toaster, his rhyming raps always sounded effortless, whether describing the harsh realities of the inner city, or making light of nonsense nursery rhymes. A former employee at Customs and Excise, he was first active on a sound system called Soul Bunnies in the rock steady era, moving to Son’s Junior in 1968, and later, to the legendary Supreme Ruler of Sound, defecting to the rival Stereo sound system after that. Hits for Harry Mudie and other producers soon followed, and after the killer debut album Presenting I Roy impacted overseas, the toaster began spending frequent periods in London. His longstanding working relationship with hit-making producer Bunny Lee led to some of his most noteworthy albums during the mid-1970s; the 1977 set Can’t Conquer Rasta is a superb ‘showcase’-style album, on which the toaster blows hard lyrics over five of Lee’s killer ‘rockers’ rhythms (recorded with the likes of Johnny Clarke), each complete with a corresponding Aggrovators dub on the flip, all mixed by Prince Jammy at King Tubby’s studio.
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