Article Details

Article ID

LP-11877

Format

Artist

I Roy

Title

Can't Conquer Rasta

Track list

Pos.	Artist	Title
1	I Roy	Jamaican Colley
2	I Roy	Them Can't Conquer Rasta
3	I Roy	It Rough Down Ya
4	I Roy	Rasta Love Universally
5	I Roy	Wise Man A Rasta Man
6	I Roy	Big Eel
7	I Roy	Jamaican Colley - Dub
8	I Roy	Them Can't Conquer Rasta - Dub
9	I Roy	It Rough Down Ya - Dub
10	I Roy	Rasta Love Universally - Dub
11	I Roy	Wise Man A Rasta Man - Dub
12	I Roy	Big Eel - Dub

Style(s)

DJ, Reggae

Label

Radiation RROO311

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.

Price

EUR 16.41

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