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- Date Released: July 16, 2002
- Genre: International
- Label: Easy Star Records / IODA
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As the roots and culture period of the 1970s was slowly giving way to the dancehall juggernaut that would dominate reggae music for the next two decades, there were few producers quite as influential as Linval Thompson. In a real sense, he presided over the roots-to- dancehall transition, overseeing crucial recordings of the period by such artists as Gregory Isaacs, Johnny Osbourne, Sugar Minott, and the young Barrington Levy. Can't Stop Us Now is a handy document of that phase in reggae history, presenting 20 tracks by all the artists mentioned as well as many more; more than half of these songs have not been previously available on CD. Unfortunately, a few of them (notably Levy's "Sensimilla" and a Don Carlos tune called "Sweet Africa") suffer from sound quality that is awful even by reggae standards. But for the most part, this is truly great stuff -- the extended mix of Freddie McGregor's "Jah Help the People" benefits from the mixing genius of Scientist, Isaacs' "Tenement Yard" is an excellent pre-dancehall sufferer's anthem, and Johnny Clarke is at his sweet-voiced best on "They Can't Stop Me." Through it all, the Roots Radics and Revolutionaries bands provide grooves that are solid but supple. Highly recommended.
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They Can't Stop Us Now
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2:55 |
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| 02. | |
Jah Help The People
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5:54 |
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| 03. | |
Mr Big Man
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3:36 |
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| 04. | |
Jah Help Us
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3:36 |
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| 05. | |
Give A Little
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3:58 |
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| 06. | |
They Can't Stop Me
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2:23 |
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| 07. | |
Night Fall (extended)
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6:25 |
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| 08. | |
Sensi Party
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3:09 |
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| 09. | |
Poor & Humble
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3:13 |
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| 10. | |
Tenement Yard
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3:44 |
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| 11. | |
Sensimilla
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3:13 |
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| 12. | |
Africa
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3:02 |
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| 13. | |
Jah Jah Is Calling
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3:11 |
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| 14. | |
Bad Boys
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2:50 |
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| 15. | |
Move Up
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3:28 |
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| 16. | |
Sweet Africa
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3:08 |
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| 17. | |
Happy Song
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3:33 |
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| 18. | |
You Can Stay
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3:30 |
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| 19. | |
Guide Us Jah Jah
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3:28 |
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| 20. | |
Love Is What The World Wants
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5:26 |
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20 Total Tracks, 73:42 Total Length
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Credits
- Dennis Brown - Performer // Dennis Brown - Performer // Dennis Brown - Performer // Dennis Brown - Performer // Dennis Brown - Performer // Johnny Clarke - Performer // Johnny Clarke - Performer // Eek-A-Mouse - Performer // Barrington Levy - Performer // Johnny Osbourne - Performer // Wailing Souls - Performer // Freddie McKay - Performer // Rod Taylor - Performer // The Viceroys - Performer // Don Carlos - Performer // Don Carlos - Performer // Don Carlos - Performer // Don Carlos - Performer // Ansel Collins - Keyboards // Triston Palma - Performer // Junior Reid - Performer // Linval Thompson - Producer // Linval Thompson - Performer // Barry Brown - Performer // Carlton "Santa" Davis - Drums // Sly Dunbar - Drums // Dean Fraser - Saxophone // Gregory Isaacs - Performer // Gregory Isaacs - Performer // Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson - Keyboards // Freddie McGregor - Performer // Bertram Ranchie McLean - Guitar // Sugar Minott - Performer // Sugar Minott - Performer // Dwight Pinkney - Guitar // Dwight Pinkney - Guitar // Ronald "Nambo" Robinson - Trombone // Lincoln Style Scott - Drums // Robbie Shakespeare - Bass // Noel "Scully" Simms - Percussion // Eric Smith - Executive Producer // Eric Smith - Artwork // Eric Smith - Design // Eric Smith - Cover Illustration // Soljie - Engineer // Franklyn Waul - Keyboards // Errol "Flabba" Holt - Bass // Wayne Wade - Performer // Robby Lynn - Keyboards // Paul Shields - Mastering // Anthony Johnson - Performer // Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont - Guitar
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