U Know How We Roll

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Total Tracks: 20   Total Length: 70:02

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Dave Stelfox

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04.22.11
Uncompromising digital dancehall.
2003 | Label: Greensleeves Records Ltd. / The Orchard

Collectively named for Kingston General Hospital's psychiatric wing, Mark “Mean Dog” Henry, Andre “Suku” Gray, Ranaldo “Rumblood” Evans and Kunley McCarthy's deranged and frequently avant-garde take on digital dancehall may never have come to fruition were it not for the intervention of one of their musical heroes. A few years ago, fellow Waterhouse resident King Jammy spotted the potential of these multi-talented individuals, brought them all together in his studio — and now the rest is history. Not simply deejays but engineers, sound system operators and the most idiosyncratic, boundary-breaking production team around, the crew's crazed chatting is at its best on this follow-up to 2001's debut, Mentally Disturbed. Playing deep baritone toasting off against manic, hyperspeed babble “Rhyme” and “Petrol” are awesome examples of this outfit's sound — uncompromising and challenging, but supple and versatile at the same time.

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