DIG IT, I INSIST

I just ran into a short video on the BBC site of Big Youth talking about his rewrite of Ray Charles' "Hit the Road Jack," and it was as good of an excuse as any to shove some Big Youth at you. I've posted all the stuff before, but that's the kind of Big Youth fiend I am. I'm one of those annoying guys that just keeps pushing stuff on you until you relent. So here's some prime Big Youth, again, along with the source material for a couple of the songs (the Scotty and War tracks). I'll spare you a rewritten bio, because Perfect Sound Forever has a really good one on their site. (Dig around over there, because they do some good stuff on all sorts of music.) If this all seems a little lazy, get yourself a rubber biscuit.

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Listen:
Big Youth - Hit the Road Jack mp3 at PashPash
Big Youth - Cool Breeze mp3 at Le Blog de la Grande Chose
Scotty - Draw Your Brakes mp3 (Same rhythm as above) at Le Blog de la Grande Chose
Big Youth - Big Youth Special mp3 at Broklyn Beats
Big Youth - Johnny Reggae mp3 at Reggae Total
Big Youth - Screaming Target mp3 at Le Blog de la Grande Chose
Big Youth - Solomon Grundy mp3 at DJNo DJ
Big Youth - My Time mp3 at Reggae Top Site
Big Youth -Dread Is Best mp3 at Reggae Top Site
Big Youth - Streets In Africa mp3 at Le Blog de la Grande Chose
War - The World Is A Ghetto mp3 (Same rhythm as above) at Looker.Hostlandia
Video:
Big Youth at Reggae Sunsplash 1982 video at YouTube
Big Youth - Train to Rhodesia (stock JA footage) video at YouTube
Read:
Big Youth profile at Perfect Sound Forever
Big Youth at Wikipedia
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