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Don't Check Me With No Lightweight Stuff (CD)

By: I Roy (Artist)
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DISC 1 for Don't Check Me With No Lightweight Stuff (CD) Album By I Roy (Artist)
1   Sidewalk Killer
2   Hot Stuff
3   Buck And The Preacher
4   Ken Boothe Special
5   Black Talk
6   Look A Boom
7   Don't Get Weary Joe Frazier
8   Sound Education
9   Noisy Place
10   Fire Burn
11   Sufferer's Psalm
12   Superfly
13   Hospital Trolley
14   Double Warning
15   Holy Satta - (bonus track)
16   Straight To The Heathen Head - (bonus track)
 
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Review

Spin (1/98, p.88) - Ranked #9 on Spin's list of the "Top 10 Reissues." - "The underrated I-Roy is a tongue-twisting toaster and badass boaster, frying the competition like Kenny Rogers Roasters."
Q (4/97, p.147) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "... this 16-track singles collection should reclaim I Roy's rightful place among the most original wordsmiths reggae had to offer."

Title Note

Personnel includes: I Roy (vocals, DJ).

Producers: Clive Chin, Winston Edwards, Keith Hudson, Bunny Lee, Jimmy Rodway.

Compilation producer: Steve Barrow.

Includes liner notes and an interview with I Roy by Steve Barrow.

One of the great, original figures of Jamaican music, I-Roy (a.k.a. Roy Reid) came to prominence in the early '70s as a skilled DJ with a captivating, intellectual toasting style that emphasized his storytelling ability. I-Roy's warm, textured voice, conversational delivery, and his gift for riding a rhythm account for his great popularity throughout the '70s. This collection, which focuses on material released between 1972 and 1975, zeros in on what may be I-Roy's most productive and artistically fruitful period.

Slinky grooves like "Hot Stuff," soulful raps such as "Black Talk," references to popular public figures like Ken Boothe and Joe Frazier ("Ken Boothe Special" and "Don't Get Weary Joe Frazier") and oddly humorous narratives such as "Noisy Place" show the range and diversity of I-Roy's inimitable dancehall magic. This compilation serves not only as a perfect introduction to I-Roy's best material, but also acts as an wonderfully intriguing window into a lesser-known style of popular Jamaican music from the '70s.

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