I call this riddim a ‘headbanga.’  I challenge you to not bob your head to this Linval Thompson-produced masterpiece.  This is the riddim to top all others and The Viceroys lay the vocal down in proper style.  Would you expect anything less from the Roots Radics’ riddim section?  You are probably beginning to see a pattern emerge.  Every heavy single I drop here is backed by a Roots Radics riddim.  That’s because they are responsible for just about every well-known hard and heavy riddim played since 1979 (although Sly and Robbie dropped their share of bangers as well).

The Viceroys was a vocal trio formed in Kingston, Jamaica by Wesley Tinglin, along with Daniel Bernard and Bunny Gayle, and after auditioning unsuccessfully for Duke Reid, the trio made their debut recording for producer Clement “Coxsone” Dodd in the middle of the rocksteady era in 1967.

The band’s first album release was the Phil Pratt-produced Consider Yourself (1978), originally credited to their alias ‘The Interns’ and later released as ‘Ya Ho,’ credited to The Viceroys. They had a big hit in Jamaica in 1980 with the Sly & Robbie-produced “Heart Made of Stone”.  Their first album released as the Viceroys was the Linval Thompson production ‘We Must Unite,’ released in 1982 by Trojan Records, and featuring the Roots Radics.  It is on this album that we find the single “They Can’t Stop Us Now,” which features a hard and heavy Flabba bassline paired perfectly with Style Scott’s drums.

Dis one too hot to handle!

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