Toppa Top 10: Barrington Levy’s Biggest Tunes

May 3, 2011


5. “Black Roses” (1983)
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A weird marriage of Sly & Robbie’s signature “Revolution” riddim and Prince Alla and Phillip Frazier’s dub-era classic, “Black Roses” is one of the great all time minor-key dancehall 45s, incontrovertible proof that spooky and off-key can make for the most danceable of dance tracks.