Toppa Top 10: Barrington Levy’s Biggest Tunes

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May 3, 2011


4. “Prison Oval Rock” (1984)
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Ooohh-yayyayyyee…Ooohh-yayyayyyee, what a cool and deadly! A tribute to the site of many a stage show and soundsystem dance, this rock is one of the cornerstones of dancehall music itself. And it was still the touchstone of tough some 15 years later when Vegas needed a foundation for his gangster’s anthem “Mus Come A Road.