Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, photo by Andrew Dosunmu
Last summer we got our dude Busy Signal on the phone and asked him to name his Top 10 (non-reggae) Summer Jams. #4 on that list (right between Luther Vandross and Phil Collins) was Kenny Rogers’ immortal pokerface anthem “The Gambler.” THIS summer Busy unveiled his own version of the tune as part of VP Records’ Reggae’s Gone Country compilation (a longtime dream, we understand, of current VP vp Cristy Barber, finally realized) so we thought we would run it for you and also repost the original list for today’s Toppa Top 10 Tuesdays in our first-ever LargeUp rewind (600 posts and counting!). I’m not saying that we caused this to happen or anything but we definitely caused this to happen. (We also invented the internet. You’re welcome.)
Listen to “The Gambler” above and read the Top 10 after the jump (full original post here) and stream Reggae’s Gone Country over here.