Heds and Dreds: The Flatbush Flavors of Special Ed

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September 21, 2011


“Heds and Dreds”

Buried at the end of Youngest in Charge‘s side B, “Heds and Dreds” isn’t one of Ed’s best or better known songs but it marked one of the first times that an American rapper ripped it on a reggae track without sounding like an ass. This might also have been Hitman Howie Tee’s first stab at a riddim—he would go on to produce Patra’s “Romantic Call,” among other yard raptunes.