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February 27, 2014

Carlton Livingston – “100 Weight of Collie Weed” (1984)

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Arguably reggae’s greatest contraband smuggling anthem, Carlton Livingston‘s “100 Weight of Collie Weed” details the movement of marijuana through Jamaica (from St. Ann’s, in particular). But the track was recorded for Brooklyn producer Jah Life on the same Hot Milk riddim used for Barrington’s “Murderer.”