| "I
was so naive about being a star. I just
wanted to play the music. When it hit,
man... look here, this picture on the cover,
in the boathouse, my girlfriend made me this
shirt, Big Youth gave me his old guitar, and
I don't remember where I got this hat
from."
Ghetto-ology: living in the ghetto.
Ghetto-ology: Originally released in
1979, Sugar's first self-produced album.
Or albums, I should say. Because
Ghetto-ology originally came in two
versions, a vocal and a dub album. You can
hear Sugar Minott, just after he left Studio
One, and before he became to know as the
godfather of Rub A Dub. Most tracks were
layed down at the Channel One Studios by the
then relatively new Soul Syndicate. The Dubs
were mixed by Prince Jammy and the unknown
Lancelot Mc Kenzie at King Tubby's. Also
you'll hear Freddie Mc Gregor... on dums!
Ghetto--ology comes with a small booklet,
unfortunatly not as descriptive as Blood
& Fire always does, but it contains a
little interview with Sugar Minott,
conducted in 2000. Personally, I like every
track on this album, especially the dubs.
They all deal with conscious subjects and
there's a good mix between militant steppers
and one drops. Spiritually uplifting,
definitly! Where you hear so many rich
people say they do not believe in Jah
because of all the suffering, it is the
sufferer's themselves that cry unto JAH. The
dubs all have a completely different musical
atmosphere then their vocal counterparts. A
suberb master piece of mixing, I must say.
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