Black King ft. Lutan Fyah
Haffi hail HIM. It bothers me to some degree that, after all of these years, though the song is respected (in as far as it is remembered), the true extraordinary quality in Black King hasn’t been celebrated nearly enough. The tune would be carried on an album by the name of Dem No Know Demself, which is best recalled as being the debut album of Lutan Fyah and came via the once mighty Minor 7 Flat 5 imprint (with Al.Ta.Fa.An on production) and, twenty-one years on, still stands a very good, though not GREAT release. HOWEVER, are we just going to ignore the elephant in the room of Black King FOREVER?? Is the ENTIRE WORLD just going to pretend as if we didn’t notice that, about a minute and a half into it, Jah Mason ABSOLUTELY DESTROYS AND VANQUISHES EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ON THIS SONG? ALL OF IT: “I’m delighted to do thy work, Oh Jah, Well, dem caan stop mi, No time, no sah, Salvation mi need, mi no waan no sponsah, Tell dem, love is di way, also di ansah, Gimme di old time tradition, mi no waan no sponsah, Bangarang dem ah pick and ah powda and pampah, YOW, IT’S TOO LATE! DEM GWAN GET ANCHORED, WELL A UNCONQUERABLE WEH DEM CAAN CONQUER!