the root and the suck
Two things:
- Aswad used to be a roots band. This is hard to believe, but go find the album they did with Jah Shaka. Totally sparse roots music. No overdubs, no hooks, no pop. Aswad with all the suck scraped off was roots.
- Roots Radics. "radics", "radix", "radical" all from same word, all mean the root of things. The roots of the roots. Why did it take me almost 20 years to catch this?
posted by Israel B at 9/30/2006 12:54:00 AM
4 Comments:
Aswad - Warrior Charge! See the "babylon" film stuff also - http://www.uncarved.org/dub/bablylon
Radics in the Roots Radics is from "eradication" I think - i.e. "the radics" = "eradication squads" of police in JA who I think went round giving grief to all and sundry. CF "Operation Eradication" by Yellowman
Guess its just a co-incidence then.
I would see "Babylon" if I could find a copy...
why ever would I do that?
Anways alex, if you have something against someone, take it up with them elsewhere. I'm really disinterested in other peoples personal conflict.
Thanks for your comments, Alex.
Downpressor - maybe there are no coincidences? :-) Babylon is floating around on ebay, but is of variable quality apparently. (VHS rips to DVD etc) will email you tonight.
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