Blog: Shimmy Shimmy

Does anyone smell bacon? My record collection stinks of it. It's cos the police are all over reggae: John Holt saw them in helicopters , Junior Murvin wailed about them chasing thieves , not to mention Anthony B's simply-titled 'Police', about the babylon bizzies. It's no surprise really in a genre that makes its name in criticizing the system, lamenting the woes of the working class and the mighty clash between the people and the power. Though, John Holt's classic is about the police burning weed fields and threatening to burn the [...]