Jolly Stewart – Ragga Muffin Soldier
Release Info
Jolly Stewart – Ragga Muffin Soldier
Label: Target/Jamwax Records | Format: 7″ Single | Street date: June, 2021
Tracklist
- Jolly Stewart – Ragga Muffin Soldier
- Ragga Muffin Soldier – Version
The tune is an early, powerful digi-styled killer tune, recorded at Channel One Recording Studio in 1983 with Soldgie as engineer and backed by a riddim track played by Jolly Stewart and Daniel ‘Axeman’ Thompson. The uptempo, almost aggressive style of the backing, is the backdrop for some serious conscious lyrical fireworks: “Raggamuffin soldier, big ina your area…me no deal with badness, me nah deal inna war, me is a raggamuffin soldier…mi raggamuffin ina foreign, raggamuffin sit down pon di riddim…how you know the raggamuffin? Me no wear no gold chain, me no wear no gold ring…”. It’s an outright ‘attack’ on the street violence of the Kingston streets. The flip-side carries the instrumental version, including a few vocal snippets.
The release comes nicely packaged, with the label and sleeve from the original release. Please note…limited edition only!