Mutabaruka

Mutabaruka - Check It - Ada - 1983

Linton Kwesi Johnson's success was bound to attract others to the dub poetry style. Or in the case of Muta, it would mean that his debut album would have a ready made audience for what he had to say. And what he had to say was more of less the same as Linton except that Muta was Rasta inspired. The same basic production style was the same though. And the inspiration for that was to make it sound acceptable for essentially a white middle class audience. Who of course found it very worthwhile.

Mutabaruka - The Ultimate Collection - Greensleeves. - 1996

The beginnings of deejaying, or deejaying in Jamaica on record, met fierce criticism from the establishment in Jamaica and England. Ten years or so later poetry as performed by LKJ in England and Muta in Jamaica was seen as a revolutionary breakthrough, but by who? Those who would be the first to criticise the deejaying form. Now another ten years have passed and dj’s are as strong as ever. Dub Poetry meanwhile is still only performed by a few poets. This set celebrates Muta’s music, and is drawn from all his lp’s, except ‘Outcry’. It also includes notable singles produced by Fatis, plus a live version of ‘Whiteman’s Country’.