Cool Down Your Temper Riddim – Hot Stuff, Stars

Cool Down Your Temper produced by Bunny Striker Lee, Tappa Zukie for Hot Stuff, Stars in 1975

Cool Down Your Temper Riddim brings together a tight 1975 run of Bunny Lee productions for Hot Stuff and Stars, with Linval Thompson’s title cut, Jah Stitch’s Cool Down Youthman, a dub version, and Tappa Zukie’s later Cool This Dub from 1976. The rhythm has that spare, hard-edged mid-70s reggae feel, and its identity comes from the way those cuts circle the same phrase with different voices and dub treatments. Bunny Lee’s hand is all over the session, while Linval Thompson and Jah Stitch give it the strongest vocal anchor, and Tappa Zukie’s dub closes it out with a heavier, more stripped-back finish.

Cool Down Your Temper Riddim Tracklist:

1. Dub – Cool Down Version (1975)
2. Jah Stitch – Cool Down Youthman (1975)
3. Linval Thompson – Cool Down Your Temper (1975)
4. Tappa Zukie – Cool This Dub (1976)

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