I Can’t Stand It Release Details
- Riddim year: 1963
- Total tracks: 16
- Unique artists on riddim: 20
- Production credits: Various Labels
- Key artists on this riddim: Alborosie, Dennis Brown
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 1960s-80s Riddims Archive
1963’s I Can’t Stand It Riddim comes from Prince Buster’s classic ska era and is rooted in the Hard Man Fe Dead cut, later voiced by a mix of artists including Alborosie and Dennis Brown, Andrew Paul, Edi Fitzroy, Thriller, Tony Tuff and Welton Irie. Built on Prince Buster production and associated with Forward Recordings and Powerhouse, it carries that early Jamaican sound into later reworks without losing the sharp, streetwise edge of the original. The riddim is best known through Prince Buster’s Hard Man Fe Dead, and the compilation pulls together versions across different decades, showing how long that melody kept circulating through reggae and dancehall.
I Can’t Stand It Tracklist:
- Alton Ellis & Lloyd Williams – I Can’t Stand It (1968)
- Alborosie & Dennis Brown – Can’t Stand It (2009)
- Andrew Paul – Hard Sound Fe Dead (1986)
- Edi Fitzroy – Free Up (2010)
- Prince Buster & Prince Buster’s All Stars – Hard Man Fe Dead (1963)
- Thriller – A One Sound (2010)
- Tony Tuff – Can’t Take It (2010)
- Welton Irie – Hard Sound Fi Dead (2010)
- Anthony B – Jah It’s You
- Bounty Killer – Too Busy To Die (1998)
- Ini Kamoze – How U Living
- Lady Lex – Love Doctor (2006)
- Luciano & Mutabaruka – Psalm 24
- Natijah – Open My Gate (2006)
- Peter Hunnigale – In The Ghetto (2005)
- Roger Robin – Take It Slow (2005)
