Mash Up Illiteracy Riddim – Unknown Label

Produced by Bunny Striker Lee for an unknown label in 1974, Mash Up Illiteracy is a lean two-track roots cut pairing Delroy Wilson’s Mash Up Illiteracy with Dr. Alimantado’s Mash It Up. The small artist line-up gives the riddim a tight, face-off feel, with Wilson’s smooth delivery sitting against Alimantado’s sharper deejay style. Bunny Lee’s hand is a big part of the record’s appeal here, since his 1970s productions helped define a stripped, heavyweight Kingston sound that kept moving between singer cuts and toaster versions.