Scorpio All Stars – Vol.1 Singers Explosion 88

“Vol. 1 Singers Explosion 88” catches the ear because it lines up some of the neatest late-’80s voices on a Black Scorpio cut, with Barrington Levy’s “She Is Mine” right beside Johnny Osbourne’s “Right Move” and Tony Tuff’s “Saturday Night. ” The whole thing has that crisp, singer-friendly dancehall-reggae feel Scorpio was leaning into at the time, where the rhythm stays nimble and the vocals do the heavy lifting instead of any flashy studio tricks. Sanchez and Mikey Melody keep the mood sweet on “Let Me Love You Down” and “Hello Lady, ” while Hopeton James and Screw Driver add a bit of grit in the middle of the sequence. It runs nine tracks all told, ending with the inevitable Scorpio version, as these sessions so often do.