We Were Slaves Riddim – Unknown Label

Tappa Zukie produced We Were Slaves Riddim for Unknown Label in 1976, a two-track roots set that pairs Junior Ross’s We Were Slaves (The Spear Liberty) with Tappa Zukie’s Freedom. It captures that mid-70s dubwise period in a stripped-back way, with only two artists carrying the whole riddim and both tracks leaning into the same rebellious, emancipation-minded theme. The release sits squarely in Tappa Zukie’s productive 1976 run, when his name kept appearing on key roots sides across different labels, and this one is a compact, era-specific cut from that catalogue.