Works For The Future Part 2 – Jah Life Time

WORKS FOR THE FUTURE PART 2 – JAH LIFE TIME 1987

Barrington Levy gives Works For The Future Part 2 its sharpest hook, and “Get Up Stand Up” feels like the cut that immediately tells you where Jah Life Time was headed in 1987: lean, militant, and aimed squarely at the dance. Around him, Chicken Chest and Little Wayne, Chuck Turner, Cutty Ranks, and Pad Anthony keep the energy moving, with I Roy adding that seasoned deejay bite on “Pluto Back Get Ruff. ” This sits a little deeper into the late-’80s Jah Life run than Part 1, but the formula still feels familiar in the best way, with the label leaning on a compact, voice-heavy riddim showcase rather than overloading the arrangement. It’s the sort of compilation that shows how well Jah Life could pair heavyweight names with younger dancehall fire, and it lands neatly in the label’s back catalogue of tough, no-nonsense reggae sets.

Works For The Future Part 2 Tracklist:

1. Barrington Levy – Get Up Stand Up
2. Chicken Chest & Little Wayne – Let Off Sup’m
3. Chuck Turner – Can’t Test Me
4. Conroy Smith – Greatest Sound Of All
5. Cutty Ranks – No Bad Mind
6. I Roy – Pluto Back Get Ruff
7. Ignorance – Done With The Wole A Dem
8. Little Twitch – Talking Twitch
9. Major Worries – Product Of Jamaica
10. Pad Anthony – Bum Bastick