You Know A Rude Boy Riddim – Unknown Label

You Know A Rude Boy Riddim was produced by Roy Cousins for Unknown Label in 1983, and it brings together six cuts with a tight early-80s roots feel. Charlie Chaplin’s One Of A Kind and Junior Reid’s Oh Happy Day are the key vocal selections here, while Prince Far I turns up on Survival from 1984 and the set is rounded out by three dub versions, including Everlasting Version and Full House Dub. Roy Cousins, best known as a singer and producer from the British-Jamaican reggae scene, was behind a string of conscious roots projects, and this riddim fits neatly into that part of his catalog.