You Know A Rude Boy Release Details
- Riddim year: 1983
- Total tracks: 6
- Unique artists on riddim: 4
- Production credits: Roy Cousins, Unknown Label
- Key artists on this riddim: Junior Reid
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 1960s-80s Riddims Archive
You Know A Rude Boy produced by Roy Cousins for Unknown Label in 1983
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.
You Know A Rude Boy Tracklist:
- Dub – Everlasting Version (1983)
- Dub – Full House Dub (1983)
- Dub – Survival Version (1984)
- Charlie Chaplin – One Of A Kind (1983)
- Junior Reid – Oh Happy Day (1983)
- Prince Far I – Survival (1984)
