Customer Reviews
impressive but incomplete Big Youth - By: Mailian, 27 Oct 2001 
The greatest ghetto-dj Big Youth deserves a 3cd compilation but this one with his self-productions lacks a number of classics to be it. What there is does give us many great tracks but a few expandables one notably where Big Youth reverts to plain singing. So as a double cd this compilation would have been better & less expensive.
excellent introduction to 6 years of big youth - By: , 11 Apr 2001 For those that may only know the superb 'screaming target'lp from all those years ago,the blood & fire label now bring you 41 tracks on 3 cds ranging over 6 years of a pretty incredible singer/toaster.Included are the great Battle of the Giants, part 1 & 2, with U-Roy, a snatch of Gregory Isaacs, & two vocals from Leroy Smart,as well as masses of others that you would have to spend a fortune on trying to accumulate on the original 7 or 12 inch singles.Big Youth toasts beautifully over those glorious Studio 1 tunes,(Love Me Forever,Only a Smile,) & even over the Abyssinians' Satta Massa Gana to great effect. The accompanying booklet has a very worthwhile 11 page article on the jamaican deejayin reggae & then a further 8 pages giving details behind each track & which rhythm big youth is riding over..a worthwhile addition to your collection.
