Various Artists - More Jammy's From The Roots (Greensleeves/VP Records)

We have to admit that even though the digital eighties sound will probably never really become our thing, content-wise the tracks on this double compilation album leave nothing to be desired. 'More Jammy's From The Roots' opens symbolically with 'My Lord, My God', a conscious tune by Wayne Smith, the artist who with his 1985 smash 'Under Me Sleng Teng' was almost singlehandedly responsible for creating the whole schism between conscious roots and slackness. Beside well-known artists like Junior Murvin ('Cool Down The Heat'), Dennis Brown ('Tracks Of Life' and together with Leroy Sibbles also 'All For One'), Junior Delgado (with 'No Warrior', 'Rasta People' and 'Illegal Gun', making no less than three appearances, making him the absolute king of this compilation) and Johnny Osbourne ('Dem A Terrorist'), a number of more illustrious figures from reggae history like Little Twitch ('Devil Send You Come'), Youthman ('Mr. Boss Man'), King Everal ('Must Have To Free') or Prince Junior ('Crucial Boy') can also be found in the track list of 'More Jammy's From The Roots'.