PADLOCK * I ROY * DIP 5107 * UK
A top Channel One cut by one of Jamaica's articulate DeeJay's, tragically he wasn't, in my opinion, financially rewarded enough for his work. Roy Samuel Reid, a.k.a. I Roy died tragically young in 1999, a death that could possibly have been avoided if he had had the finances for medical treatment to his 'mystery' illness, as it was he died in a state of penury while homeless and having to live on the streets. Yet [ ] can spend a quarter of a million pounds in one year on flowers alone, with her earnings from corporate sanctioned music, and still be gobbled off by 'artists' politicos, and hacks.
See also: Pauper And The King * Space Flight * Don't Get Weary * Scorer * I Roy The Duke * Forward I Man Back A Yard * Let Me Tell You Boy * Live And Learn * Black Man Time