Down In The Ghetto, by Bounty Killer

Down In The Ghetto

by Bounty Killer

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1.	Down In The Ghetto 03:33	buy track
2.	See You No More (2004) 03:11	buy track
3.	How The West Was Won 03:46	buy track
4.	Smoke The Herb 03:38	buy track
5.	If A War 03:42	buy track
6.	Inspired By God 03:56	buy track
7.	Cellular Phone 03:29	buy track
8.	Trespass 03:33	buy track
9.	Defend The Poor 03:35	buy track
10.	Can't Beat We 03:40	buy track
11.	Gal 03:30	buy track
12.	Not Another Word 03:56	buy track
13.	Dead This Time 03:37	buy track
14.	Gun Chat 03:38	buy track

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"Lock all the barriers and pull all the door, now the Killer gonna defend the poor!" cries Bounty Killer at the outset of "Defend the Poor," one of a clutch of bracingly aggressive political anthems to appear on Bounty Killer's 1994 full-length Down in the Ghetto. On this seminal King Jammy-produced effort, Bounty Killer dons the garb of the avenging outlaw hero over a tough-minded set of songs depicting everything from Kingston's gang-plagued drug trade to the everyday plights of the city's most impoverished residents. On "How the West was Won Bounty Killer pays tribute to the recently deceased Ranking Toyan with a vivid re-imagining of his 1981 hit of the same name. Elsewhere, Bounty Killer crafts vivid first-person tales of crime and violence that have the same blend of impeccable storytelling and visceral immediacy that could be found on New York hip-hop albums of the same period. His recordings with MCs like AZ, Masta Killa, and Prodigy of Mobb Deep rank as some of the era's best hip-hop/dancehall crossover efforts.

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released February 14, 1995

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Greensleeves Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Greensleeves Records Ltd.
Recorded At – Jammy's Recording Studio
Mastered At – The Town House
Design – TMcD
Engineer – Fatman, King Jammy, John John, School Boy
Harmony Vocals – Angel Doolas, Grubb Cooper, Lloyd Lovindeer
Mastered By – Kevin Metcalfe
Musician – Danny Browne, Doni Marshall, Mafia & Fluxy, Sly & Robbie, Steely & Clevie, Wrong Move
Photography By – Paul Coote
Producer – King Jammy, John John, Uncle T
Vocals – Nitty Kutchie

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