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UB40
Brummie reggae legends round up some heavy legends
Bigga Baggariddim SHOESTRING
6/10
Back in 1985, UB40 released an album called Baggariddim, on which guests such as Pato Banton and Dillinger helped the band reimagine old songs. Bigga Baggariddim does a similar job, reworking the rhythms of their 2019 album For The Many with global collaborators that include New Zealand’s House Of Shem on three tracks and India’s General Zooz plus veterans Inner Circle and Winston Francis. For the most part, it’s classic roots-rock reggae with a vintage ’70s warmth, but new young Jamaican heroes BLVK H3RO and Leno Banton lend a more contemporary dancehall/ hip-hop edge to “Whatever Happened To The Have Nots” and “Show And Prove”.