Little John - Time Longer Than Rope [1983] (With Lyrics)

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Backing Band: The Roots Radics

Born 1970 in Kingston, Jamaica, Little John was so called as he began performing and recording at the age of 9. He first recorded for Captain Sinbad's Youth in Progress label (including debut single "51 Storm"), and is regarded by some as the first dancehall singer, known for his ability to create lyrics over any backing track. Throughout the 1980s, he was backed by Roots Radics and Sly and Robbie, with frequent discomix vocal and dubwise production duties performed by Scientist. After joining Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion organisation, he performed with sound systems such as Romantic Hi Fi, Kilimanjaro, Gemini, and Henry "Junjo" Lawes' Volcano Hi Power. He recorded for many producers in the 1980s, notably for Lawes, Joseph Hoo Kim, George Phang, Jah Thomas and King Jammy, also gaining an audience amongst the followers of Jah Shaka sound system due to the popularity of the Dubplate cuts of The More we are Together, also known as Praising his Majesty.

Little John's distinctive vocal styling had a significant influence on the emerging digital reggae scene of the mid 1980s, an influence that extended into the early Ragga, Jungle Music and drum and bass scenes in London in the early to mid 1990s. He performed at Reggae Sumfest in 2010, where he paid tribute to Sugar Minott.

Special thanks to Natty Dougman for assisting with transcribing these lyrics,
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