Rebel MC - Black Meaning Good (1991)

The '80s popster turned proto-jungle revolutionary was born Michael West in 1965 in London. He formed Double Trouble in the early '80s with Michael Menson and Leigh Guest, releasing the ska-pop hit "Street Tuff." 

Rebel MC later gained fame in England as a pop-rapper, but by 1991 he had released "Black Meaning Good", an album that presaged jungle with hardcore techno married to dub basslines and ragga toasters such as Barrington Levy and P.P. Arnold. 

His 1992 singles "Rich Ah Getting Richer" and "Humanity" also showed the new direction. "Code Red" -- released as Conquering Lion -- became an outright jungle smash in 1994, bringing the jungle movement to the British masses.


Tracklist:

A1 Black Meaning Good
A2 Keep On Steppin
A3 No Man Is An Island
A4 Soul Rebel
A5 Word Of The Ghetto
A6 Afrikan
A7 Culture
B1 The Wickedest Sound
B2 Live Good
B3 Tribal Base
B4 Comin' On Strong
B5 Soul Sister
B6 Test The Champion

Rebel MC - Black Meaning Good (1991)

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