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    Cokane In My Brain
    Dillinger
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    Raggamuffin
    Brigadier Jerry
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    Maddy Maddy Cry
    Papa San

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The early 1970s produced a strain of Jamaican music called DJ Toasting that would eventually influence the course of hip-hop and Dancehall. DJ's working for top producers would spin the latest hits on traveling sound systems, hosting parties for weekend revelers, and spicing the music with their "toasts": boastful commentaries, chants and half-sung rhymes. Artists such as Big Youth and U-Roy would play a popular reggae hit with the lead vocals removed, and create their own version filled with fiery wit, melodic poetry and a rhythmic style. Some of the best albums to come out of this era were Doctor Alimintado's Lee Perry- produced classic Best Dressed Chicken in Town and Big Youth's Screaming Target.