Sunday, July 6, 2008

Hell Week: I Chase the Devil



Max Romeo & the Upsetters: I Chase the Devil

[purchase]

Here's a 1976 reggae classic, produced by Lee Perry and later sampled in the 90s by the Prodigy and a few years later by Jay-Z on his track "Lucifer"—you'll hear his sample right at the start. Nothing beats the original though, in which Romeo promises to chase the devil into outer space, where he can torment aliens instead of us humans.

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