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Tracklisting & More Information
Named after the make and model number of his Honda motorcycle (in a bid to outdo Big Youth's S.90 Skank, a tribute to a lower-ranked model), C200 was Dillinger's first internationally released album gaining him critical success, primarily for the surprise hit Cokane In My Brain, a wry comment on the New York lifestyle of the 70s that adopted the rhythm to B.T. Express' Do It [Til You're Satisfied] to ironic effect. Although in debt to fellow Kingston-deejays and mentors Dennis Alcapone, U-Roy and the new militant 'dreader than dread' direction pioneered by Big Youth, Dillinger had a unique and individual style of 'toasting' all his own; laced with quick-witted and clever observations (evident on Buckingham Palace, where the Aristocracy's outmoded approach to the Rastafarian way of life is made light of), Dillinger's quirky jive-talk and sound-system repartee was. in hindsight, a natural precursor to the hip-hop culture that dominates the US mainstream pop charts today.
A1 CB 200
A2 No Chuck It
A3 Cokane In My Brain
A4 The General
A5 Power Bank
B1 Plantation Heights
B2 Race Day
B3 Natty Kick Like Lightning
B4 Buckingham Palace
B5 Crankface
LP RECORD
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