Toppa Top 10: Barrington Levy’s Biggest Tunes

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May 3, 2011


8. “Living Dangerously” with Bounty Killer (1996)

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Jamaican journalist Balford Henry makes a great point in the liner notes to Too Experienced, VP’s 1998 Barrington hits compilation: “He is the sort of singer you can never write off, becuase just when you start wondering why you haven’t heard from him in a while, he pops up with something new and substantial.” Point in case: Levy’s ’96 combination tune with Bounty Killer, a track, Henry notes, that went to No. 1 on the UK and US reggae charts and introduced Levy to a new generation of yutes after a low-key period in the early to mid ’90s.