Essential Kartel: Vybz Kartel’s 30 Most Essential Tunes

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March 31, 2014


23. “Picture This (You and Me)” (2004)

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One of many big slack tunes from Vybz, this early offering takes well-worn dancehall subject matter and injects it with mischievous originality while dirtying a classic children’s rhyme that would have even stuffy, uptown Kingstonians giggling to themselves. —Saxon Baird