The Ragga Twins

Crucial cogs within the development of U.K. dance music, the Destouche brothers — Trevor, aka Flinty Badman, and David, aka Deman Rocker — became referred to as MCs within North London’s Unity audio system and started operating because the Ragga Twins in 1989. Through 1992, they released a pile of 12″ singles with the self-named label operate by Shut Up & Dance (who also do the production function), combined with the record Reggae Owes Me Cash (1991); these produces, containing paths like “Illegal Gunshot,” “Spliffhead,” and an early on featured function on Shut Up & Dance’s “Lamborghini,” had been bold steps forwards, fiercely lively mutations of dancehall, hip-hop, and jungle. Resurfacing in 1995 on EMI with fairly conservative Us3-created produces like “Independence Teach” and “Cash,” in addition they put together another recording, Rinsin Lyrics (1995). Spread singles appeared through the early 2000s, and in 2008 the Spirit Jazz label put together Ragga Twins COME OUT, which centered on the Shut Up & Dance period.