This Is Augustus Pablo (CD) Arthur Russell but even when it was

but even when it was dark I still see the light

Sometimes a single is released that reaches such dizzying heights of success that it becomes a pinnacle of the decade they're indelibly tied to

Large Professor delivers the album's first single It Aint Hard To Tell while Premier delivers the album's certified street anthem Represent

and Slum Village has moved on from their time with the legendary beatsmith

to devout head-trips like "The Sea

This Is Augustus Pablo (CD) Arthur Russell but even when it wasAugustus Pablo (given name Horace Swaby) was born just outside of Kingston. I am a Kingstonian, he told the NME in 1986, but my heart is for the hills. This mystical connection to the hills is at the heart of Pablo's unique and immediately identifiable sound. By the late '60s, Swaby and his brother Dougie had founded a small sound system they called Rockers. The brothers spent a lot of time in record shops, including Aquarius, where owner Herman Chin