Dennis Brown / Aswad – Promised Land

One of the all time greatest. Why has the 12 inch not been repressed? Who has the rights?

Also sampled by French hip hop/ reggae/ drum& bass crew Le Peuple Dr l'Herbe on the track Herbman Skank.First heard it on their debut self titled lp. It's the bassline they sample and over the top add another sample that goes" gimme some weed,gimme some weed sweet, ganja weed"

"Promised Land" is a true Dub classic, and it belongs to this 1979 homonym EP produced by Aswad and sang by Dennis Brown, definitely a must-have on the Dub DJs cases. The climax and the combination of sounds on this tune made it an instant classic, played all over the World (including Brazil, where it's part of DJ Yellow P.'s chart at Frank Afrika's Dub floor on Sarajevo, Sao Paulo). This was the music whose vocals and cornette lines were sampled by DJ Hype on his "Dub Plate Fever" ninetie's hit (the tune in question is on the other side of his 1994 Roll Da Beats EP on Suburban Base). If you ever have the chance to reach this original one, don't miss it. You'll be deeply touched by the contagious bass lines, the unforgetteable & tipical Jamaican cornette sounds, as well as the soulful chanting "Wooooowww Yeaaaahhh!" on the end of the horn's sequences.