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The Ragga Twins

The Ragga Twins

The Ragga Twins has been played on NTS over 50 times, featured on 46 episodes and was first played on 26 March 2015.

Crucial cogs in the development of U.K. dance music, the Destouche brothers -- Trevor, aka Flinty Badman, and David, aka Deman Rocker -- became known as MCs as part of North London's Unity sound system and began operating as the Ragga Twins in 1989. Through 1992, they issued a pile of 12" singles through the self-named label run by Shut Up & Dance (who also did the production work), along with the album Reggae Owes Me Money (1991); these releases, containing tracks like "Illegal Gunshot," "Spliffhead," and an early featured role on Shut Up & Dance's "Lamborghini," were bold steps forward, fiercely energetic mutations of dancehall, hip-hop, and jungle. Resurfacing in 1995 on EMI with relatively conservative Us3-produced releases like "Freedom Train" and "Money," they also put together a second album, Rinsin Lyrics (1995). Scattered singles appeared during the early 2000s, and in 2008 the Soul Jazz label compiled Ragga Twins Step Out, which focused on the Shut Up & Dance era.

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The Ragga Twins

The Ragga Twins has been played on NTS over 50 times, featured on 46 episodes and was first played on 26 March 2015.

Crucial cogs in the development of U.K. dance music, the Destouche brothers -- Trevor, aka Flinty Badman, and David, aka Deman Rocker -- became known as MCs as part of North London's Unity sound system and began operating as the Ragga Twins in 1989. Through 1992, they issued a pile of 12" singles through the self-named label run by Shut Up & Dance (who also did the production work), along with the album Reggae Owes Me Money (1991); these releases, containing tracks like "Illegal Gunshot," "Spliffhead," and an early featured role on Shut Up & Dance's "Lamborghini," were bold steps forward, fiercely energetic mutations of dancehall, hip-hop, and jungle. Resurfacing in 1995 on EMI with relatively conservative Us3-produced releases like "Freedom Train" and "Money," they also put together a second album, Rinsin Lyrics (1995). Scattered singles appeared during the early 2000s, and in 2008 the Soul Jazz label compiled Ragga Twins Step Out, which focused on the Shut Up & Dance era.

Original source: Last.fm

Tracks featured on

Most played tracks

Big Hammer
James Blake feat. The Ragga Twins
UMG Recordings, Inc., Polydor Records2023
Shine Eye
The Ragga Twins feat. Junior Reid
Shut Up And Dance Records1992
Spliffhead
The Ragga Twins
Shut Up And Dance Records1990
Java Bass
Shut Up And Dance, The Ragga Twins feat. The Ragga Twins
Shut Up And Dance Records2009
Hooligan 69
The Ragga Twins
Shut Up And Dance Records1990
Lamborghini
Shut Up And Dance feat. Ragga Twins
Shut Up And Dance Records1990
Spliffhead (Remix)
Ragga Twins
Soul Jazz Records2008
Rudeboy
Ragga Twins
Soul Jazz Records2008
Hooligan 69 (Remix)
Ragga Twins
Soul Jazz Records2008
18'' Speaker
The Ragga Twins
Shut Up And Dance Records1991