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Sleeve Notes1987
Mud Up

Mud Up

Super Cat · 1987
Recording

Recorded in Kingston during the late 1980s digital dancehall era, with Super Cat voicing the track over the Mud Up riddim produced by Steely and Clevie. The recording paired his commanding deejay style with one of the most influential rhythms of the period. The single became one of the defining dancehall recordings of its era and helped establish the Mud Up riddim as a foundation of late-1980s Jamaican music. Its popularity on sound systems and radio strengthened Super Cat's position as one of dancehall's leading international stars. The track and its underlying riddim became enormously influential, spawning countless versions and remaining central to dancehall culture for decades. It is widely regarded as one of Super Cat's signature recordings and a landmark of digital dancehall.

ArtistSuper Cat
Year1987
GenreDancehall
LabelTechniques
ProducersWycliffe Johnson · Cleveland Browne · Winston Riley
How curators tag this
Dancehall100%
Sound check
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Undated
—Mud UpYou are here
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