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    Cocoa Tea Music Is Our Business

    VP Records
    • Cocoa Tea – Easy Nuh
    • Cocoa Tea – Things In Life
    • Cocoa Tea – Ready Again
    • Cocoa Tea – Smile
    • Cocoa Tea – She's My Baby
    • Cocoa Tea – Magnet And Steel
    • Cocoa Tea – Lonesome Side
    • Cocoa Tea – How Dem Flex
    • Cocoa Tea – Stand Up Straight
    • Cocoa Tea – Wicked Man
    • Cocoa Tea – Declaration Of Rights
    • Cocoa Tea – Waiting In Vain
    • 1. Easy Nuh
    • 2. Things In Life
    • 3. Ready Again
    • 4. Smile
    • 5. She's My Baby
    • 6. Magnet And Steel
    • 7. Lonesome Side
    • 8. How Dem Flex
    • 9. Stand Up Straight
    • 10. Wicked Man
    • 11. Declaration Of Rights
    • 12. Waiting In Vain

    Music Is Our Business brings together 15 Cocoa Tea singles and five previously unreleased master recordings from Bobby Dixon's Digital B label, recorded between 1987 and 2003. The tracks represent a peak creative period in Cocoa Tea's career and his work with one of dancehall's greatest producers.

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