• 1. Stop Yu Loafin
      • 2. Black Star Liner
      • 3. Love And Happiness
      • 4. Bicycle Skank
      • 5. Send Me The Pillow
      • 6. Uncle Lester
      • 7. Mr. Nkruma
      • 8. Landlord
      • 9. My Jamaican Girl
      • 10. Sister Dawn

      This 1978 debut from toaster Jah Thomas is a largely overlooked gem from one of Jamaica's most fruitful periods. Stop Yu Loafin' captures a woozy mixture of deejay toasts, roots rhythms, and understated dub production flourishes.

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