Wayne Smith - Under Me Sleng Teng (Muggs Old School Remix)

©1993 Tommy Boy Smith grew up in the Waterhouse area of Kingston, Jamaica. He performed with sound systems and began recording in 1980 at age 14, initially working with producer Prince Jammy, his next door neighbour, who produced his debut album Youthman Skanking (1982) and the 1985 follow-up Smoker Super. His 1985 recording of “(Under Mi) Sleng teng“, is generally regarded as the beginning of ragga style reggae. The rhythm was a pattern found on a Casio MT-40 keyboard and is based on the riff from Eddie Cochran’s “Somethin’ Else“, and the lyrics inspired by Barrington Levy’s “Under Mi Sensi“. Although there are a number of conflicting stories about how it was first found, the commonly accepted view is that Wayne Smith and Noel Davy discovered it. Smith had further hits with “Come Along“ which used the Stalag riddim, and “Ain’t No Meaning in Saying Goodbye“.