PRINCE ALLA - Stone [1976]

[@bigdendahatitsaluvting4764]

As young black people back in the 1970's, these cultural reggae sound system classics warned us of many things that have now come to pass...tribal war, famine, environmental disasters, corruption in high and low places, African roots and culture...this was part of our moral and cultural guide and compas in the 1970's and early 1980's...to remind us of who we are and what we should aspire to..integrity..peace love unity and strength.

[@xderen_xd]

JAH BLESS, that's right my brethren, thank you for sharing your wisdom

[@christopherallen2926]

aawhoa so me seh

[@christopherallen2926]

yesss man true true

[@elizabethhann4028]

[25 May 2023] "Daniel saw the stone/Rolling down to Babylon..." (As Lee "Scratch" Perry once sang, working on the same theme as Prince Alla was working on here). Prince Alla's "Stone" is one of the greatest - one of the sheerly *heaviest* - roots reggae tracks I've heard in many a moon. If I didn't know better, I'd say the sound - those thunderclaps! That organ! And those *DRUMS* ! - was so heavy I'd have to call it a *GOTHIC* sound. But I know "Gothic" can't be le mot juste for something so ital - so roots, so Rasta, so purely Jamaican - as this.

[@EyaoPantah]

King Tubby me voló la mente

[@devogrant2817]

Ho!! my days, i have been looking for this song for the last 40 yrs .....just remembering the words and rhythm but did not know the name .....heard first in the Settlement boys club South East London Peckham ....it was a truly spiritual moment for me ....they played a dub plate to this ....i could feel the vibration of my feet right to the top of my head ....the drumming sounded so realistic like i was in a real battle .....i know it sound weird, but this tune took me to a distant place ...i never forgot that experience ....as they say experience teaches wisdom ....i would like to think i am a wiser man for that experience.....thank you for this upload you have made a middle aged man very happy ....

[@ryanmathlouthi1591]

Music is such a thing! One love man nice you've found it!

[@tarharqataseti9261]

Yeah, Roots Rockers will take you there...

[@ryansalas2959]

Who feels it knows 👊🏾👊🏾🔥🇯🇲🇨🇷

[@ryansalas2959]

Who feels it knows ,👊🏾👊🏾🔥🇯🇲🇨🇷

[@studioseventeen7000]

Yes! I remember Settlement : ) and the original Moonshot too : )) - those sessions were heavy!! I am sure they made a deep impression on us all ~ One heart!

[@lawrencenjawe9875]

Great sound.....Kudos to the backing musicians....And Great dub mix by King Tubby👍

[@Emerson-Roots]

Prince Alla é sensacional.

[@ElNumeroUno777]

Roots anthem...pure tubbys wild fire

[@appleyardgardenwoodencraft8736]

All skanka all skanka all Steppa all Steppa we rewind we rewind

[@RedGoldGreen-Dub]

Wicked tune 🔥🟥🟨🟩

[@errolnicholson5632]

I was 13 years old then!!!

[@stevejunor7336]

The dub totally unforgettable.Tubbys at his universal best 👌

[@olmomagaton2298]

The rumble that can be heard in the song, simulates the rocks that fall to destroy Rome. King tubby got themp from a thunder taken from a movie, widened it and put it on two traks!!! Ingenious

[@devogrant2817]

No wonder this tune licked off my head when i first heard it when i was youth of seventeen

[@Procharmo]

@@devogrant2817 It had an even more pronounced effect on me. I was about 13 - 14 when i first heard it...I built a sound system by the end of the year and hired a driver as I was too young to drive. At 15yrs I was playing bass guitar in Settlement club Peckham . Nearly got stabbed up because I was dropping some B Line.. I think it was Moulding by IJahMan that kicked it off. Hope that wasn't you???

[@devogrant2817]

@@Procharmo Thanks for sharing your experience ....and no it was not me ...I was not a follower of any particular sound ...and i still live in Peckham ...I am, and was a qiuate man ...I liked my reggae music ...but not all the rivalry ....and tribal territorialism that came with it .

[@JamaicaBK1]

Big big tune i remember first time hearing this tune play by a sound in red hills and from red hills pleasant valley to be exact.........sound called FASHION........(sloopy) really and truly i have to confess i don't think i did have an idea who do this song nuff respect Prince Allah big tune.............another big tune i heard for the first time play by that sound system police and theives by junior murvin. big big tune even have a history around London brixton and surroundings r i p junior murvin

[@MarcorMark]

I man saw a stone Just a come To mash down Rome Great great stone Just a come To mash down Rome To mash down Rome To mash down Rome I man saw a stone Just a come To mash downthe hethen Great great stone Just a come To mash downthe hethen To mash downthe hethen They can run, but i know That they can't hide For that stone, was so big And it so wide! And it so low, don't you know They can't get under it And it so high, Babylon You can't get over it Get over it

[@devogrant2817]

Thanks for the lyrics.....

[@craigwilliams169]

*To mash down the image. It's a reference to the book of Daniel when Nebuchadnezzar had a dream of a huge rock smashing the feet of a huge image of a king.

[@SuperNaturalSound]

Prince Allah still sounds great, still doing dubplates of this tune in JA

[@MusicasSalvas-es9qg]

Tuuuuune 💥

[@vitalsounds2418]

timeless roots classic

[@9856359]

Best bass line!

[@carlosporras4951]

Puuuufff.reggae roots...del autentico.

[@Organise_Space]

All conquering heavy heavy dub

[@azupusoazupiso5787]

Esta rola trasmite un sentimiento muy especial, si alguien lo siente conmigo comente.

[@stevejunor2737]

What a track the eminsible King Tubby at work the dub crazily unforgettable

[@roots2yoga754]

Is mixed by scientist at king tubbys apparently

[@ElNumeroUno777]

​@@roots2yoga75476 too early for scientist. Scientist mix the later freedom sounds productions

[@goodvibration55555]

Prince Alla mash it up !

[@MattCarlson-k6d]

So wicked

[@alexanderjenkins8601]

Right royal rocker

[@melvinsaunders9558]

10 Out 10 For Prince Alla. Mash Down The Vatican!!!

[@pneumichelin2966]

Like bob real messages that is real reggae is not just a sound

[@bernardscott7789]

Master at work

[@tonysaint353]

Qedamawi Haile Selassie 1 is that unmovable stone....Groundation music! 💣💥💥

[@especialreggaesaovicente3432]

PRINCE ALLA STONE...ISSO É LINDO,ISSO É 🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋

[@BOXING-pg7ef]

GREAT STONE

[@stevejunor7336]

RIP 🙏 dubmasre

[@Steve-h2e]

Fire fe de pope riddim bad!!!

[@HebertonNogueira]

pancada!!!!!!!

[@Fabiotuffgong]

Curti demais

[@stalagmitas3574]

🔌🔌🔌

[@maredicorsica]

"to mash down Rome" LOL

[@ryanmathlouthi1591]

Rome is Babylon brother, Vatican is all wicked and long time Rastafari tell the world the truth about HIM! Ethiopia is Zion and heaven on earth, look at the old book in the orthodox church of Ethiopia one of the most ancient church! Africa is the world key to peace and love

[@elisaclementi5604]

ROMA CITTÀ APERTA

[@rupertbollywood1190]

Yes fuck Rome

[@antonymorris1038]

Meteorites

[@hertzranks]

Scientist sa Tubbys Never mix this...Hmmmmm

[@ElNumeroUno777]

Think scientist get confused. This was released 76 before scientist start mixing in 78/79. Scientist mixed a lot of the later freedom sounds productions. Scientist mixed so many tune he prob cant remember everything. If you listen to black rose, the next cut you can hear alla call tubbys name.

[@danm4883]

Anyone know what other song uses this riddim?

[@ElNumeroUno777]

Blackrose

[@NextSound170]

Mash down babylon

[@rudeboyhansley8612]

Mash it tunes....

[@pneumichelin2966]

Mash them if they mash your childerns rich from poor vaticano 400 yeras of slavery in s america

[@MusicasSalvas-es9qg]

Tuuuuune 💥