War Ina Babylon is an album by Max Romeo

Max Romeo

Max Romeo is a reggae and roots reggae recording artist who has achieved chart success in his home country, and in the UK. Romeo was responsible for launching an entirely new sub-genre of reggae, whose overtly suggestive lyrics caused an outcry but took a massive hold of the music scene regardless...

 and Lee Perry's backing band The Upsetters

The Upsetters

The Upsetters was the name given to the house band for Jamaican reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. The name of the band comes from Perry's nickname of Upsetter, after his song "I Am The Upsetter", a musical dismissal of his former boss Coxsone Dodd....

, released in 1976. Along with The Heptones

The Heptones

The Heptones are a Jamaican rocksteady and reggae vocal trio most active in the 1960s and early 1970s. They were one of the more significant trios of that era, and played a major role in the gradual transition between ska and rocksteady with their three-part harmonies.-History:Leroy Sibbles, Earl...

' Party Time and Junior Murvin

Junior Murvin

Junior Murvin is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is best known for the single "Police and Thieves", produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry in 1976. Murvin's soaring voice and the infectious rhythm made "Police and Thieves" into an international hit during the summer of that year. It peaked at #23 in the...

's Police and Thieves

Police and Thieves (album)

Police and Thieves it was an album by Junior Murvin and backing band called The Upsetters, released in 1977. Along with The Congos' Heart of the Congos and Max Romeo's War Ina Babylon, this album can be seen as part of a Black Ark Lee 'Scratch' Perry produced "holy trinity".-Track listing:All...

, this album can be seen as part of a Black Ark

Black Ark

The Black Ark was the recording studio of reggae and dub producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, built in 1973 and located behind his family's home in the Washington Gardens neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica...

 Lee "Scratch" Perry produced "holy trinity". Highlights include the moving "One Step Forward", "War Ina Babylon", the militant "Chase The Devil", and the "film noir

Film noir

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...

" reggae

Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

 of "Norman".

Original LP

1. "One Step Forward"
2. "Uptown Babies Don't Cry" (Romeo)
3. "I Chase the Devil
   I Chase the Devil
   "I Chase the Devil" is a reggae song, recorded in 1976 by Max Romeo, with the backing of Lee "Scratch" Perry's house band, The Upsetters. Composed by Perry and Romeo, it was released on the album War Ina Babylon....
   
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4. "War Ina Babylon"
5. "Norman"
6. "Stealing in The Name of Jah" (Romeo)
7. "Tan and See" (Romeo, Perry, L. Brown)
8. "Smokey Room" (Romeo, Perry, L. Brown)
9. "Smile Out A Style"

Alternative title : It Sipple Out Deh CD

1. "One Step Forward"
2. "Uptown Babies"
3. "Chase The Devil"
4. "War In A Babylon"
5. "Norman The Gambler"
6. "Stealing Stealing"
7. "Tan and See"
8. "Smokeyroom"
9. "Smile Out Of Style"
10. "Fire Fe The Vatican"

Personnel

• Male harmony vocals - Barry Llewellyn, Earl Morgan
• Female harmony vocals - Cynthia Scholas, Marcia Griffiths
  Marcia Griffiths
  Marcia Llyneth Griffiths is a successful female singer, also called the "Queen of Reggae". One reviewer described her noting "she is known primarily for her strong, smooth-as-mousse love songs and captivating live performances".Griffiths started her career in 1964...
  
  

Later Samples

• "I Chase the Devil
  I Chase the Devil
  "I Chase the Devil" is a reggae song, recorded in 1976 by Max Romeo, with the backing of Lee "Scratch" Perry's house band, The Upsetters. Composed by Perry and Romeo, it was released on the album War Ina Babylon....
  
  " - "Lucifer" by Jay-Z
  Jay-Z
  Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
  
   from the album The Black Album
  The Black Album (Jay-Z album)
  The Black Album is the eighth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released November 14, 2003, on Roc-A-Fella Records. It was promoted as his final studio album, which serves as a recurring theme, although Jay-Z returned to solo recording with Kingdom Come in 2006.The album debuted at number one...
  
  and many more. See the song page for more sampling information.