Like their first meeting (Time Boom X de Devil Dead), the second collaboration between
Lee "Scratch" Perry and his acolyte,
Adrian Sherwood, is a perfect mixture of
Perry's manic toasting and singing and the sinuous beat supplied by the
Sherwood-led
Dub Syndicate and
the Roots Radics. Money and attacks on capitalism (specifically the World Bank) fuel
Perry's ire on this disc, but just when the going gets heavy,
Scratch pulls out a tribute to cartoon detective Inspector Gadget, as well as a great cover of
Leroy Sibbles' "Party Time." As with their earlier release,
Perry and
Sherwood work well together, perhaps due to
Sherwood's fondness for psychedelicizing his dub mixes and
Perry's preference for flat-out weirdness. In any event, this collaboration between pupil and teacher is one of the better releases from this portion of
Perry's long musical journey. ~ John Dougan