Seeking ragga video February 15, 2014 8:26 AM   Subscribe

I seem to recall several years ago a post to the blue that featured a YouTube video of some ragga/dancehall song from the 80s. The song lyrics and video featured a dreadlocked Jamaican who encountered a policeman. I think the policeman called the first guy "Dreadlocks." Dreadlocks claimed to be transporting vegetables to town, but the policeman thought he had marijuana and arrested him. I have tried many Google search strategies and haven't found this. Did it really appear on the blue or am I imagining things?
posted by grouse to MetaFilter-Related at 8:26 AM (7 comments total) 1 user marked this as a favorite

did you try "reggae" instead of "ragga"?
posted by LionIndex at 8:33 AM on February 15, 2014


You are not imagining things. I remember the video as well, though not the name of the artist.
posted by Dip Flash at 8:36 AM on February 15, 2014 [1 favorite]


The synopsis vaguely matches that in Pass the Dutchie, which was featured in this post.
posted by ambrosen at 9:13 AM on February 15, 2014


It was the subject of a deleted post. The video was by Lt Stichie, and the mischaracterization as "ragga" was in the FPP.
posted by Dip Flash at 12:12 PM on February 15, 2014 [3 favorites]


Best answer! Thanks!

It's the first Google hit for [site:mefideleted.blogspot.com ragga]. I should have thought of that as I had some inkling it might have been deleted.
posted by grouse at 12:31 PM on February 15, 2014


the mischaracterization as "ragga" was in the FPP.

It's not a mischaracterisation, Lieutenant Stitchie was a raggamuffin and Natty Dread is a ragga song!

Fun dancehall/fruit fact: Stitchie is called Stitchie because of a misprint on a record label. Up until that mistake his name was Citchie, which was short for his original deejay name, Ranking Citrus. He was called Ranking Citrus due to a lifelong fondness for oranges. Really!
posted by jack_mo at 1:12 AM on February 17, 2014 [4 favorites]


I am now officially crushing on jack_mo and his esoteric ragga knowledge! *waggles eyebrows*
posted by désoeuvrée at 3:30 AM on February 19, 2014


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