Yesss ai!! The Golden Days, when Ragga Jungle was all the rage. Incorporating samples from Jamaican artists like Buju Banton and Cutty Ranks, and adding attitude with snatches of gangsta dialogue from movies like "Godfellas", it dominated the pirate stations so crucial in the development of this predominantly London sound - Kool FM, Rush, Eruption and Destiny. MC's such as Moose, Five-O, Navigator and GQ freestyled over the top. At clubs like Sunday Roast and Telepathy, MA1 and MA2 jackets, puffas and hooded top were the new dress code. Spliff, not E, was the drug of choice, usually accompanied by champagne, not beer. The ragga/reggae connection could be seen in the DJ techniques too. "Rewinds" - winding back a popular record mid-tune - were often called for by the MC. And DJs began to rely increasingly on dub-plates, one-off pressings of the best tunes that would give one DJ the edge over his rivals.
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