{"id":9904,"date":"2021-07-14T19:38:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T02:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/?p=9904"},"modified":"2021-07-15T10:33:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:33:27","slug":"macka-b-salute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/?p=9904","title":{"rendered":"Macka B – Salute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Been ages! Here’s a track I bought blind and ripped \/ sent to a few friends, while searching for random ragga jungle obscurities which I’d never heard managed to hear before. One of them really rated it, and suggested I upload it here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Macka B needs no introduction for anyone in the UK – a well known reggae vocalists since the 80’s with plenty of tunes to his name. “Salute” is a track dedicated to black football players in the UK, and the racism they’ve had to deal with. It was released on Mad Professor’s label, Ariwa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“salute the black football youth long they be taking a lot of abuse salute the black football youth putting themselves to good use”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obviously this has been a topic in the news as of late with the Euro 2020 results \/ online abuse directed at some players, but it’s always been an ongoing issue in Football, in the UK and in other countries worldwide. Big shout to Macka B for calling it out this out in a tune all those years ago. I doubt this got much rotation in big jungle sets, but it’s a fun tune with catchy vocals, no doubt!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Macka B – Salute<\/a> \n\n\n\n