The first volume in the Rumble in the Jungle series featured vocal performances by Top Cat and General Levy; this 1995 release is split between contributions by Cutty Ranks and Poison Chang. While the latter would eventually sink from sight commercially, Cutty Ranks had already achieved notoriety through his work on the Gemini, Killamanjaro and Arrows sound systems before joining the Fashion Records stable in the early 1990s. This positioned him nicely when the jungle juggernaut took hold a few years later, and several of his hits in that genre (notably “Limb by Limb”) are featured here. Poison Chang acquits himself well too, with sharp tracks like “God Head” and the gritty “Over You Body.”

– Rick Anderson