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10 Best Songs From Late Jamaican Legend Cocoa Tea (Critic’s Picks)

Best Cocoa Tea songs to honor the late Jamaican singer.

The clarion call for Rastas and all people of good intent to exit Babylon before it’s too late is heightened by the urgency in Cocoa Tea’s vocals, his dulcet, welcoming tone and a shimmering, uptempo reggae rhythm, produced by Phillip “Fatis” Burrell. Utilizing a bubbling backbeat with a cheerful keyboard line, Cocoa Tea’s engaging delivery powers the significant sentiment expressed in “Young Lover.” At a time when the exploitation of underage girls continues, the song’s overall message needs to be put on repeat and played loudly. The quintessential riddim of Jamaica’s mid-1990s Rasta renaissance in dancehall reggae was the Kette Drum, produced by the late Bobby “Digital” Dixon and named after the West African hand-held instrument heard at Rastafarian Nyabinghi celebrations.

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