Ragga Bomb

Album: Recess (2014)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song features vetera junglists Ragga Twins, who hail from Hackney, London. The pair, comprising, Deman Rockers and Flinty Badman, first came to prominence in the early 1990s with their Reggae Owes Me Money LP, which peaked at #26 on the UK album chart. They have since had a long term musical partnership with breaks and jungle group Aquasky and released a series of singles on various drum 'n' bass labels.

    The Ragga Twins also featured on another Recess track, "All Is Fair In Love And Brostep."
  • Skrillex explained the song title to NME: "I didn't know what else to call it. It's all about that ragga vocal and the ragga vibe and the embedded jungle rhythm under it."
  • The song's music video was directed by Terence Neale, who also worked on Die Antwoord's controversial clip for "Fatty Boom Boom." It was shot on location in Johannesburg and Alexandra, South Africa.

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