Just Reality
{{Infobox album
| name = Just Reality
| type = studio
| artist = Shabba Ranks
| cover = Shabba Just Reality.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1990
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = {{hlist|Music Works (Kingston, Jamaica)|Digital Recording Lab (Kingston, Jamaica)}}
| genre = {{hlist|Ragga|dancehall}}
| length = 41:43
| label = VP
| producer = Bobby "Digital" Dixon
| prev_title = Best Baby Father
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = Golden Touch
| next_year = 1990
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Just Reality
| type = Studio
| single1 = Wicked Inna Bed
| single1date = 1989
| single2 = Roots & Culture
| single2date = 1989
| single3 = Gal Yuh Good
| single3date = 1990
| single4 = Just Reality
| single4date = 1990
| single5 = Dem Bow
| single5date = 1990
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/just-reality-mw0000171419|title=Just Reality – Shabba Ranks|website=Allmusic|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}}}
Just Reality is the second solo studio album by Jamaican dancehall/reggae recording artist Shabba Ranks. Released in 1990 via VP Records, the album was produced by Bobby "Digital" Dixon.
While it did not receive as many positive reviews as its predecessor, the album included the massive hit "Wicked Inna Bed" and the highly influential track "Dem Bow",Marshall, Wayne. "Dem Bow, Dembow, Dembo: Translation and Transnation in Reggaeton" Lied und populäre Kultur/Song and Popular Culture 53 (2008): 131-51 which played a key role in the instrumental birth of reggaeton as a genre.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| all_music = Bobby "Digital" Dixon
| title1 = Just Reality
| length1 = 3:20
| title2 = Weh Yu Get It From
| length2 = 3:19
| title3 = Gal Yuh' Good
| length3 = 3:34
| title4 = Back and Belly Rock
| length4 = 3:38
| title5 = Roots & Culture
| length5 = 4:00
| title6 = Wicked Inna Bed
| length6 = 3:22
| title7 = Dem Bow
| length7 = 3:36
| title8 = The Rammer
| length8 = 3:41
| title9 = Crab-Louse a Go Round
| length9 = 3:21
| title10 = Mandela Free
| length10 = 3:26
| title11 = Are You Sure
| length11 = 3:08
| title12 = Pay Down Pon It / Live Blanket
| length12 = 3:18
| total_length = 41:43
}}
References
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External links
{{Discogs master|264455|Just Reality}}
{{Shabba Ranks}}
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