The Coolie Dance Riddim Inspired by Only the Strong

When I saw Only the Strong back in the early 90s, it introduced me to the Brazilian martial arts culture and music. It was a very enjoyable movie as well as memorable.

The song Paranue as performed in the movie was one of the highlights of the film and although I didn't notice until the other day, was also the inspiration for the 2003 Coolie Dance dancehall riddim produced by "Scatta" Burrell.



The drums, the handclaps, the rhythm...all used on Scatta's instrumental. But the use of Paranue is probably most evident on TOK's Unknown Language where they interpolated the song.