We recently featured Franco Rosso's 1980 reggae movie Babylon, largely filmed in Deptford. At Uncarved, John Eden notes a few occurrences of samples from the film, most notably on Dizzee Rascal's Tek No More on his latest album. This track, produced by original junglist Shy FX, features a sample from Aswad’s Warrior Charge (from the Babylon soundtrack) as well as Brinsley Forde's chant 'Can’t Tek No More of That' from the film's closing scene.
The end of Babylon, filmed I believe, in the Crypt of St Paul's Church, Deptford:
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