# Just Reality

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Just Reality
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Shabba Ranks](/source/Shabba_Ranks)
| cover      = Shabba Just Reality.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1990
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = {{hlist|Music Works <small>([Kingston, Jamaica](/source/Kingston%2C_Jamaica))</small>|Digital Recording Lab <small>([Kingston, Jamaica](/source/Kingston%2C_Jamaica))</small>}}
| genre      = {{hlist|[Ragga](/source/Ragga)|[dancehall](/source/dancehall)}}
| length     = 41:43
| label      = [VP](/source/VP_Records)
| producer   = [Bobby "Digital" Dixon](/source/Bobby_Digital_(Jamaican_producer))
| prev_title = [Best Baby Father](/source/Best_Baby_Father)
| prev_year  = 1988
| next_title = [Golden Touch](/source/Golden_Touch_(album))
| 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](/source/Dem_Bow)
 | single5date = 1990
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/just-reality-mw0000171419|title=Just Reality – Shabba Ranks|website=[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref>}}
'''''Just Reality''''' is the second solo studio album by Jamaican [dancehall](/source/dancehall)/[reggae](/source/reggae) recording artist [Shabba Ranks](/source/Shabba_Ranks). Released in 1990 via [VP Records](/source/VP_Records), the album was produced by [Bobby "Digital" Dixon](/source/Bobby_%22Digital%22_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](/source/Dem_Bow)",<ref>[Marshall, Wayne](/source/Wayne_Marshall_(deejay)). "Dem Bow, Dembow, Dembo: Translation and Transnation in Reggaeton" Lied und populäre Kultur/Song and Popular Culture 53 (2008): 131-51</ref> which played a key role in the instrumental  birth of [reggaeton](/source/reggaeton) as a genre.

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = 
| all_music = [Bobby "Digital" Dixon](/source/Bobby_%22Digital%22_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](/source/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==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Discogs master|264455|Just Reality}}

{{Shabba Ranks}}
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Category:1991 albums
Category:Shabba Ranks albums

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