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Toots And The Maytals – ‘Got To Be Tough’ review: reggae legends keep up the good fight

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Toots And The Maytals’ status as one of music’s all-time greats is unassailable. Their 1968 single ‘Do The Reggay’ literally gave the genre its name, and subsequent hits ‘Pressure Drop’, ‘Monkey Man’ and ’54-46 (That’s My Number)’ are immortal.With their joy and defiance in the face of adversity, their music has inspired one generation after another and will continue to do so ad infinitum.

When it comes to ‘Got To Be Tough’, their first album of original material in over a decade, frontman Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert and co.

are a band with little to prove.Nearly 60 years since they formed, The Maytals’ message of resistance remains the same, and there are few surprises to be found on this new record.

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