BBC 1Xtra has removed several songs and comments from a selection by German Soundsystem Roots Commandment.

The show has been heavily “edited” because the BBC feels that tunes like Bob Marley’s War and others might offend the British Public.

The irony of this is that the same station was taken to task last year for playing a steady diet of bling bling bashment tunes and hardly any roots material providing a more positive message. TOK’s notorious homophobic “Chi Chi man” also featured in one of the adverts for the station, heralding a large volume of complaints…

Calls for peace – no.
Calls to “bun the chi chi man” – yes.

Further information, including mp3s of the full, uncensored show, is available from the link above.