Ras Allah (or Prince Alla) – Heaven Is My Roof (Corn-Fed Productions)

Classic lp produced by Tapper Zukie. Solid authentic roots.

Would make a good introduction to roots reggae for the uninitiated looking for something a bit more cult than Island Records. Title track is a beauty. -HorseMouth

Ras Allah / Prince Alla
The legendary Prince Alla, born Keith Blake, 1950, Kingston Jamaica, began his recording career in the early seventies in Jamaica. A deeply spiritual artist with a highly individual style, he has worked with producers like Tappa Zukie, Bertram Brown, Joe Gibbs and others, recording classics like Cities, Stone, Rastafari, Bucket Bottom, Funeral and Bosrah. In recent years he has worked with several producers, but his outlet was far from prolific. Continuing interest in his work saw the release of two albums of material from the 1970s on Blood & Fire records, Only Love Can Conquer and I Can Hear The Children Singing, which brought his work to a new audience. In the last years, he’s still in demand for live gigs and occasional recordings.

zachpleasant
Ras Allah - Heaven is My Roof, 1978
Stars

This is Ras Allah’s (aka Prince Allah) first LP on the fantastic Stars label. I first learned about this record from the UK Blood and Fire repress series, but eventually won an auction for the original on EBay ten years ago or so. 

Side A is about as perfect as a roots reggae album gets for me. It starts off with “Funeral” (which I recently got on 45 at @coco_isle_shibuya this summer) which is an excellent disco steppers tune. It’s followed by “Bosrah” which is deep and heavy. The title track “Heaven is My Roof” has a sweet horn line and haunting lyrics. Side B has nice tunes, but the A side wins this one.

Tappa Zukie is the producer on this one and I’m a huge fan of his 70s LPs and production. 

And while my copy’s cover is a little banged up, I love that Ras Negus wrote his name in pen on it a few times.

Interview with Prince Alla by Peter I 
Sep 1, 2025
https://www.reggae-vibes.com/articles/2025/09/interview-with-prince-alla/

Reissued for the very first time on vinyl here's Prince Alla's (aka Keith Blake) debut album, under the Ras Allah pseudonym, originally released on Tappa Zukie's Stars Records in 1978. Featuring a who's who of the roots reggae community with top notch contributions from the likes of Sly & Robbie, Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith, Don Drummond Jr., Bingy Bunny (Roots Radics) and more. Recorded at the almighty Black Ark and mixed at Tubby's. Produced and Arranged by Tappa Zukie.

Ras Allah – Heaven Is My Roof

Label: Corn-Fed Productions – CF 333
Format: CDr, Reissue, Unofficial Release
Country: Netherlands
Released: 2018
Genre: Reggae
Style: Roots Reggae, Dub

1. Ras (Prince) Alla – Funeral 3:15
2. Musical Intimidator – Undertaker 3:30
3. Ras Allah & The Spears – Came From Buzrock 3:06
4. Ras Allah & The Spears – Came From Buzrock Version 3:10
5. Ras (Prince) Alla – Heaven Is My Roof 3:28
6. Musical Intimidator – Heaven Is My Roof Version 3:31
7. Ras (Prince) Alla – Slave Master (12” Extended) 4:18
8. Ras (Prince) Alla – Go Down In Silence 3:18
9. Ras (Prince) Alla – Gold Diver 3:22
10. Ras (Prince) Alla – Go To School 3:26
11. Ras (Prince) Alla – Daniel (LP) 3:34
12. Ras (Prince) Alla – Just One Way 3:11
13. Ras (Prince) Alla – Jah Jah Bird 3:29
14. Ras (Prince) Alla – Daniel (Discomix) 6:45
15. Tapper Zukie – Black Man 7:16

Corn-Fed Productions NL 2018 - CF 333 - A Labour Of Love Production

Originally released in 1978.

PERSONNEL:
Bass – Robbie Shakespeare
Drums – Sly Dunbar
Guitar Earl "Chinna" Smith, Bingy Bunny, Tony Chin
Horns – The Deadly Headly, Bobby Ellis, Vin Gordon
Organ – Ansel Collins
Percussion – Scully, Sky Juice
Piano – Glady Anderson

Producer – Tapper Zukie