Tippatone was an early Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

n sound system. Tippatone rose to prominence in the late 1960s, as the popularity of the second generation of sound systems (specifically Coxsone Dodd

Coxsone Dodd

Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, CD was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of ska and reggae in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond...

's Downbeat Sound System and Duke Reid

Duke Reid

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's The Trojans) decreased, and they were very popular in the early-to-mid 1970s. Their selector

Selector (disc jockey)

Selector is the term originally used for a reggae/dancehall disc jockey ....

 was Jah Wise, who had started as a "boxboy," carrying equipment for the act, and quickly became their selector.

Tippatone, like all sound systems, engaged in sound clash

Sound clash

A Sound clash is a musical competition where crew members from opposing reggae sound systems pit their skills against each other. Sound clashes take place in a variety of venues, both indoors and outdoors...

es; according to Jah Wise, those with King Twilight from Montego Bay

Montego Bay

Montego Bay is the capital of St. James Parish and the second largest city in Jamaica by area and the fourth by population .It is a tourist destination with duty free shopping, cruise line terminal and the beaches...

were the most difficult.