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His first studio album release was in 1982 entitled Mister Yellowman followed by Zungguzungguguzungguzeng in 1983 earning instant success. Yellowman's sexually explicit lyrics in popular songs such as "Mad Over Me", boasting, like other reggae singers/deejays, of his sexual prowess, earned Yellowman criticism in the mid-1980s. [11]
Mister Yellowman is the debut studio album by the Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay Yellowman. In October 1982 it was released as Mister Yellowman in the United Kingdom by Greensleeves Records [ 1 ] and as Duppy or Gunman in Jamaica by Jah Guidance / VP Records , also in 1982.
The album includes five songs from both Yellowman and Josey Wales, pitting them in a "rap battle" against each other.Stephen Cook of AllMusic called the album a highlight of the dancehall era of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and said that "besides some top toasting, the album also features superb backdrops from Lawes and the Roots Radics."
Young, Gifted and Yellow is a compilation album by Yellowman, released originally in the United Kingdom on 22 April 2013, and subsequently in other European countries in the following days by VP Records. It features rarities, outtakes and live performances from the period 1970–84, including songs with Fathead and Sister Nancy.
The 1984 version of the album was also released in France on the Carrere and Blue Moon labels, and in the US as a Greensleeves/Shanachie Records co-release. "Nobody Move" gave Yellowman his breakthrough in the US market. [3] The album was first released on CD in 1988 by Greensleeves with the same tracklisting as the 1984 release.
It should only contain pages that are Yellowman albums or lists of Yellowman albums, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Yellowman albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; ... Pages in category "1982 debut albums" The following 187 pages are in this category, out of 187 total. ... Mister Yellowman; Monkey ...
His work with Yellowman and Fathead on the albums Yellowman, Fathead, and the one Peter Metro (1982) and Live With Yellowman and Sassafrass (1984) kept his profile high through to the mid-1980s. He appeared at the Reggae Sunsplash festival in 1987 with English deejay Dominic, captured on the Reggae Sunsplash Dancehall X '87 video. [ 2 ]