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Black Roots is a 1979 album by Sugar Minott.It was the first to appear on Minott's Black Roots label, and was described in the book Reggae: 100 Essential CDs – The Rough Guide as a "classic, which catches the singer on the cusp of the roots and dancehall phases, and with total control over his music."
[3] The Heptones recorded for major Jamaican record producers at the time. They began their career, after one unsuccessful single [4] for Ken Lack's "K Calnek" label, under the watchful eye of Coxsone Dodd of Studio One. [2] The Heptones had a number of Jamaican hits for Studio One, beginning with "Fattie Fattie", their first Studio One single ...
[3] The records helped him win two gold discs for best album and best male vocalist in the Black Echoes magazine readers poll in 1980. [3] Pablo Gad continued to record songs through the 1980s, 90's and 2000's and he is still recording currently. The "Best of Pablo Gad" compilation album on the Reggae On Top label in 1993 featured his early ...
The record label gave Macka B the opportunity to record his first solo single, "Bible Reader", which was released in 1985, the first of three singles for the label. [1] [4] Macka B's first album, Sign of the Times, was released in 1986 on Mad Professor's Ariwa label. [1] The album was well received and reached the top of the UK reggae album charts.
Mafia & Fluxy are a British reggae rhythm section and production team, consisting of the brothers Leroy (bass) and David Heywood (drums), whose careers began with London reggae band The Instigators in 1977. [1]
The Tennors is a Jamaican rocksteady and reggae vocal group in the 1960s and '70s. Among the band's hits was "Ride Yu Donkey" in 1968. Among the band's hits was "Ride Yu Donkey" in 1968. The song was featured on the soundtrack to the 2005 film Broken Flowers .
[1] [3] Their first album, Message From The Meditations , was released in 1976, attracting attention amongst the conscious roots reggae sound system fraternity with Rockers compositions like " Babylon Trap Them" and the Lee Perry Black Ark produced tune, " Rastaman Prayer ", urging the listener to shun society's consumerism and hypocritical ...
AllMusic wrote that "the album has a much tougher sound than previous records, and its digitized beats are indebted to Jamaica's dancehalls." [3] The New York Times wrote that the band "have joined their contemporaries in a sonic universe where computers and synthesizers jostle percussion and guitars, where dancehall toasting (rapping) can turn up alongside singing, and where the grooves are ...