Yellowman — King of Dancehall
Introduction:
Born Winston Foster on 15 January 1956 in Kingston, Jamaica — abandoned by his parents as an infant because of his albinism, raised in the Maxfield Home orphanage and the legendary Alpha Boys School — Yellowman is the Father of Dancehall: the artist who, following Bob Marley's death in 1981, became the biggest reggae star on the planet and who, almost single-handedly, established dancehall as the dominant force in Jamaican music. He was credited by AllMusic with "almost single-handedly creating the coarse, crude and fearlessly direct sound of today's dancehall." He was the first dancehall deejay ever signed to a major American label, signing to Columbia Records in 1981. His 1984 CBS album King Yellowman — featuring Afrika Bambaataa — was the first dancehall album ever nominated for a Grammy Award, in the newly created Best Reggae Recording category. He was later nominated again for 1997's Freedom of Speech. He survived two life-threatening bouts of cancer — first throat cancer in the mid-1980s, requiring the removal of part of his jaw, then skin cancer in the early 1990s. He appeared as a guest on Run-DMC's "Roots Rap Reggae". His "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng" has been sampled by 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G., Dead Prez, Eazy-E, KRS-One and Black Star. At the 1990 Grammy Awards, Young MC, accepting his award, thanked Yellowman from the stage. MOJO Magazine ranked Mister Yellowman at number 45 on its list of the 50 greatest reggae albums of all time.
Alpha Boys School, The Tastee Contest & The Dancehall Throne:
Winston Foster grew up in Kingston's institutional care system, enduring a childhood of stigma, mockery and isolation because of his albinism — what Jamaicans called being a "dundus". He has spoken about how producers ran him away when he came to voice, and how his first audience booed him. Music kept him going. Influenced by early reggae DJs like U-Roy, he practised rhyming constantly and landed a job as a substitute DJ at the Gemini Sound System. In 1979, wearing the yellow attire that would become his trademark, he won Jamaica's prestigious annual Tastee Talent Contest performing "Barnabus Killing" — the same contest that would later launch Nadine Sutherland, Buju Banton and Red Rat. A year later he was headlining the Aces Club in Saint Thomas and receiving national radio airplay.
His partnership with producer Henry "Junjo" Lawes — which began in 1982 — produced some of the defining recordings of early digital dancehall: Mister Yellowman (1982, Greensleeves), Zungguzungguguzungguzeng (1983), Galong Galong Galong, Blueberry Hill. In his peak year of 1982, he released more albums than Bob Marley had released in his entire career. His Columbia Records signing in 1981 and CBS deal in 1983 made him the most internationally significant reggae artist of the post-Marley era. His battles with cancer transformed him spiritually; Prayer (1994, RAS Records — produced by Philip "Fatis" Burrell) marked his turn toward conscious music. He has continued performing internationally with his Sagittarius Band across four decades, touring Nigeria, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Britain, France, Kenya, the US, Canada and Japan. He received Jamaica's Order of Distinction in 2018.
Yellowman - The Best Of - Track Listing:
01 Chinchilla Choons Intro - (George Nooks).mp3
02 Zunguzeng - Yellowman.mp3
03 Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt - Yellowman.mp3
04 Bloodstain - Yellowman Ft Sister Nancy.mp3
05 Mister Chin - Yellowman.mp3
06 Body Moves - Yellowman.mp3
07 Hill And Gully Rider - Yellowman.mp3
08 Jamaica Nice-Countryroads - Yellowman.mp3
09 One in a million shorties - Yellowman.mp3
10 Bam Bam - Yellowman.mp3
11 Herbal smuggling - Yellowman.mp3
12 Sensemilla - Yellowman.mp3
13 Operation Radication - Yellowman.mp3
14 Joe Lickshot (Chinchilla Skit).mp3
15 I'm Getting Married - Yellowman.mp3
16 I'm Getting Divorced - Yellowman.mp3
17 Me Yellow Like Cheese - Yellowman.mp3
18 Young Girl Be Wise - Yellowman.mp3
19 Still Be a Lady _ Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do - Yellowman.mp3
20 Morning Ride - Yellowman.mp3
21 Wha dat - Yellowman.mp3
22 Physical-Zunguzung - Yellowman.mp3
23 Joe Lickshot (Chinchilla Skit).mp3
24 Blueberry Hill - Yellowman.mp3
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Key Albums:
- Mister Yellowman (1982, Greensleeves/Junjo Lawes) — MOJO's 50 Greatest Reggae Albums #45
- Zungguzungguguzungguzeng (1983) — "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng" sampled by 2Pac, Biggie, KRS-One
- King Yellowman (1984, CBS Records) — first dancehall album Grammy nominated; features Afrika Bambaataa
- Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt (1984, Shanachie)
- Prayer (1994, RAS Records) — produced by Philip "Fatis" Burrell; spiritual rebirth
- Freedom of Speech (1997) — Grammy nominated Best Reggae Album
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