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Sizzla
Miguel Orlando Collins (born 17 April 1976), known by his stage name Sizzla Kalonji or Sizzla, is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is one of the most commercially and critically successful contemporary reggae artists and is noted for his high number of releases. As of 2018 he has released 56 solo albums. Biography Sizzla was born in St. Mary, Jamaica, to devout Rastafarian parents.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) ''The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn.'', Rough Guides, , p. 375 Like them, Sizzla subscribes to the Bobo Ashanti branch of the Rastafari movement. He was raised in August Town, Kingston, Jamaica where he studied mechanical engineering at Dunoon High School. Career Sizzla began to develop his own style whilst serving his musical apprenticeship with the Caveman Hi-Fi sound system. He has used his music as a vehicle for his message, kickstarting his recording career in 1995 with a release through the Zagalou label, he then teamed up with "Bobby Digital" Dixon for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning Up (album)
''Burning Up'' is the debut roots reggae, roots-style reggae album by Sizzla. It was released on September 5, 1995, on the Jamaican label RAS Records, RAS. All songs were written by Sizzla and produced by Philip "Fatis" Burrell. Track listing External links Sizzla websiteRAS records website References 1995 debut albums Sizzla albums {{reggae-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praise Ye Jah
''Praise Ye Jah'' is Jamaican reggae singer Sizzla's third studio album. It was released on Xterminator on October 21, 1997. The songs were written by Sizzla and produced by Philip "Fatis" Burrell. Track listing #"Praise Ye Jah" - 3:53 #"Dem a Wonder" - 4:01 #"Homeless" - 4:03 #"Blackness" - 3:59 #"Inna Dem Face" - 3:46 #"Give Thanks" - 4:20 #"Hail Selassie" - 3:54 #"No Other Like Jah" - 3:53 #"How Dem Flex" - 3:59 #"Cowboy" - 3:46 #"Greedy Joe" - 3:40 #"Did You Ever" - 3:52 #"Government" - 3:47 External links Sizzla website* Praise Ye Jahat Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ... 1997 albums Sizzla albums {{reggae-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom Cry
''Freedom Cry'' is reggae artist Sizzla's fourth studio album, released November 11, 1998 on VP Records as ''Freedom Cry'' in the United States and as ''Kalonji'' in Europe. It features mainly conscious reggae songs, all written by Sizzla himself. Track listing #Real - 3:49 #Jah Blessing featuring Luciano - 3:48 #Dem Ah Try Ah Ting - 3:52 #Lovely Morning - 3:44 #She's Like the Roses - 3:08 #Saturated - 3:54 #Love Amongst My Brethren - 3:59 #Made Of - 3:53 #Freedom Cry - 4:02 #Long Journey - 4:10 #Till It Some More - 3:48 #Rain Shower - 3:45 #Ancient Memories - 3:38 External links * Reviewat Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ... Sizzla websiteVP Records website 1998 albums Sizzla albums {{reggae-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) "The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn.", Rough Guides, In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably, with digital dancehall (or "ragga") becoming increasingly characterized by faster rhythms. Key elements of dancehall music include its extensive use of Jamaican Patois rather than Jamaican standard English and a focus on the track instrumentals (or "riddims"). Dancehall saw initial mainstream success in Jamaica in the 1980s, and by the 1990s, it became increasingly popular in Jamaican diaspora communities. In the 2000s, dancehall experienced worldwide mainstream success, and by the 2010s, it began to heavily influence the work of established Western artists and producers, which has helped to furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the word "reggae", effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term ''reggae'' more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady. Reggae usually relates news, social gossip, and political commentary. It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat and the offbeat rhythm section. The immediate origins of reggae were in ska and rocksteady; from the latter, reggae took over the use of the bass as a percussion instrument. Reggae is d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Words Of Truth
''Words of Truth'' is Jamaican reggae singer Sizzla's ninth album. It was released on VP Records on August 29, 2000, and contains a bonus live CD recorded at the Brixton Academy. All songs are written by Sizzla, and produced by Xterminator's Philip "Fatis" Burrell, musicians on the album include Sly Dunbar and Dean Fraser. Track listing Disc 1 #"Lift my Eyes" - 3:58 #"Enemies are Confounded" - 3:45 #"Think Positive" - 3:31 #"Love, Love" - 3:32 #"Every Move that I make" - 3:41 #"Attack" - 3:37 #"Words of Truth" - 3:29 #"Powers of the Earth" - 3:38 #"Them no Good" - 3:43 #"Love ah di Way" - 3:42 #"Uplift Your Standard" - 3:59 #"Praise" - 3:44 #"Step up" - 3:41 #"Gimmie Love" - 3:52 Disc 2 #"Praise Ye Jah" - 3:38 #"One Away" - 2:36 #"Holding firm" - 2:03 #"Ancient Memories" - 1:33 #"Words of Devine" - 3::33 #"Dem ah Wonder" - 3:58 #"Guide over Us" - 3:42 #"Make dem Secure" - 2:20 #"Babylon ah Listen" - 1:48 #"Humble Thought" - 2:59 #"Black Woman & Child" - 3:21 #"Give dem ah Ride" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the word "reggae", effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term ''reggae'' more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady. Reggae usually relates news, social gossip, and political commentary. It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat and the offbeat rhythm section. The immediate origins of reggae were in ska and rocksteady; from the latter, reggae took over the use of the bass as a percussion instrument. Reggae is d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Woman & Child
''Black Woman & Child'' is the second studio album by Jamaican reggae artist Sizzla. It was released on September 16, 1997 on VP Records and produced by Robert "Bobby Digital" Dixon. The title track still remains as one of his most successful hits and is regarded as a classic. The album was listed in the 1999 book ''The Rough Guide: Reggae: 100 Essential CDs''. Track listing #"Give Them the Ride" – 3:27 #"Love Is Divine" – 3:47 #"Make It Secure" – 3:38 #"Blackwoman & Child" – 3:50 #"Guide Over Us" – 3:38 #"Hard Ground" – 3:38 #"One Away" – 3:58 #"Oh What a Joy" – 3:58 #"Babylon a Use Dem Brain" (featuring Capleton Clifton George Bailey III (born 13 April 1967),Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , pp. 67–69 better known by his stage name Capleton, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician. He is also referred to as Kin ...) – 3:54 #"Princess Black" – 4:36 #"No Time to Gaze" – 3:43 #"More Guidance" – 3:47 #"Mi Lord" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Son Of Ethiopia
''Royal Son of Ethiopia'' is reggae singer Sizzla's sixth studio album, released on Greensleeves on June 22, 1999. As on his previous record, ''Freedom Cry'', fellow conscious reggae singer Jepther McClymont, alias Luciano, is featured on one track, this time on "In this Time". The songs are written by Miguel Collins, alias Sizzla, and voiced over riddims provided by Philipp "Fattis" Burell of Xterminator, Lowell "Sly" Dunbar and Donald Dennis. Track listing #"As in the Beginning" (Burrell, Collins, Dunbar) - 4:13 #"Eastern Mountain" (Burrell, Collins, Dennis, Dunbar) - 3:47 #"In This Time" (Burrell, Collins, Dennis, Dunbar, McClymont) - 3:48 #"Ripe Leaf" (Burrell, Collins, Dennis, Dunbar) - 3:56 #"Burn Dem Turf" (Burrell, Collins, Dennis, Dunbar) - 3:54 #"What Does It Worth?" (Burrell, Collins, Dennis, Dunbar) - 3:33 #"A Wah Dat?" (Burrell, Collins, Dunbar) - 3:57 #"Babylon Homework" (Burrell, Collins, Dunbar) - 3:42 #"Oh Children" (Burrell, Collins, Dunbar) - 4:06 #"Break Free" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobo Ashanti
The Bobo Ashanti (also variously called Bobo Shanti and Bobo Shanty), also known as the Ethiopian African Black International Congress (EABIC), is a religious group originating in Bull Bay near Kingston, Jamaica. The title of Bobo Ashanti essentially means "Black warrior". The Bobo Ashanti are one of the strictest Mansions of Rastafari. They cover their dreadlocks with bright turbans and wear long robes and can usually be distinguished from other Rastafari members because of this. While some Nyabinghi and Twelve Tribe of Israel Rastas drink wine and are either vegetarians or omnivores (eating plants, animals, and fungi), the Bobo Ashanti are all strictly vegan and stick to the biblical restrictions regarding their vow; they also add extra restrictions to their diet, e.g. they do not eat mangoes or sugarcane. Twice each week and on the first Sunday of every month, the Bobos fast. Almost all songs and tributes within the community end with the phrase "Holy Emmanuel I Selassie I J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Dixon (musician)
Robert Dixon (March 11, 1961 – May 21, 2020), known as Bobby Digital, was a Jamaican reggae and dancehall record producer, producer. He was given his nickname "Bobby Digital" because King Jammy, with whom he worked in the mid-1980s, had begun experimenting with digital rhythms at around the same time. He owned the Digital B label, and among the artists with hits on the label are Shabba Ranks and Sizzla. He has influenced reggae artists such as Admiral Tibet. Biography Dixon was born on March 11, 1961, the third of five children in the Waterhouse district of Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston. He grew up attending dances in the 1970s, which featured Sound system (Jamaican), sound systems such as Socialist Roots and Tippertone. Dixon began working with King Jammy in Kingston in 1985.Campbell, Howard (2018)Wicked Times: VP Revisits the Legacy of Bobby Digital, ''Jamaica Observer'', 19 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018 He struck out on his own in 1988, opening the Heatwave stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano (singer)
Jepther McClymont OD (born 20 October 1964),Thompson, Dave (2002), ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , pp. 157–158. better known as Luciano, is a Jamaican second-generation roots reggae singer. Career Born in Davyton, Manchester Parish, and raised as the seventh of nine children in a strict Adventist family, Luciano began recording in 1992, with his first single "Ebony & Ivory" (on which he was credited as 'Stepper John') on the Aquarius Record label, followed by a split album with DJ Presley (now credited as 'Luciana') for producer Sky High. His first releases as Luciano included the hit single "Give My Love a Try", produced at Castro Brown's New Name Studio, followed by others produced by Brown, Freddie McGregor, Blacka Dread, and Sly and Robbie, including the 1993 no. 1 UK reggae hit "Shake It Up Tonight".Luciano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
