''Yardcore'' is the second and final studio

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. The title track was released as single on CD and 12" vinyl, with several remixes. "Yardcore" reached #8 on the U.S.

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chart. The album ranked #14 on ''Billboards list of the best-selling reggae albums of 1997.

Critical reception

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'' praised the album, writing: "Jamericans work in the reggae dancehall tradition of growling deejay (Shine) and silky-smooth singer (Notch), and underneath is essential jeep music, with all the thuds and thumps of a dancehall-hip-hop fusion."

Track listing

#Prodigal Sons ritten by Horace Payne, Norman Howell, Benoit Tshiwala#Yardcore . Payne, N. Howell, B. Tshiwala#State of Shock IV (featuring Johnny Osbourne) ._Howell,_Errol_Osbourne,_H._Payne,_B._Tshiwala,_Jepther_McClymont,_and_Phillip_Burrell.html" ;"title="Errol_Osbourne.html" ;"title=". Howell, Errol Osbourne">. Howell, Errol Osbourne, H. Payne, B. Tshiwala, Jepther McClymont, and Phillip Burrell">Errol_Osbourne.html" ;"title=". Howell, Errol Osbourne">. Howell, Errol Osbourne, H. Payne, B. Tshiwala, Jepther McClymont, and Phillip Burrell#Superstar . Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala#Rassclot . Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala#Back for Good [Gary Barlow] #Send My Love (Interlude) (Stevland Morris) #Send One Your Love, Send My Love/Send One Your Love (Stevland Morris) #C'yaan Done . Payne and N. Howell#Wherever We Go . Payne and N. Howell#

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. Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala#Follow the Pace . Payne, N. Howell, and Tony White#Gotta Get Mine (featuring

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& Sleepy Wonder) rcher Selwyn, Edmund Aiken, H. Payne, Norman Giscombe, N. Howell, Omar Preece, and Robert Carter

References

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