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Intro Four |
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Smoke Free |
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Searching |
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Champaign |
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Vacation |
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Next Door |
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Bun A Wicked |
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Fire Bun |
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Giddion |
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Bad Boy |
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Coffin Door |
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Selassie |
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Champaign - Backyard Mix |
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For listening the demo examples, it is necessary to download the Realplayer.
Um die Demo-Beispiele anhören zu können, benötigt man den
Realplayer.
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Anthony B (aka Keith Blair) is the personification of African consciousness in Reggae. His single "Nah vote again" was a major factor in making the Jamaican elections of Thursday, December 18, 1997, the most peaceful one since gun violence was introduced in West and Central Kingston, prior to the elections of 1967. Like his hero, Peter Tosh, the most revolutionary of the Wailing Wailers, he is an uncompromising Pan Africanist, in the tradition of Marcus Garvey, Jamaica's first national hero and the founder and leader of the largest African organization ever, the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, U.N.I.A. and A.C.L.
The traditional route of most African singers is via the church and Anthony B is no exception. Growing up in Clarks Town in the parish of Trelawny , his Revivalist grandmother and Seventh Day Adventist mother, immersed him in the singing, call and response and clapping mechanics of rural Jamaica. In this rural environment that African culture is best found and preserved in Jamaica, not Kingston nor urban St. Andrew. Like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, The Maytals, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Twinkle Brothers, the Clarendonians and countless other Jamaican Stars, Anthony B honed his vocal skills in the church and school choirs and then entered the secular world. His deejaying debut was on the local sound system Shaggy Hi-Power. Moving to Portmore in the parish of St. Catharine in 1988, the musically keen teen hooked up with other aspiring teenage deejays, Determine, Mega Banton, Ricky General and Terror Fabulous on Lovers Choice Sound. Other Portmore acts that he knew or flexed with were Little Devon, Agony Polish, Cobra, Baby Wayne, Grindsman, Ronnie Thwaites, Professor Nuts and others. He steadfastly refused to deejay girl lyrics when they were ruling the roost in the early nineties.
Together with Little Devon (the Half Pint sound-a-like singer) he made his debut single "The living is hard" in 1993. Anthony B tried King Jammys, Black Scorpio and other studio producers after but none saw fit to help plant musical corn of the budding genius. Undeterred he was looking for a break at Black Scorpio studio one day when Little Devon introduced him to Afrocentric producer of Garnett "Mama Africa" Silk fame, Richard "Bello" Bell of Star Trail Label fame. The rest is history or blackstory !
Recordings and releases followed quickly and his first hit was "Repentance time". The bigger hits "Fire pon Rome", "Rumour" and "Raid di barn" followed in quick pursuit and his landmark debut album Real Revolutionary was released to popular acclaim in 1996. Late 1997 his second worldwide album "Universal Struggle" was released and again excellence consisted. The album is one of the best in Reggae for 1997 and 1998.
Order No:
BOGLP 403
Productart:
Vinyl Album
Price:
13.00€
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