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Big Youth albums featuring Gregory Isaacs
Big Youth Music Videos (4)
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| | Screaming Target CD (1973) Bonus Tracks
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This reggae classic, long heralded as a cornerstone of the DJ genre, was remastered and reissued in 2006. Along with U-Roy, Big Youth was one of the most influential DJs on the Jamaican scene in the 1970s, helping to develop ...
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| Chanting Dread Inna Fine Style CD (1983)
$27.95
Even on 1982's THE CHANTING DREAD: INNA FINE STYLE, where spiritual preoccupations take precedence over social commentary, there's a grittiness and passion which helps put over tracks like "All Nations Bow" and "Who Laughed Last." The album's centerpiece is the ...
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Congos
Fisherman Style CDs (2006)
$15.05
One-rhythm collections, where several artists voice fresh raps or melodies over a classic instrumental reggae track, have been popular in Jamaica and reggae circles for some time now, but this one, which features new overdubs over Lee "Scratch" Perry's classic ...
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 Big Youth Lyrics and Songs
Popular or famous Big Youth songs: Hit the Road Jack, Johnny Reggae, Can You Keep a Secret, S90 Skank, S. 90 Skank, Get up Stand Up. More music songs Ten Against One, Killer, Waterhouse Rock, Moving Version, Give Praises, Jim Squeechy, Dock of the Bay, Half Ounce, All Nations Bow. More music songs So We Stay, World War III, I Pray Thee, Every Nigger Is a Star Lyrics.
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Big Youth Biography
The most innovative and influential DJ stylist since U-Roy, Big Youth broke profound new ground in the early '70s with a chant-like style that was to set the pace for the rest of that decade. Deep into roots reggae and the Rastafarian faith, Big Youth had a melodious and highly infectious vocal style that was used to powerful effect on consistently weighty subject matter, often concerning the hell of living in the ghetto.
Key Personnel
| Member Name | Worked With | | Big Youth | Glen Brown, Dennis Brown, Pam Hall, Beres Hammond, Congos, Dub Syndicate, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Capleton, Dreadlock Rock | | Earl "Chinna" Smith | Burning Spear, Augustus Pablo, Sizzla, Bob Marley, Gregory Isaacs, Ziggy Marley, Bunny Wailer, Black Uhuru, Dennis Brown |
Worked With
Dennis Brown, Beres Hammond, Pam Hall, Glen Brown, Congos, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Contemporaries
Gregory Isaacs, Freddie McGregor, U-Roy, Dillinger, Prince Far I, Keith Hudson, I-Roy, Augustus "Gussie" Clarke, Lone Ranger, Willie Williams (Sax), Dennis Alcapone, U-Brown
Followers
Sugar Minott, Yellowman, Eek-A-Mouse, Mutabaruka, Dillinger, Jah Stitch, Trinity
Influences
Lee "Scratch" Perry, Sly & Robbie, The Skatalites, Desmond Dekker, U-Roy, Junior Murvin (Reggae), Max Romeo, Prince Buster, Dennis Alcapone, Clint Eastwood (Reggae)
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