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Rise Them Up (album)
''Rise Them Up'' is reggae, dancehall artist 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 ...'s fifteenth studio album, released on May 15, 2007. Track listing 2007 albums Capleton albums {{reggae-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 King Shango, King David, The Fireman and The Prophet. His record label is called David House Productions. He is known for his Rastafari views expressed in his songs. Early life Bailey was born in Islington in St. Mary in 1967.Walters, Basil (2012)Capleton lauded for charity work", '' Jamaica Observer'', 20 July 2012, retrieved 29 July 2012 As a youth, he was given the surname of a popular St. Mary lawyer and friend of the family, Capleton, as a nickname by his relatives and friends.. ChicagoReggae.com. Retrieved 24 January 2011. Capleton rejects the name given to him at birth. He now prefers "King Shango", given its roots in the Yoruba language. As a teenager, he sneaked out of his home to catch local dancehall acts, eventually leaving St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
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Reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, 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. Reggae is rooted in traditional Jamaican Kumina, Pukkumina, Revival Zion, Nyabinghi, and burru drumming. Jamaican reggae music evolved out of the earlier genres mento, ska and rocksteady. Reggae usually relates news, social gossip, and political commentary. It is 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. Stylistically, reggae incorporates some of the musical elements of rhythm and blues, jazz, mento (a celebratory, rural folk form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penitentiary Records
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Executive Producer
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Free Up
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 King Shango, King David, The Fireman and The Prophet. His record label is called David House Productions. He is known for his Rastafari views expressed in his songs. Early life Bailey was born in Islington in St. Mary in 1967.Walters, Basil (2012)Capleton lauded for charity work", '' Jamaica Observer'', 20 July 2012, retrieved 29 July 2012 As a youth, he was given the surname of a popular St. Mary lawyer and friend of the family, Capleton, as a nickname by his relatives and friends.. ChicagoReggae.com. Retrieved 24 January 2011. Capleton rejects the name given to him at birth. He now prefers "King Shango", given its roots in the Yoruba language. As a teenager, he sneaked out of his home to catch local dancehall acts, eventually leaving St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bun Friend
''Bun Friend'' is dancehall artist Capleton's sixteenth studio album. It was released on June 10, 2008. The album is a mix of dancehall and reggae, with hit singles such as "Yo Betta Than Yo may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Yö, a Finnish rock band * "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)", a song by Chris Brown * ''Yo! MTV Raps'', a television show featuring rap music, later renamed as Yo! * "YO", an instrumental song by Linkin Park ..." and "Bun Friend". Track listing 2008 albums Capleton albums {{Reggae-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, 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. Reggae is rooted in traditional Jamaican Kumina, Pukkumina, Revival Zion, Nyabinghi, and burru drumming. Jamaican reggae music evolved out of the earlier genres mento, ska and rocksteady. Reggae usually relates news, social gossip, and political commentary. It is 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. Stylistically, reggae incorporates some of the musical elements of rhythm and blues, jazz, mento (a celebratory, rural folk form ... [...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 reggae, roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) "The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn.", Rough Guides, This music genre wasn't officially named until the 1980s, when the two words ''Dance'' and ''Hall'' (referring to the common venue) were joined to form ''Dancehall'', which was then promoted internationally for the first time. At that time 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 English, Jamaican standard English and a focus on the track instrumentals (or "riddims"). Dancehall saw initial mainstream success in Jamaica in the 1980s; by the 1990s, it became i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bost & Bim
Bost & Bim is a French dancehall reggae production duo, consisting of Matthieu Bost and Jérémie "Bim" Dessus. They have worked with Jamaican and European reggae artists such as Capleton, Morgan Heritage, Sizzla, Gentleman, and Admiral T. Dessus is the son of economist and engineer Benjamin Dessus. Start of career Bost & Bim started work in the early 1990s, respectively as saxophonist and guitarist in different bands, and play on tour with many Jamaican and European artists. Since 1999, Bost & Bim have worked as record producers and have worked on international lineup ''riddims'' (rhythms) with the label Special Delivery Music, and with their own label "The Bombist", along with collaborations on albums by other artists. Collaboration They collaborated with Brisa Roché and Lone Ranger to release the song "Jamaican Boy", an early-reggae cover version of Estelle's "American Boy". It was played in honor of Usain Bolt at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, just after his 100m victory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtape In the modern music industry, a mixtape is a musical project, typically with looser constraints than that of an album or extended play. Unlike the traditional album or extended play, mixtapes are labeled as laid-back projects that allow artists mo ...s released in 2007. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2007 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:2007 albums Albums 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
