Dancehall Fans

[midgetonadonkey]

The legendary King Yellowman will be in San Antonio Saturday July 15th at Sunset Station. Though only have of his face works, his shit is still dope.


Time to fire up the ganja.

[Silver21_Black20]

Who?

[midgetonadonkey]

Yellowman.

[midgetonadonkey]

Yellowman (born Winston Foster in Negril, Jamaica in 1959) is a Jamaican ragga and dancehall deejay. He was extremely popular in Jamaica in the 1980s, coming to prominence with a series of funky, sexy singles that established his reputation. His exaggerated sexual prowess, combined with his long-time social outcast status as an albino (who are denigrated in Jamaica), made Yellowman very popular.

Violent and sexually explicit lyrics earned Yellowman criticism in the mid-1980s, along with most of the rest of the ragga community. By the mid-1990s, though, Yellowman released socially conscious material, rising to international fame as part of a popularization led by singers like Buju Banton.

Yellowman overcame two major obstacles: he became popular with his music despite being an albino, and he became as highly recognized in Jamaica as Bob Marley, who popularized reggae in the first place during the 1960s and 1970s. During the early 1980s, Yellowman had over 40 singles and sometimes produced five albums in one year. Yellowman's explicit material involving threats towards "chi-chi man" (homosexuals) and other sexual content caused him to lose popularity in 1985. (Other modern reggae dancehall musicians who have received criticism over homophobic lyrics and explicit content are Beenie Man and Elephant Man.) In order for Yellowman to reach his previous popularity he decided to turn back to older musical elements and styling. More modern influences include hip hop elements mixed with reggae 'ragga' (also known as 'raggamuffin').

In the early 1990s, Yellowman struggled with skin cancer. This led him to re-invent himself with his 1994 album Prayer. He has from then on almost completely devoted his time to spiritual and other social concerns. His latest records were New York in 2003 and Round 1 in 2005.

[Silver21_Black20]

I guess.

[midgetonadonkey]

:pctoss

[leemajors]

i know yellowman, he isn't bad. i prefer dub myself, but there is a good mad professor dub of one of his albums - a feast of yellow dub. i dig.

[pache100]

I thought you were talking about Tim McGraw's band. :blah

[TheSanityAnnex]

Round 1 in 2005.
Is this the Yellowman vs Purpleman album?

[midgetonadonkey]

Is this the Yellowman vs Purpleman album?

Yellowman vs. Ninjaman