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As Raw as Ever  |  ‘91

Happy Birthday Shabba Ranks!!! International Dancehall Recording Artist!!! Today we celebrate you!!! @ShabbaRanksOfficial . . . #ShabbaRanks #islandpeeps #islandpeepsbirthdays #BigDuttyStinkinShabba #GrammyKid #Dancehall #Jamaica #Tingalingaling (at Seaview Villa Jamaica) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsvFzCzlMc5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=thpri3rp8sk5

Mi bad like 90s dancehall! Go ask @shabbaranksofficial 🔥 Drawing by @randfordanderson_art 🎨 #supportblackart #RanfordAnderson #Shabba #ShabbaRanks #artoftheday #pencil #drawing #graphite #charcoal #Jamaica #jamaicanart #jamaicanartist #blackart #caribbeanart #artwork #blackart #blackartist #artstagram #artlovers #dancehall #blavity #blackmen #artofinstagram #artdaily

Happy Birthday A$AP Ferg!!! Hip Hop Recording Artist born of Trinidadian descent!!! Today we celebrate you!!! @AsapFerg ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #AsapFerg #islandpeeps #islandpeepsbirthdays #AsapMob #ShabbaRanks #trinidad (at Laventille Road) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpKyFgiF4FO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bo7qcupipbyq

Ranks born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon is a Jamaican dancehall musician. He was one of the most popular dancehall artists of his generation and one of the first Jamaican deejays to gain worldwide acceptance, and recognition for his 'slack' lyrical expressions and content, when "ridin' di riddim", his gravel toned, rough-sounding voice made him instantly recognised worldwide. Ranks was born in Sturgetown, St. Ann, Jamaica. He gained his fame mainly by toasting (or rapping) rather than singing, like some of his dancehall contemporaries in Jamaica. A protégé of deejay Josey Wales, he arrived on the international stage in the late 1980s, along with a number of fellow Jamaicans including reggae singers Cocoa Tea and Crystal. He secured a recording contract with Epic Records in 1991. Having released five albums for a major label, Ranks remains one of the most prolific dancehall artists to break into the mainstream. The stylistic origins of the genre reggaeton may be traced back to the 1990 song "Dem bow", from Ranks' album Just Reality. Produced by Bobby "Digital" Dixon, the Dem Bow riddim became so popular in Puerto Rican freestyle sessions that early Puerto Rican reggaeton was simply known as "Dembow". The Dem Bow riddim is an integral and inseparable part of reggaeton, so much so that it has become its defining characteristic. His biggest hit single outside of Jamaica was the reggae fusion smash "Mr. Loverman" (memorable for bringing the cry "Shabba!" to the music world). Other tracks include "Respect", "Pirates Anthem", "Trailer Load A Girls", "Wicked inna Bed", "Caan Dun", and "Ting A Ling". In 1993, Ranks scored another hit in the Addams Family Values soundtrack to which he contributed a rap/reggae version of the Sly and the Family Stone hit "Family Affair". His third album for Epic, A Mi Shabba, was released in 1995, however it fared less well. He was eventually dropped by the label in 1996. However, he won two Grammy Awards for previous work, and Epic went on to release a 'Greatest Hits' album, entitled Shabba Ranks and Friends in 1999. @Shabbaranksofficial #ShabbaRanks #Jamaica #islandpeeps #Shabbahimdehya #dancehall (at Kingston, Jamaica)

X-Tra Naked  |  1992

¿Una más? Claro que hay más con algo de #DanceHallReggae noventero con #ShabbaRanks #shabbaranksofficial #shabbaranksiskingofthedancehall y el ya muy conocido #AsRawAsEver #AsRawAsEverAlbum y todos los hits que nos hicieron bailar. Este fue el primer cassette de dancehalll reggae que tuve , fue un regalo de Radio Panamericana en aquel entonces. Lanzado en 1991 trae los siguientes temas A1 Trailor Load A Girls 3:57 A2 Where Does Slackness Come From 3:48 A3 Woman Tangle 3:47 A4 Gun Pon Me 3:50 A5 Gone Up 3:53 A6 Ambi Get Scarce B1 Housecall Featuring – Maxi Priest 3:38 B2 Flesh Axe 4:09 B3 A Mi Di Girls Dem Love 3:22 B4 Fist-A-Ris 3:31 B5 The Jam 3:23 #cassette #cassettes #cassettetape #cassettetapes #cassetteculture #cassetteigclub #cassettecollector #cassettestoreday #cassettecollection #cassetteplayer #musiconcassette #cassettelabel #cassettecollectors #cassettedeck #cassettealbum #cassetteplayers #cassetteg1ves #cassetterelease #cassetteclub #cassetteblog #cassetteaudio #cassetterecorder #cassettetapeplayer #taperecorder https://www.instagram.com/p/Cox6qO3P8h2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#ReggaeNewsFlash | Garton Francis: The Music of Shabba Ranks, Ninjaman, and Yellowman. The Jamaican US- based record producer talks about the three deejays. #gartonfrancis #shabbaranks #ninjaman #yellowman #dancehall Read the full article