 Artist: Beenie Man: mp3 download Genre(s): Reggae Other Dance Drum & Bass Discography:  Concept of Life Year: 2007 Tracks: 18  Kingston To King Of The Dancehall: A Collection Of Dancehall Favorites Year: 2005 Tracks: 16  Kingston To King Of The Dancehall Year: 2005 Tracks: 8  Kingston To King Of The Danceh Year: 2005 Tracks: 16  White Label Year: 2004 Tracks: 2  King Of Dancehall Year: 2004 Tracks: 2  Back To Basics Year: 2004 Tracks: 15  Tropical Storm Year: 2002 Tracks: 13 One of Jamaica's most crucial DJs, Beenie Man's recording calling stretches back up to 1981, although it was in the sound systems where he later made his soft touch. The witty toaster began his truthful ascent to stardom in the early '90s, and by 1994, his reputation couldn't be beat. Then once more, when you're a recording veteran at age tenner, nonpareil wonders just what took him so foresighted. Every area has its child stars; scarcely wait at Shirley Temple, but few treat their prodigies with the respect of Jamaica. Talent competitions pb to radiocommunication and TV appearances, and even disk contracts, only what's truly astonishing is how many of these charming tots continue their life history into maturity. Elsewhere, early stardom necessarily leads to adolescent failure as they're a lot less precious at 18 than they were at eight. But not Jamaica, where they sexual honey them as toddlers, adore them as teens, and worship them as adults. Beenie Man is just one star example. Beenie Man (aka Moses Davis) was born in the sturdy Waterhouse territorial dominion of Kingston, Jamaica, on August 22, 1973. By the sentence he was ready for school, the toddler had already decided on a career as a DJ. He wasn't the first base tot with dreams of the spotlight, just Beenie actually had a lawful gift for gab. His shot at stardom came when he was only 8, when he took first prize at the national Teeny Talent competition. This lED to a get together with producer Junjo Lawes, wHO recorded the diminutive DJ's debut single, "Overly Fancy." Bunny Lee then took the boy under his wing and put him to work at his Unlimited wakeless system. By 1983, the nestling found himself coming into court on Lawes' Junjo Presents Two Big Sounds, which was recorded live and featured such DJ heavyweights as Dillinger and Fathead. Along with Unlimited, Beenie was likewise DJing at Prince Jammy's Volcano wakeless systems, had a attain single to his quotation, "Over the Sea," produced by Niney Holness, and regular had a debut record album out. Produced by Lee, The Invincible Beenie Man, the 10 Year Old DJ Wonder's claim pretty practically sums it all up. He recorded some songs with Barrington Levy in 1984, deuce of which, "Under Mi Sensi" and "Deuce Sounds," would resurface in remixed form later in the '90s. But for the moment, his transcription vocation came nearly to a close, bar the occasional single. But the brigham Young DJ remained a wakeless system favourite, regular as he now turned his attention to his school assignment. Not surprisingly, Beenie's jr. brother, Little Kirk, was keen to follow in his footsteps, and five eld subsequently the siblings aquiline up with manufacturer Patrick Roberts and began transcription a series of singles that chop-chop brought them into the national glare. In 1992, Beenie appeared at Reggae Sunsplash and such was the response that the DJ at present felt ready to take on the big guns. Beenie's first-class honours degree quarry was the acclaimed Bounty Killer, although the brigham Young DJ had grounds for his attack as the old-timer had stolen his catch phrase, "people dead," and the war was on. There was a calm down in the very world engagement in 1993 when Beenie left wing Kingston for well-nigh a year later on being booed off the stage at a national exhibit celebrating the visit of Nelson Mandela. Upon his regress the side by side year, at that place was a populace reconciliation with Bounty Killer, which resulted in the split album Guns Out. Beenie had patently had a major change of pump, further evidenced by his individual "No Mama No Cry," a version of Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry," a vituperative indictment of violence, elysian by the bump off of fellow DJ Pan Head. The song topped the Jamaican chart and brought the DJ inst clap. Jamaica's violent crime rate clay shockingly high and affects people at all levels of society. While dose overdoses and felo-de-se ar a proportionally highschool campaign of death for American artists, remove is often the tragical reason in Jamaica. That many of these crimes go unresolved, Pan Head's included, supply to the emotional devastation and so does the fact that the violence ostensibly comes in waves, carrying off a number of famous figures in the course of a year. Beenie, too, was unnatural by these events and Sly & Robbie, the producers of his "No Mama No Cry" single, were subservient in guiding the cy Young DJ toward his conversion to Rastafarianism. A novel attitude and a new strike single straightaway turned Beenie's vocation around. Now working with all the island's cover producers, the DJ recorded a slide of singles, many of them religiously themed, "Praise Him" and "World Dance" (which took the Best Single Award at the Jamaican Music Awards) included. The hits-heavy Fight back It and Dis Unu Fi Hear were both released in 1994 and combined more culturally themed raps with a hard-core dancehall sound. Many of these singles, bar the Taxi releases, were rounded up on Au by the British Charm label. Beenie's stardom was confirmed by his taking the DJ of the Year Award that same year. Signing to Island Records, Beenie released the germinal Blessed album, which featured another batch of hits, including the dancehall smash "Jibe." Patch in the U.K., the DJ fired the British dancefloors with a jungle remix of "Under Mi Sensi." 1995 also brought a geminate of collaborative albums, including Three Against War, which joined the DJ with Dennis Brown and Triston Palma, and Mad Cobra Meets Lt. Stitchie & Beenie Man, a tag-team dancehall social occasion. Joined by Lady Saw, Beenie also scored a major hit with "Therapist" that year, just nonpareil of many successful collaborative singles that included "Dada Was a Rolling Stone," which paired him with Third World. By the goal of the year, Beenie was a runaway for the DJ of the Year Award. 1996 brought Maestro, Beenie's first gear "real" album, as compared to his previous hits collections. Produced by Patrick Roberts, it was a stunning sweat featuring a kaleidoscope of moods. The following year proven to be his break out in Britain, when his and Chevelle Franklin's "Dance Hall Queen" bounced up the national chart. Both that unmarried and its review, "WHO Am I," were number ones back at home, spell the latter rocketed its way into the U.K. Top Ten. In fact, Beenie Man could now do no wrong, and a sound system's worth of his singles flew their way up the Jamaican graph that year and the next. The autobiographical Many Moods of Moses features a number of these smashes, including "Oysters & Conch" and "Foundation." After headlining Reggae Sunsplash in 1998, Beenie gestural to Virgin Records in the U.S.; The Doctor was the first gear fruit of this new union and was an instant dancehall classical. 1999 brought the King Jammy-produced album Y2K, which never actually mentions everyone's greatest fear that year -- the millenary germ, but does take on a legion of other issues from AIDS to illiteracy. 5% the stumble singles just unbroken on approach, and orgasm, and coming. Beenie was unstoppable, whether on his have or with other artists, and at multiplication the Jamaican graph seemed to be the DJ's private keep. "Spicy Bwoy" with Buccaneer, "Mi Nu Walla," "Forget You," "Choker Like We" with Redrose, "C Dollar Bag," "So Nice" with Silvercat, "In This Together," "Skettel Tune" with Angel Doolas, and "L.O.Y." are just a sampling of the singles the DJ released between 1999 and 2000. The Art & Life record album, released in the modern c, showcased the DJ at his about eclecticist and included guests Arturo Sandoval and Wyclef Jean of Fugees fame. The following year, Beenie reunited with Jean behind the commixture board to win the debut album by doer Steven Seagal. Janet Jackson, the Neptunes, Lady Saw, and Lil' Kim all sour up as guests on 2002's Tropical Storm, the Beenie Man album with the virtually crossover appeal. 2004's Back to Basics was barely that, a straight-up return to dancehall. The hit-collecting compilation From Kingston to King of the Dancehall appeared in early 2005, and Undisputed, which featured production shape from Scott Storch and Don Corleon, among others, was released the next year. |
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