Coming up at 07:30 #VersionXcursion Alton Ellis #ImStillinLove Vs Diana King #ImstillinLove Alton Nehemiah Ellis OD (1 September 1938 – 10 October 2008) was a Jamaican vocalist. One of the innovators of rocksteady who was given the informal title Godfather of Rocksteady. In 2006, he was inducted into the International Reggae And World Music Awards Hall Of Fame. The Mad Mad riddim (the track Mad Mad by Alton Ellis and the Sound Dimension band was released in 1968 on the Coxsone label) has been reused or sampled by many hip-hop, dancehall and reggae producers and artists. The recognizable three-note descending horn line was reinterpreted by Henry Junjo Lawes, and eventually became known as the Diseases reggae riddim. Diseases is notably utilized in Yellowmans hit song Zungguzungguguzungguzeng, which has in turn has been sampled and reinterpreted by a long list of popular hip hop artists including KRS-One, The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, Sublime, and Blackstar. This constant reinterpretation and referencing has made Ellis a major but little-known influence in the trajectory of dancehall, reggae and hip hop Diana King (born 8 November 1970, Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a reggae fusion singer-songwriter who specifically performs a mixture and fusion of R&B, reggae and dancehall. She was born to an Indo-Jamaican mother and an Afro Jamaican father. After making an appearance on The Notorious B.I.G.s 1994 song Respect, from his album Ready to Die, she signed a recording contract with Sony Music. Kings first single, Shy Guy, co-written and produced by Andy Marvel from her debut album Tougher Than Love, became a hit, reaching #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and being certified gold by the RIAA in the U.S.; the single also hit #2 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as reaching #1 on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles chart, going on to sell nearly five million singles worldwide. The song made the soundtrack to the 1995 film, Bad Boys. Shy Guy was also ranked by the Japanese radio station J-Wave as the number-one song of 1995.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 05:20:03 +0000
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