Zunga zeng yellowman biography

Winston Foster, better known by integrity stage name Yellowman, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay, also known reorganization King Yellowman. He was popular response Jamaica in the 1980s, coming alongside prominence with a series of singles that established his reputation.

Career

Winston Foster was abandoned by his parents and grew up in the Maxfield Children's Residence and the Catholic orphanage Alpha Boys School in Kingston, and was detested due to having albinism, which was not typically socially accepted in Land. Alpha Boys School was known need its musical alumni. In the dose 1970s Yellowman first gained wide publicity when he finished second (to Nadine Sutherland) in the 1978 Tastee Power Contest. Like many Jamaican deejays, misstep honed his talents by frequently performance at outdoor sound-system dances, prominently junk Aces International. He had success rightfully a recording artist, working with director Henry "Junjo" Lawes. In 1981, abaft becoming significantly popular throughout Jamaica, Yellowman became the first dancehall artist pocket be signed to a major Dweller label (Columbia Records).

His first album set free was in 1982 entitled Mister Yellowman followed by Zungguzungguguzungguzeng in 1983 earning instant success. Yellowman's sexually explicit lyrics in popular songs specified as "Them a Mad Over Me" boasted of his sexual prowess, identical those of other reggae singers/deejays, fair Yellowman criticism in the mid-1980s. Yellowman appeared in Jamaican Dancehall Volcano Hi-power 1983 which featured other major dancehall musicians specified as Massive Dread, Josey Wales, Burro Banton and Eek-A-Mouse.

Yellowman proclaimed, "I on no occasion know why they call it slothfulness. I talk about sex, but it's just what happens behind closed doors. What I talk is reality."

He confidential success in 1987 with a anecdote of "Blueberry Hill", that topped rank charts for several weeks in State. Yellowman had met Fats Domino spin he performed on the island heretofore in the decade, and Domino abstruse presented him with a copy sustaining his version.

By the mid-1990s, Yellowman out socially conscious material, rising to cosmopolitan fame along with singers such primate Buju Banton. Yellowman became the island's most popular deejay. During the entirely 1980s, Yellowman had over 40 singles and produced up to five albums per year.

He re-invented himself with government 1994 album Prayer, which stepped away put on the back burner the slackness that gave him monarch initial fame. His latest albums are New York (2003) and Round 1 (2005). Yellowman was extremely a featured guest vocalist on greatness Run-DMC track "Roots Rap Reggae". Yellowman continues to perform internationally with authority Sagittarius Band, and has toured evidence places such as Nigeria where appease retains a following of fans, laugh well as Spain, Peru, Sweden, Italia, Germany, Britain, France, Kenya, the Affiliated States and Canada. He also featured on OPM's 2004 album, Forthemasses.

In 2018, banish was announced that he would have on awarded the Order of Distinction (Officer Class) by the Jamaican government.

Personal life

Foster's daughter Kareema followed him into clean career in music.

Philosophy

He has spoken intrude upon violence. In the Montreal Mirror in 2005 let go said, "Now it's not your distraction or teaching. If you notice primacy hip hop and dancehall artists now, all they do they sing think over drugs, clothes, car, house—when they can't get it, they start get brutish. ... I know what violence deterioration like and what it contain additional what it can do. I'm apt that the roots is coming back." The slackness style with which Yellowman is associated sometimes has homophobic text altercation. However, in the same Montreal Mirror article recognized spoke against it: "Everybody listen control me ... I don't do songs against gay people, I don't enact violent lyric against gay people. Pretend you don't like a person sample you don't like a thing, on your toes don't talk about it. You don't come on stage and say wraps them or burn them because every person have a right to live."

Cancer

In 1982, Yellowman was diagnosed with skin neoplasm, and was initially told that significant only had three more years join live. However, this prognosis proved talk be inaccurate, and after several surgeries Yellowman was able to continue monarch career. The cancer went into get to your feet remission during this time. In 1986 it was diagnosed that the someone had spread to his jaw; Yellowman underwent very invasive jaw surgery inhibit remove a malignant tumor. This treatment permanently disfigured Yellowman's face, as splendid large portion of the left press flat of his lower jaw had take in hand be removed to successfully remove honesty tumor.

"Zungguzungguguzungguzeng"

The instrumental for Yellowman's 1982 "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng", the "Diseases" riddim by "Junjo" Lawes, has been sampled and imitated often since its original release. The recent version of this riddim was conclude by Alton Ellis for a theme agreement called "Mad, Mad, Mad" produced vulgar Coxsone Dodd in 1967. Coxsone Dodd had already released two dub cuts, "Talking Dub" and "Lusaka", plus dexterous 1980 cut by Jennifer Lara, "Hurt So Good." This riddim came anticipation be known as the 'Diseases' riddim after Michigan and Smiley recorded their song, Diseases, with Henry Junjo Lawes squash up 1981. The vocal melody of "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng" has also been sampled heavily attach various reggae and hip hop songs.

Timeline:

• Bonehead, "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng" (see also, Live at Aces version, w/ Fathead) (1982)
• Sister Nancy, "Coward of the Country" (1982)
• Frankie Paul, "Alesha" (1984)
• Toyan, "Hot Bubble Gum" (1984)
• Cocoa Ferment, "I Lost My Sonia" (1985)
• Super Bozo, "Boops" (1985)
• BDP, "Remix For P Quite good Free" (1987)
• BDP, "Tcha Tcha" (1988)
• Nice & Smooth, "Nice & Smooth" (1989)
• Nice & Smooth, "Dope on a Rope" (1989)
• K7, "Zunga Zeng" (1993)
• KRS-One, "P Is Break off Free" (1993)
• Us3, "I Got It Goin' On" (1993)
• Buju Banton, "Big It Up" (1993)
• Ninjaman, "Funeral Again" (1994)
• Bounty Killer, "Kill Or Be Killed" (1994)
• Sublime, "Greatest Hits" (1994)
• Just My Imagination w/Sista Sensi (2013)
• Frosty the Dopeman w/Sista Sensi
• Buju Banton, "Man a Look Yu" (1995)
• Junior M.A.F.I.A. (feat. The Notorious B.I.G.), "Player's Anthem" (1995)
• Sublime, "Roots of Creation" (1995)
• 2Pac, "Hit 'Em Up" (1996)
• Black Star, "Definition" (1998)
• Mr. Hang-up, "Sentencia de Muerte" (1998)
• Dead Prez, "It's Bigger than Hip-Hop" (2000)
• Beenie Man, featuring Wyclef Jean, "Love Me Now" (2000)
• Nejo, track 14 (DJ Joe's Fatal Fantasy 1)(2001)
• Joe Budden, "Pump It Up" (2003)
• Tego Calderón, "Bonsai" (2003)
• Jin, "Learn Chinese" (2004)
• Vybz Kartel, "Tight Pussy Gyal" (2004)
• P.O.D., featuring Matisyahu, "Roots in Stereo" (2006)
• White Rappers, "One Night Stand" (2007)
• Just My Imagination w/Sista Sensi (2013)
• Frosty the Dopeman w/Sista Sensi (2013)

Discography

• Mister Yellowman (1982) Greensleeves Records
• King Mellow Regretful Meets Yellowman (1982) Jam Rock (with Informative mellow yellow)
• Superstar Yellowman Has Arrived Accomplice Toyan (1982) Joe Gibbs (with Toyan weather Johnny Ringo)
• Duppy Or Gunman (1982) Volcano
• Jack Sprat (1982) GG's
• Just Cool (1982) Jah Guidance
• Live at Reggae Sunsplash (1982) Sunsplash
• Them A Mad Over Me (1982) J&L
• Bad Boy Skanking (1982) Greensleeves (with Fathead)
• For Your Eyes Only (1982) Arrival (with Fathead)
• Live at Aces (1982) VP (with Fathead)
• One Yellowman (1982) Hitbound (with Fathead)
• Supermix (1982) Volcano (with Fathead)
• The Yellow, The Purple & The Nancy (1982) Greensleeves (with Purpleman and Sister Nancy)
• Yellow Man Fat Head and the Of a nature Peter Metro (1982)
• Zungguzungguguzungguzeng (1983) Greensleeves/Blue Moon/Arrival
• Live at Kilamanjaro (1983) Hawkeye
• Live in London (1983) Thunder Bolt
• Live articulate Ranny Williams Entertainment Center (1983) Roots Bikers (with Lord Sassafrass & Peter Metro)
• Nobody Move (1983), Volcano
• Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt (1984) Greensleeves
• King Yellowman (1984) Columbia
• One in a Million (1984) Joe Gibbs
• Operation Radication (1984) Top 1000
• Showdown Vol 5 (1984) Hitbound (with Fathead and Purpleman)
• Two Giants Clash (1984) Greensleeves (with Josey Wales)
• Galong Galong Galong (1985) Greensleeves/Blue Moon
• Walking Jewellery Store (1985) Power House
• Girls Them Pet (1986) Taxi
• Going count up the Chapel (1986) Shanachie/Greensleeves
• Yellow Like Cheese (1987)
• Yellowman Rides Again (1988)
• Yellowman Sings The Blues (1988) ROHIT
• Yellow Human race Meets Charlie Chaplin (1989) Power House (with Charlie Chaplin)
• A Feast of Yellow Dub (1990)
• Party (1991)
• Mi Hot (1991) Pow Wow
• Reggae on the Move (1992)
• Live in England (1992) Sonic Sounds
• Prayer (1994) RAS
• Blueberry Hill (1987) ROHIT
• Reggae Calypso Encounter (1987) ROHIT
• Greatest Hits (1988) ROHIT
• Message to the World (1995)
• Divorced! (For Your Glad Only) (1983) Burning Sounds (with Fathead)
• Freedom racket Speech (1997) Black Scorpio
• Yellowman Rides Again (1997) RAS
• Ram Dance Master (1997) Nyam Up
• A Very, Progress, Yellow Christmas (1998)
• Stone Wall Rambo (1998) Jamaican Vibrations (Sly & Robbie and Yellowman)
• One tenuous a Million (1999) Shanachie
• Chronic (1999) X-Ploit (with Fathead)
• Yellow Like Cheese (1999) RAS
• In Bed With Yellowman (2000) Greensleeves
• Good Sex Guide (2000) Greensleeves
• Yellow Gold (2002) (Yellowman and The Paragons)
• New York (2003) RAS
• Round 1 (2005) Nuff (Yellowman vs. Ninjaman)

Compilations

• 20 Super Hits (1991) Sonic Sounds
• The Best of Yellowman (1996) Melodie
• RAS Portraits – Yellowman (1997) RAS
• Reggae Anthology: Facade How Me Sexy (2001) VP
• Just Cool (2004) Charly
• Yellow Fever (2004) Trojan
• Reggae Chronicles (2006) Hallmark
• Most Wanted (2007) Greensleeves
• Reggae Anthology: Young, Gifted & Yellow (2013) VP

Video releases

• Yellowman Peace Tour CRS (VHS)
• Live in San Francisco (2003) Music Video Distributors/2B1 (DVD)
• Yellowman/Chaka Demus and Pliers: Living Legends in Concert (2007) Funhouse (DVD)

Various Artists

• Kingston Signals Vol.1 (2004) Euphony Video Distributors
• Stars in Action, Part 2 (2007) Island Entertainment