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Black Uhuru

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Black Uhuru is a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru (Swahili for 'freedom'). [1]

61 relations: AllMusic, Anthem (Black Uhuru album), Arthur Baker (musician), Brutal (Black Uhuru album), Chill Out (Black Uhuru album), Cover version, Curtis Mayfield, Denise Huxtable, Dennis Brown, Don Carlos (musician), Dub music, Garth Dennis, Gleaner Company, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Great Train Robbery (song), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (album), Iron Storm (album), Island Records, Junior Reid, Keith Richards, King Jammy, Kingston, Jamaica, Miami Vice, Michael Rose (singer), Mystical Truth, North Shore (1987 film), Now (Black Uhuru album), Puma Jones, Ras Michael, RAS Records, Red (Black Uhuru album), Reggae, Robbie Shakespeare, Rockpalast, Rolling Stone, Sinsemilla (album), Sly and Robbie, Sly Dunbar, Social work, South Carolina, Strongg, Swahili language, The Cosby Show, The Jamaica Observer, The Mighty Quinn (film), The Rolling Stones, The Wailing Souls, ..., UK Albums Chart, Warner Bros. Records, Wiseguy, Yasus Afari, 25th Annual Grammy Awards, 27th Annual Grammy Awards, 29th Annual Grammy Awards, 33rd Annual Grammy Awards, 34th Annual Grammy Awards, 36th Annual Grammy Awards, 37th Annual Grammy Awards. Expand index (11 more) »

AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Anthem (Black Uhuru album)

Anthem is an album by Black Uhuru, released originally in 1983 and internationally in 1984.

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Arthur Baker (musician)

Arthur Baker (born April 22, 1955) is an American record producer and DJ best known for his work with hip hop artists like Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Patrol, and the British group New Order.

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Brutal (Black Uhuru album)

Brutal is a studio album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru.

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Chill Out (Black Uhuru album)

Chill Out is an album by reggae band Black Uhuru, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music).

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Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.

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Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music.

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Denise Huxtable

Denise Huxtable Kendall is a fictional character who appears on the American sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1991), portrayed by actress Lisa Bonet.

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Dennis Brown

Dennis Emmanuel Brown(1 February 1957 – 1 July 1999) was a Jamaican reggae singer.

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Don Carlos (musician)

Don Carlos a.k.a. Don McCarlos (born Euvin Spencer, 29 June 1952) is a Jamaican reggae singer and composer.

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Dub music

Dub is a genre of music that grew out of reggae in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre,Dub: soundscapes and shattered songs in Jamaican reggae, p.2 though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae.

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Garth Dennis

Rudolph "Garth" Dennis (born 2 December 1949) is a Jamaican musician who was a founder member of Black Uhuru, later a member of The Wailing Souls for ten years before returning to Black Uhuru in the mid-1980s, and has also recorded as a solo artist.

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Gleaner Company

The Gleaner Company Ltd. is a newspaper publishing enterprise in Jamaica.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

The Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording was awarded from 1960 to 1986.

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Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album

The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the reggae music genre.

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.

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Great Train Robbery (song)

"Great Train Robbery" is a song by Jamaican reggae group Black Uhuru.

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (album)

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a reggae album by Black Uhuru.

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Iron Storm (album)

Iron Storm is a studio album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru.

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Island Records

Island Records is a British-Jamaican record label that operates as a division of Universal Music Group (UMG).

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Junior Reid

Delroy "Junior" Reid (born 6 June 1963) is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician, best known for his featuring on the songs "It's Okay (One Blood)" and "This Is Why I'm Hot", as well as being the lead vocalist for Black Uhuru on three albums: Brutal, Positive and Black Uhuru Live in New York.

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Keith Richards

Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician and songwriter, best known as a guitarist and founder member of the Rolling Stones.

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King Jammy

Lloyd James (born 26 October 1947, in Montego Bay, JamaicaBarrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter: "Reggae: The Rough Guide", 1997, Rough Guides), who is better known as Prince Jammy or King Jammy, is a dub mixer and record producer.

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Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island.

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Miami Vice

Miami Vice is an American television crime drama series created by Anthony Yerkovich and executive produced by Michael Mann for NBC.

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Michael Rose (singer)

Michael Rose (born 11 July 1957) is a Grammy award winning reggae singer from Jamaica.

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Mystical Truth

Mystical Truth is a studio album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru.

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North Shore (1987 film)

North Shore is a 1987 film about Rick Kane (Matt Adler), a young surfer from a wave tank in Arizona, who heads to surf the season on the North Shore of Ookinaahu to see if he has the skills to cut it as a pro surfer.

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Now (Black Uhuru album)

Now is a studio album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru.

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Puma Jones

Sandra "Puma" Jones (October 5, 1953—January 28, 1990) was an American singer, best known as a member of the Grammy Award-winning reggae group Black Uhuru.

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Ras Michael

Michael George Henry OD (born 1943), better known as Ras Michael, is a Jamaican reggae singer and Nyabinghi specialist.

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RAS Records

RAS Records, also known as Real Authentic Sound, is a reggae record label.

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Red (Black Uhuru album)

Red is a 1981 album by the Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru.

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Reggae

Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.

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Robbie Shakespeare

Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare (born 27 September 1953) is a Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer, best known as the one half of the reggae rhythm section and production duo Sly and Robbie.

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Rockpalast

Rockpalast (Rock Palace) is a German music television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Sinsemilla (album)

Sinsemilla is the third album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru, released in on the Island Records subsidiary Mango.

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Sly and Robbie

Sly and Robbie are a prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production duo, associated primarily with the reggae and dub genres.

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Sly Dunbar

Lowell "Sly" Fillmore Dunbar (born 10 May 1952, Kingston, Jamaica) is a drummer, best known as one half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and reggae production duo Sly and Robbie.

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Social work

Social work is an academic discipline and profession that concerns itself with individuals, families, groups and communities in an effort to enhance social functioning and overall well-being.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Strongg

Strongg is a studio album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru.

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Swahili language

Swahili, also known as Kiswahili (translation: coast language), is a Bantu language and the first language of the Swahili people.

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The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984, until April 30, 1992.

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The Jamaica Observer

Jamaica Observer Limited is a daily newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica.

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The Mighty Quinn (film)

The Mighty Quinn is a 1989 thriller film starring Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, James Fox, Mimi Rogers, M. Emmet Walsh, and Sheryl Lee Ralph.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The Wailing Souls

The Wailing Souls (originally The Renegades) are a Jamaican reggae vocal group whose origins date back to the 1960s.

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UK Albums Chart

The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros.

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Wiseguy

Wiseguy is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 16, 1987, to December 8, 1990, for a total of 75 episodes over four seasons.

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Yasus Afari

Yasus Afari (born John Sinclair, 1962, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica)Harris, Craig "", Allmusic, Macrovision CorporationMark Dawes (2007) "", Jamaica Gleaner, 21 April 2007 is a Jamaican dub poet.

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25th Annual Grammy Awards

The 25th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 23, 1983, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles.

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27th Annual Grammy Awards

The 27th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 26, 1985, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, and were broadcast live on American television.

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29th Annual Grammy Awards

The 29th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1987, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California.

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33rd Annual Grammy Awards

The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 20, 1991.

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34th Annual Grammy Awards

The 34th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 25, 1992.

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36th Annual Grammy Awards

The 36th Annual Grammy Awards were held in 1994.

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37th Annual Grammy Awards

The 37th Annual Grammy Awards were presented on March 1, 1995, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Uhuru

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