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yellowman - reggae legends (boxset) - vp - cd

Genre: Reggae / Dub

1. Big Dick
2. Government
3. Go Go Bell
4. Want You Body
5. Tonight You Die
6. Bunji
7. Bad Boy
8. Too Greedy
9. Cry Help
10. Galster
11. Blueberry Hill
12. Letter To Rosey
13. Jean A Miss Follow Fashion
14. Who Says Yellow Dont Go Hotel
15. Nah Pay No Tax
16. Anything Me Say
17. Young Girl Be Wise
18. Another Saturday Night
19. Galong Galong Galong
20. Beat It
21. Under Mi Fat Thing
22. Cuss Cuss
23. Reggae Gets The Grammy
24. Throw Mi Corn
25. Skank Quadrille
26. Blow Saxophone
27. Money Make Friend
28. Bubble With Mi Ting
29. Hardcore Lover
30. Matie Vex
31. Better Than Them
32. Yellowman Getting Married
33. Can t Wine
34. Ting A Ling
35. I Love The Girls
36. You ll Lose A Good Thing
37. Wine Wine
38. Zungguzunngguguzungguzeng
39. Half Crazy (feat. Sandy Star)

VP's Reggae legends series turns it's attention to the unique talent of Yellowman, one of the most recognisable voices and faces in the whole reggae canon, partly due to his position as the only Albino MC and Deejay in the genre, but much more importantly because of his immensely confident and distinctive style.

This 4CD set includes his finest long players, 'Galong Galong Galong', 'Blueberry Hill', 'In Bed With Yellowman' and 'Yellowman's Good Sex Guide', rammed to the brim with stone cold 80's & 90's dancehall classics. 1985's 'Galong Galong Galong' was far from being his first album (he was releasing up to 5 a year until a battle with cancer in the late 80's), but includes the massive title track, alongside 'Under Mi Fat Thing', and a wicked revision of Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' giving him grief for having plastic surgery (and coming from an Albino - respect!). 1987's 'Blueberry Hill' has a slightly more conscious edge with 'Nah Pay No tax' and 'Young Girl Be Wise' over some seminal digital dancehall riddims. Yellowman was apparently also a bit of hit with the gyal dem, leading to 1993's 'In bed With Yellowman' packed with boastful lyrics from a man who sounds confident enough to pull it off and includes the '93 lick' version of his biggest track and a personal favourite 'Zungguzunngguguzungguzeng' and the killer 'Wine Wine'. "What The girls Love/Hard and Stiff" is the opening line to 'Big Dick', the first track on 1995's 'Yellowman's Good Sex Guide', not a part of the Jamaican national curriculum, but a wicked laugh anyway. The rest of the album's lyrical content is fairly self explanatory and the rhythms make a return to digital wickedness with some properly cheeky gems on 'Go Go Bell' and 'Cry Help'. If you're looking for a full-on shot in the ear from one of the best names in Reggae music look no further than this set!