I-Roy
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Biography
I-Roy was one of the most popular toasters in Jamaica in the mid-1970s, alongside his role models U-Roy and Dennis Alcapone, and Big Youth. During this period, I-Roy released a handful of classics amid a rather anarchic output. Presenting I-Roy (1973), Hell and Sorrow (1973), Truth & Rights (1975), Crisis Time (1976), Musical Shark Attack (1976), Ten Commandments (1978), testify to his vitality at the time. His success reached England and international stages, but did not prevent I-Roy's aura from declining rapidly. Between the arrival of dancehall and absurd quarrels with Prince Jazzbo, I-Roy struggled through the eighties. Health and financial problems marred the end of his life, and the DJ died a largely forgotten death on November 27, 1999, aged just fifty-five.
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- Don't Touch I Dread
- Loving Feeling
- Rockers Time
- Pity the Children
- Late Hour
- Beautiful Africa
- Mad Mad Horn
- Late At Night by I-Roy
- Mad Mad Hatter
- Set up Yourself
- Bedwood in August Town
- Weeping-Waters Rate by Junior Byles
- Can't Wine
- Maggie's Breast
- The Duke
- Message From The Top by I-Roy
- Mr. Benwood Dick
- Here I Come Again
- Jamaican Girl
- I Was In Love/ I Pray Thee by Beverley Bailey
- Jah Come Here
- Fiat 125 by I-Roy
- African Talk
- Queen Of The Minstrels
