Dancehall King Yellowman still rocking the world with
his inimitable dancehall style!
Yellow graced the
stage at S.O.B's on tuesday July 17th,2001 with his touring band, the everready
Sagittarius Band. New Yorkers were treated not to one but two sets of reggae music from
the veteran D.J. who reigned in the genre throughout the late 80's and early 90's. The
opening act "Bongo Maffins" flew in form South Africa spreading the sounds of
Kwaito music to the unknowing reggae fans who received them with much love. It reminded me
of schoolhouse rock as the crowds sang along with Yellowman journeying through a
generation of hits such as "nothing move nobody get hurt", "One
General", "2-6 Supermix", "Radication" was radically mean with
bass man Mr.Oral Thorpe a.k.a. Charles Barkley and veteran drummer Desmond Gaynor holding
the fort under tight manners in a rub-a-dub stylee. As the masses yelled for more Yellow
provided "Brawta" with his adverse ability to interact with the fans. He invited
a woman on stage who was celebrating her birthday to dance with him, this brought his
intimate side to the forefront as he seranaded her with his rendition of "Blueberry
Hill". Politics has always been prevalent in reggae and Yellow reminded the masses
abouth the current tensions taking place in Jamaica. He asked that people should be
optimistic and not believe everything the saw or heard throught the mass media. He quoted,
"Jamaica is not like that, they are trying to make it look like Beirut". He then
preceded with a freedom song chanting. "Zion I'm coming home" and "Roll
River Jodan Roll". In the New Millenium this D.j. still shows his versatality and
showmanship with ease!
Yellow graced the
stage at S.O.B's on tuesday July 17th,2001 with his touring band, the everready
Sagittarius Band. New Yorkers were treated not to one but two sets of reggae music from
the veteran D.J. who reigned in the genre throughout the late 80's and early 90's. The
opening act "Bongo Maffins" flew in form South Africa spreading the sounds of
Kwaito music to the unknowing reggae fans who received them with much love. It reminded me
of schoolhouse rock as the crowds sang along with Yellowman journeying through a
generation of hits such as "nothing move nobody get hurt", "One
General", "2-6 Supermix", "Radication" was radically mean with
bass man Mr.Oral Thorpe a.k.a. Charles Barkley and veteran drummer Desmond Gaynor holding
the fort under tight manners in a rub-a-dub stylee. As the masses yelled for more Yellow
provided "Brawta" with his adverse ability to interact with the fans. He invited
a woman on stage who was celebrating her birthday to dance with him, this brought his
intimate side to the forefront as he seranaded her with his rendition of "Blueberry
Hill". Politics has always been prevalent in reggae and Yellow reminded the masses
abouth the current tensions taking place in Jamaica. He asked that people should be
optimistic and not believe everything the saw or heard throught the mass media. He quoted,
"Jamaica is not like that, they are trying to make it look like Beirut". He then
preceded with a freedom song chanting. "Zion I'm coming home" and "Roll
River Jodan Roll". In the New Millenium this D.j. still shows his versatality and
showmanship with ease!