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Yellowman

Winston Foster, known as Yellowman, overcame the stigma of albinism in Jamaica to become dancehall's biggest star of the early 1980s, prized for his witty, sexually charged, rapid-fire toasting. His 1983 album 'Zungguzungguguzungguzeng' is considered a landmark of the genre and helped push dancehall toward the harder, more explicit style that followed.

the sound in question
1983
ZungguzungguguzungguzengYellowman

we haven’t charted Yellowman yet

this stretch of the river isn’t mapped. we trace the watershed one artist at a time — and we’re always heading further upstream.

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