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Sugar Minott

Sugar Minott performing at the 2008 Winnipeg Ska and Reggae Festival
Background information
Birth name Lincoln Barrington Minott
Born May 25, 1956(1956-05-25)
Origin Kingston
Died July 11, 2010 (aged 54)
Genres Reggae, dancehall
Website http://www.sugarminott.com/

Sugar Minott (born Lincoln Barrington Minott, 25 May 1956 – 11 July 2010, Kingston) was a Jamaican reggae singer, producer and sound-system operator.[1][2]

Biography

Early career

After working as a selector on the Sound of Silence Keystone sound system, and then his own Gathering of Youth system, he began his singing career as part of The African Brothers in 1969, along with Tony Tuff and Derrick Howard.[2] The group released several singles in the first half of the 1970s on labels such as Micron and their own Ital label, and were an early example of the Rastafari movement‘s influence on the Jamaican music scene, taking a clear lead from The Abyssinians.[1] After recording “Mysterious Nature” for producer Rupie Edwards, the group recorded 1974′s “No Cup No Broke” for Studio One, breaking up shortly after.[2] Minott then teamed up with the producer Clement “Coxsone” Dodd, as studio apprentice at Dodd’s Studio One, working as a singer, guitarist and percussionist, and soon began recording his own singles.[2][3] Minott developed a talent for writing new songs to fit over existing rhythms (which at the time was common when singers performed live, but rare in the studio), often proving more popular than the original songs, pioneering an approach that would be central to the emerging dancehall style.[2]

After a number of moderately successful hits for Studio One, such as “Vanity”, “Hang On Natty”, “Mr. DC”, and “Jah Jah Children”, his debut LP Live Loving made his name and increased his popularity, and is regarded as pioneering the dancehall style that would dominate the early 1980s.[2][3] It was followed in 1979 with a second album, Showcase, which included his singles that had been omitted from the first album.

The Bittersweet album followed, and then the third album of 1979, Ghetto-ology, which saw a return to roots reggae. Roots Lovers (1980) saw a move towards lovers rock, which was a UK hit. He became a bigger star in the UK than in Jamaica, his self-produced “Hard Time Pressure” being a major UK reggae hit in 1980, leading Minott to relocate to the UK, where he became a focus for UK reggae.[2][3]

Singles such as “Run Come”, “Not for Sale”, “African Girl”, “Lovers Rock”, “In a Dis Ya Time”, “Africa” and “Make It with You” (with Carroll Thompson) were hits in the years that followed. “Good Thing Going” (a cover of a Michael Jackson song) was picked up for distribution by RCA and reached Number 4 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1981, leading to an album of the same name. The Herbman Hustling album saw a return to dancehall and roots reggae.

He released an album of recordings from Channel One Studios, With Lots Of Extra in 1983, collecting several hits from his time working with Winston Holness. While Minott was in England he discovered the group Musical Youth[citation needed] and released a number of successful Lovers Rock singles.

Returning to Jamaica, his Youth Promotion sound system performed regularly in Kingston’s Maxfield Park, featuring Jah Stitch and newcomers who had been nurtured by his organization such as Ranking Joe, Captain Sinbad, and Ranking Dread. His Black Roots label featured his productions of these artists plus others such as Barry Brown, Tenor Saw, Little John, Tony Tuff, Barrington Levy, Horace Andy, and one of his discoveries from England, Trevor Hartley.[2] Minott also produced early works by Nitty Gritty, Junior Reid, Yami Bolo, Colourman, Daddy Freddy and Garnett Silk, who recorded his first song for Minott.[citation needed]

Throughout the 1980s the hits kept coming. Able to encompass different styles from rough roots to sweet lovers, through to classic dancehall, he was an artist of some influence. In that period he was working for all the top producers in Jamaica including, Mikey Dread, George Phang, Sly & Robbie, Philip “Fatis” Burrell, Channel One, Prince Jammy, and Donovan Germain, as well as recording for United States-based Lloyd “Bullwhackie” Barnes (the Wicked A Go feel It album from 1984).[2] His biggest hits included “Herbman Hustling”, “No Vacancy”, “Jamming In The Street”, “Rub A Dub Sound”, “Buy Off The Bar”, “Rydim”, and “Devil’s Pickney”.

He linked up with Sly & Robbie for 1984′s “Rub a Dub Sound Style” single, which is regarded as a prototype for the ragga style that developed in the mid-1980s.[2]

[edit] The 1990s and beyond

Sugar Minott continued to record on his Black Roots label, Youth Promotion Label and for Major and Independent labels. His albums receive increasingly exciting reviews.[2] He recorded more music and toured across the globe. He released over 60 albums and hundreds of singles.

Sugar was one of the artists who appeared on the (2006) record, Radiodread, released by the Easy Stars label, he provided the guest vocals on the song “Exit Music (For a Film)”.

[edit] Black Roots and Youth Promotion

Minott’s desire for independence led him to leave Studio One in 1978[1] and form his own Black Roots label and Youth Promotion organization, the latter with the aim of helping young singers from the same ghetto background as himself.[1] Minott also runs the Youthman Promotion sound-system, giving many young performers their first public exposure. Youthman Promotion again is on the rise, with a strew of new vibrant selectors working alongside the veterans Major Stitch, Ragga Steve and Drifter. The new selectors added to the sound are Starry B, DJ Steewy and DJ Kaos in JA and Empress Skortcher and Poochiny in the USA.

[edit] Death

Sugar Minott passed away on July 11th, 2010 at the age of 54. The cause of death is said to have been him suffering from Angina pectoris.[4]

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