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Sugar Minott
Some Like It Sweet
By Marlon Regis
Lincoln "Sugar" Minott was born in Kingston in 1956, the same year Duke Reid
established his Trojan sound system and was crowned Beat Street's "King of
Sounds and Blues." From his lifetime spanning the entire history of dancehall,
Sugar still remembers intricate details of song titles, artists, dates and the
history of the early foundational years like it was just a week ago. As a record
producer and promoter through his Black Roots label and Youth Promotion sound
system that he formed in 1978, he's been responsible for developing talent and
launching the careers of many young stars...
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On a sweltering May night in Kingston, Jamaica, the dancehall riddims
mesmerize the crowd of hundreds crammed into Asylum nightclub. It's
Friday and the people are hyped, winding down after a hectic week.
As each song plays, shouts of "more fire" permeate the smoke-filled
night air while flames from cheap cigarette lighters held high illuminate
the club's dimly lit interior...
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Music from the past, just like fashion, always seems to come back in vogue
in cycles spanning about two decades. There has been a resurgence of interest
recently for a sound that is as 1970s as the riddims out of Channel One studio;
as '70s as productions by Bunny "Striker" Lee...
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