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    Black Uhuru is a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru (Swahili for 'freedom'). The group has undergone several line-up changes over...
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  • Jamaican reggae group Black Uhuru consists of at least 103 singles and EPs, 19 studio albums and at least 16 Live/Dub albums. Black Uhuru have issued at least...
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  • Red is a 1981 album by the Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru. The line-up of the band changed many times during its 16 years and this is the second release...
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  • Brutal is a studio album by the Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru. It was released in 1986 through Real Authentic Sound, making it their first album on...
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  • Chill Out is an album by reggae band Black Uhuru, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). The album was recorded at Channel One Studios in Jamaica and produced...
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  • Anthem is an album by Black Uhuru, released in the US in 1983 and internationally in 1984. In 1985, it won the first Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording...
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  • Junior Reid (category Black Uhuru members)
    as lead vocalist for the reggae band Black Uhuru on three albums: Brutal (1986), Positive (1987), and Black Uhuru Live in New York (1988). His solo career...
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  • Garth Dennis (category Black Uhuru members)
    who was a founder member of Black Uhuru, later a member of The Wailing Souls for ten years before returning to Black Uhuru in the mid-1980s, and also recorded...
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    began to release his own productions, including the debut album from Black Uhuru in 1977. In the 1980s, he became one of the most influential producers...
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    Michael Rose (singer) (category Black Uhuru members)
    is most widely known for a successful tenure as the lead singer for Black Uhuru from 1977 to 1984, followed by a lengthy solo career. He has been praised...
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  • Look up uhuru in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Uhuru (a Swahili word meaning freedom) may refer to: Uhuru Hamiter (born 1973), American football player...
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  • performance artists Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, founding member of reggae band Black Uhuru Duckie Thot, an Australian model Ducky (disambiguation) Duck (disambiguation)...
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  • Puma Jones (category Black Uhuru members)
    singer, best known as a member of the Grammy Award-winning reggae group Black Uhuru. Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Jones graduated from Columbia University...
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  • Now is a studio album by the Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru. It was released in 1990 through Rhino Records. The album peaked at number 121 on the US...
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  • Positive is a studio album by the Jamaican reggae group Black Uhuru, released in 1987. A dub album, Positive Dub, was released the same year. Positive...
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    The Uhuru Movement (pronounced /ʊhʊrʊ/, the Swahili word for "freedom") is an American socialist, Pan-Africanist movement founded in 1972 and led by the...
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  • presented to artists for eligible songs or albums. The Jamaican group Black Uhuru received the first award in 1985. Beginning with the 1992 ceremony, the...
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    Don Carlos (musician) (category Black Uhuru members)
    singer and composer. Don Carlos began singing in 1973 as a member of Black Uhuru. He sang alongside Garth Dennis and Derrick Simpson, the leader of the...
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  • Antique Beats International Bedouin Soundclash Bim Sherman The Black Seeds Black Uhuru Blind Idiot God Boom One Records Brain Damage Burning Spear Bush...
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    Sly Dunbar (category Black Uhuru members)
    seen releases from many international successful artists, including Black Uhuru, Chaka Demus and Pliers, Ini Kamoze, Beenie Man and Red Dragon. Dunbar...
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  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (album) (category Black Uhuru albums)
    album and single by Black Uhuru. The album was first released under the title Showcase in 1979, then as a re-edition entitled Black Uhuru in 1980, with the...
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  • Sinsemilla (album) (category Black Uhuru albums)
    Sinsemilla is the third album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru, released in 1980 on the Island Records subsidiary Mango. The album helped the band...
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    Island Black Uhuru Chill Out 1982 Island Black Uhuru Tear It Up 1982 Island Black Uhuru Red 1981 Island Black Uhuru Sinsemilla 1980 Island Black Uhuru Showcase...
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    the Impact All Stars. He also played with the Abyssinians, Beenie Man, Black Uhuru, Buju Banton, Peter Tosh, Junior Reid, Tom Tom Club, Ian Dury, Burning...
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    after the mid-2000s, including Warrior by ex-Black Uhuru Michael Rose, and Grace Jones' Hurricane. Black Uhuru: Chill Out Grace Jones: Warm Leatherette (feat...
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  • 2007 album by Chinese singer Bibi Zhou Now (Black Uhuru album), 1990 album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru Now! (Bobby Hutcherson album), 1970 album...
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  • genres since 1975, most notably with Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and Black Uhuru. Stanley began as an in-house apprentice sound engineer at Aquarius Recording...
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    Robbie Shakespeare (category Black Uhuru members)
    Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Sugar Minott, Augustus Pablo, Yellowman, and Black Uhuru. His production work also extended beyond the reggae genre, covering...
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    enjoyed international appeal in the early 1980s include Third World, Black Uhuru and Sugar Minott. The Grammy Awards introduced the Grammy Award for Best...
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    John, Alexis Korner, Black Roots, Melanie, Kevin Brown £12 8 1984 22–24 June 35,000 The Smiths · Weather Report · Black Uhuru Ian Dury, Joan Baez, The...
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