I-Roy
Roy Samuel Reid (28 June 1944 – 27 November 1999), known as I-Roy, was a Jamaican DJ who had a very prolific career during the 1970s.
Biography
Deriving his name, and to some extent his style, from U-Roy, Reid was also heavily influenced in his early career by Dennis Alcapone. With early recordings for Gussie Clarke, Glen Brown, Lee Perry and Bunny Lee, Reid established himself at the forefront of 1970s reggae DJ's. His debut album Presenting I Roy is considered a classic of its genre, and was followed up by a series of strong albums including Hell and Sorrow. Linton Kwesi Johnson dubs I-Roy "the mighty poet" in "Street 66" on the album, Bass Culture:
The mighty poet I-Roy was on the wire
Western did a skank; and each man laugh
an feelin Irie; dread I;
Street 66, the said man said
any policeman come ere
will get some righteous ras klaat licks
yeah man - whole heap kicks.
For several years from 1975, I-Roy engaged in an on-record slanging match with fellow DJ Prince Jazzbo, the two trading insults on successive singles, although in reality they were good friends. In 1976, I-Roy signed to Virgin Records with whom he released five albums. On occasion he would utilise the Revolutionaries as his backing band.
Podcasts:
I-Roy
ALBUMS
- Gussie Presenting I-Roy released: 2007
- Sensimilla Showdown released: 2002
- Touting I Self released: 2001
- Sincerely Yours released: 1999
- Presenting I. Roy / Hell and Sorrow released: 1997
- Don't Check Me With No Lightweight Stuff (1972-1975) released: 1997
- Crisus Time: Extra Version released: 1991
- Dr. Fish released: 1981
- Hotter Yatta released: 1978
- Heart of a Lion released: 1977
- Musical Shark Attack released: 1976
- Crisus Time released: 1976
- Hell and Sorrow released: 1973
- Black Man Time released:
Gussie Presenting I-Roy
Released 2007- Red Gold and Green
- Pusherman
- Black Man Time
- Smile Like an Angel
- Peace
- Coxsone Affairs
- Screw Face
- First Cut Is the Deepest
- Melinda
- Tourism Is My Business
- Tripe Girl
- Cow Town Skank
- Sudden Flight
- Presenting I-Roy
- Rival Warfare
- Education for Free
- Leggo Beast
- Magnificent Seven
- High Jacking
- Burning Passion
- King and the Pauper
- Clappers Tail
- Live and Learn
Presenting I. Roy / Hell and Sorrow
Released 1997- Red, Gold & Green
- Pusherman
- Black Man Time
- Smile Like an Angel
- Peace
- Coxsone Affair
- Screwface
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- Melinda
- Tourism Is My Business
- Tripe Girl
- Cow Town Skank
- Deep and Heavy
- Troubel Man
- Sugar Candy
- Monkey Fashion
- Black and Proud
- Medley Mood
- Jah Lion Jungle
- Forward LA
- Buck and the Preacher
- Dr. Phibbs
- African Descendant
- Call on I
Crisus Time: Extra Version
Released 1991- Heart of a Lion
- Casmas Town
- Tonight
- Whap'n Bap'N
- Union Call
- London
- Roots Man Time
- African Tak
- Crisus Time
- Equality and Justice
- Hypocrite Back Out
- Musical Injection
- Don't Touch I Man Locks
- Satta-Amasa-Gana (Sette Messgana)
- African Herbsman
- Love Your Neighbour
- Send Us Little Power of Jah
- Moving on Strong
Black Man Time
- Friday Child
- Natty Dread Get Around
- Sun Top Blouse
- Black Time Time
- Blacka Dread
- Dread Hold The Handle
- Stepping Down A Sav-La-Mar
- Love Is Universal
- Beast Game
- Natty Dread The Lion
- National Crisis Inna De Yard
- Weeping Widow
- Dr Feelgood Meets Ms Glover
- Daddy Roy on Top
- Idler's Rest
- Set The Captive Free
- Sincerely Yours
Born: 1944-06-28
Died: 1999-11-27
I Roy & The Upsetters
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Transfiguration
by: AghoraSearching through the darkest night
Waiting for her lunar signs
Darkness grows around my eyes
Can I hide my fears?
Spirits moving around in circles
Tempting me they feed my eyes
If I hold on, survival is mine
And my spirit will rise.
Feeling the presence
Is it the one I want to feel?
Can I handle the powers that grow?
Moving closer inside my mind
Chanting hymns they hypnotize
Why can't I resist this charm?
Why can't I be free?
Feeling the presence
Is it the one I want to feel?
Can I handle the powers that grow?
Now my fears are gone
Life has burned the sign in me
Immortality has begun
Awakening the god in me.
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