Yardcore
1997 studio album by Born Jamericans
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Yardcore is the second and final studio album by Born Jamericans. The title track was released as single on CD and 12" vinyl, with several remixes.
ReleasedMay 13, 1997
Recorded1996–1997
StudioPlatinum Island Studios * Battery Studios * Central Studios * Hollywood Sounds
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| Released | May 13, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–1997 | |||
| Studio | Platinum Island Studios * Battery Studios * Central Studios * Hollywood Sounds | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, reggae | |||
| Label | Delicious Vinyl[1] | |||
| Producer | RAH Salaam Remi Mad Lion Terry Lewis Eddison Electrik Robert Livingston Sting International | |||
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"Yardcore" reached #8 on the U.S. Hot Rap Singles chart.[3] The album ranked #14 on Billboard's list of the best-selling reggae albums of 1997.[4]
Critical reception
The Washington Post praised the album, writing: "Jamericans work in the reggae dancehall tradition of growling deejay (Shine) and silky-smooth singer (Notch), and underneath is essential jeep music, with all the thuds and thumps of a dancehall-hip-hop fusion."[5]
Track listing
- Prodigal Sons [Written by Horace Payne, Norman Howell, Benoit Tshiwala]
- Yardcore [H. Payne, N. Howell, B. Tshiwala]
- State of Shock IV (featuring Johnny Osbourne) [N. Howell, Errol Osbourne, H. Payne, B. Tshiwala, Jepther McClymont, and Phillip Burrell]
- Superstar [H. Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala]
- Rassclot [H. Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala]
- Back for Good [Gary Barlow]
- Send My Love (Interlude) (Stevland Morris)
- Send My Love/Send One Your Love (Stevland Morris)
- C'yaan Done [H. Payne and N. Howell]
- Wherever We Go [H. Payne and N. Howell]
- Venus [H. Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala]
- Follow the Pace [H. Payne, N. Howell, and Tony White]
- Gotta Get Mine (featuring Mad Lion, Shinehead & Sleepy Wonder) [Archer Selwyn, Edmund Aiken, H. Payne, Norman Giscombe, N. Howell, Omar Preece, and Robert Carter]