BLACK UHURU

Dub/Ska/Reggae • Jamaica
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Long-running Jamaican roots reggae group who were popular from the late '70s through to the '90s.

The most successful of the second-generation reggae bands, Jamaica's Black Uhuru maintained their high quality despite numerous personnel changes throughout their many decades together. The first reggae band to win a Grammy award, for their 1983 album Anthem, Black Uhuru offered a dynamic and progressive sound during their 1970s and early-'80s heyday. Led by mainstay Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, a reunion of the group's earliest lineup enjoyed renewed critical acclaim in the early '90s with albums like Now and Strongg before fragmenting into warring factions and a lawsuit that earned Simpson possession of the band name, which he continued to use into the new millennium on 2001's Dynasty. Aside from some collaborative appearances between Simpson and '80s-era member Michael Rose, the remainder of the 2000s yielded only rumors of a long-awaited Black Uhuru album, As
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BLACK UHURU Love Crisis (as Black Sounds Uhro) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Love Crisis (as Black Sounds Uhro)
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1977
BLACK UHURU Showcase (aka Black Uhuru aka Guess Who's Coming To Dinner) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Showcase (aka Black Uhuru aka Guess Who's Coming To Dinner)
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1979
BLACK UHURU Sinsemilla (aka Stalk Of Sensimenia) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sinsemilla (aka Stalk Of Sensimenia)
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1980
BLACK UHURU Red album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Red
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1981
BLACK UHURU Black Sounds Of Freedom album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Black Sounds Of Freedom
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1981
BLACK UHURU Chill Out album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Chill Out
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1982
BLACK UHURU Anthem album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Anthem
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1983
BLACK UHURU The Dub Factor album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Dub Factor
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1983
BLACK UHURU Brutal album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Brutal
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1986
BLACK UHURU Brutal Dub album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Brutal Dub
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1986
BLACK UHURU Positive Dub album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Positive Dub
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1987
BLACK UHURU Positive album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Positive
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1987
BLACK UHURU Now Dub album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Now Dub
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1990
BLACK UHURU Love Dub (aka The Dub Album) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Love Dub (aka The Dub Album)
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1990
BLACK UHURU Iron Storm album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Iron Storm
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1991
BLACK UHURU Iron Storm Dub album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Iron Storm Dub
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1992
BLACK UHURU Mystical Truth album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mystical Truth
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1992
BLACK UHURU Mystical Truth Dub album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mystical Truth Dub
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1993
BLACK UHURU Strongg album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Strongg
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1994
BLACK UHURU Strongg Dubb album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Strongg Dubb
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1994
BLACK UHURU Unification album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Unification
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1998
BLACK UHURU Dynasty album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dynasty
Dub/Ska/Reggae 2001
BLACK UHURU As The World Turns album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
As The World Turns
Dub/Ska/Reggae 2018

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BLACK UHURU Tear It Up - Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tear It Up - Live
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1982
BLACK UHURU Live In New York City album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live In New York City
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1988
BLACK UHURU In Concert-468 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In Concert-468
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1989
BLACK UHURU Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live
Dub/Ska/Reggae 1993
BLACK UHURU Live 84 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live 84
Dub/Ska/Reggae 2000
BLACK UHURU Dubbin' It Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dubbin' It Live
Dub/Ska/Reggae 2001
BLACK UHURU Live In Chicago 1984 With Sly & Robbie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live In Chicago 1984 With Sly & Robbie
Dub/Ska/Reggae 2008
BLACK UHURU Live At Rockpalast - Essen 1981 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Rockpalast - Essen 1981
Dub/Ska/Reggae 2016

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