He mele reggae kaulana ʻo Barrington Levy ma Jamaica a ma waho. Ma ke kahua no nā makahiki he 25. ʻO ka mea kākau ma mua o 40 mau album i paʻi ʻia ma waena o 1979 a me 2021.
No kona leo ikaika a ma ka manawa like, ua loaʻa iā ia ka inoa "Sweet Canary". Ua lilo ʻo ia i paionia i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ke alakaʻi hula hula i nā mele hou. ʻO ia nō ka mea hoʻoikaika nui i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kahua hula hula hou.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Dancehall ma ke kumu reggae. Loaʻa iā ia kahi hana wikiwiki. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia ke ʻano ma Jamaica i nā makahiki 80 o ke kenekulia i hala.
ʻOpio o ka mea hoʻokani. ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hana a Barrington Levy
Ua hānau ʻia ka mea mele ma ʻApelila 30, 1964 ma Jamaica (Kingston). He moʻa ʻApelika. Ma hope mai, neʻe ka ʻohana o ka mea pena i ka hema o ka mokupuni. Ua hana ʻia nā hoʻokolohua hana mua o Barrington Levy ma ʻaneʻi, ma ka ʻāina ʻo Claredon. Ua ho'āʻo ka mea hoʻokani i nāʻano mele likeʻole, i ho'āʻo e hana i kekahi mea nona iho.
ʻO kahi mana nui i ka hana a Barrington Levy i hana ʻia e nā mea hana o ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me Afro-Jamaican kumu. ʻO ka mea mua, ʻo Dennis Brown lāua ʻo Michael Jackson me kā lāua "Jackson 5". Ma keʻano laulā, i ka wā mua o kāna hana, ua makemake nui ka mea mele i nā blues ʻAmelika a ua ʻike ʻia kēia i kāna mau mele mua.
ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana o Levy i ka wā mua. I ka makahiki 14, ua komo ka mea mele i ke kahua ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hui ʻo Everton Dacres o kona ʻanakala. ʻO ka mua o kāna mau mele ʻo "My Black Girl", me kahi mea mele Jamaican Mighty Multitude, ka mea mele i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma 1975. Ua loaʻa kekahi o nā palapala mua a Levy i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻEnelani. ʻO kekahi o ia mele, ʻo "Collie Weed", ua lilo koke i mele.
Hoʻopili ʻia nā hana kaulana o ia mau makahiki me ka hui pū ʻana ma waena o ka mea pena kiʻi a me ka Jah Guidance studio. A laila ua hana ʻo Junjo Laws ma ke ʻano he mea hana o ka mea mele. ʻO nā laʻana o nā hana mai kēia wā ʻo "Mind Your Mouth" a me "Twenty-One Girls Salute".
Ua ʻike koke ka mea hana i ka hiki o Barrington Levy. Ua kōkua ʻo Junjo Laws i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka album studio mua (1979): Bounty Hunter. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēia mega-hit ma ke keena kaulana ʻo Channel One.
ʻO ka lā kiʻekiʻe o ka hana a Barrington Levy
ʻO ka huli ʻana o ka hana a Barrington Levy i hāʻule i ka manawa o ka hui pū ʻana me ke keena ʻo Channel One a me ka hui Roots Radics. ʻO ka hua mua o kēia symbiosis ʻo "A Yah We Deh", i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka album mua a ka mea kākau. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kēia mau hits me ka nānā ʻana i ka mākeke ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. ʻO ka album hope "Englishman" (me ke kākoʻo o ke keʻena Greensleeves) i hoʻolilo iā Levy i hōkū reggae o nā makahiki 80.
ʻAʻole i noho ka mea hoʻokani me ke kākoʻo ʻole o kāna mea hana ʻo Junjo Laws. No laila ua hele mai ka mega-hit hou "Robin Hood" (1980).
ʻEkolu mau makahiki ma hope mai, hele ka mea mele i kahi ʻaha mele nui ma UK. Ma laila kāna mele "Under Mi Sensi". noho ʻo ia ma luna o nā papa helu o nā kaha mele Pelekane no ʻekolu mahina. I ka wā e hiki mai ana, ua ʻike ʻia ka mea paʻi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua lilo ia i kumu no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana o ka mea pena i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana i ke ʻano hula hula.
Ala hou "Ma lalo o Mi Sleng Teng", i kākau ʻia e Levy, hana ʻia e Wayne Smith, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 1985. Ua kaulana loa ka hua o ka hui puana ma waena o ka poʻe pā o ke kuhikuhi mele.
I nā makahiki 80, ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa wale ʻo Barrington i kāna mau album ma ʻAmelika, akā ua hele nui ʻo ia. Ua hauʻoli ka lehulehu i kāna hana ma London's elite 100 Club. ʻAʻohe mea i lohe i kēlā leo ma mua.
ʻO kahi mea hoihoi mai ka moʻolelo o ka mea pena: e like me ka ʻōlelo a Levy, ua ʻaiʻē ʻo ia i kona leo kūʻokoʻa i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana me nā mele ma nā ʻāina kiʻekiʻe o ka hema o Jamaica.
I ka makahiki 1984, me kāna mea hana, ua ho'opa'a ka mea ho'okani i ka "Money Move" kaulana - kekahi o nā mele hula hula maika'i loa o nā manawa a pau. Ua holomua ka ʻike hana no Levy. ʻO kahi laʻana ka mele "Deep In The Dark", i hoʻolaha mua ʻia ma lalo o ka lepili ponoʻī o ka mea mele.
I ka huina, i ka manawa mai 1980 a 1990, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā album 16 o ka mea kākau a ua manaʻo kēlā me kēia o lākou i ka holomua.
ʻO ka hana a Barrington Levy i nā makahiki 90 a me ka kūleʻa i nā makahiki XNUMX
ʻO ke mele "Divine", i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 1991, hōʻailona i ka kūleʻa o Levy i ka makahiki hou. Ma hope mai, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi album o ka inoa like (1994). I ka huina, mai 1990 a i 2000 Barrington i hana i 12 studio albums.
I ke kauwela o ka makahiki 1994, aia ka nalu wela a me ka pahū ʻana i ka kaulana o ia ʻano reggae e like me Jungle. Hiki ke lohe ʻia nā mele o kēia ʻano ma nā wahi a pau, mai Jamaica a hiki i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Latin America.
I loko o kēia manawa, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi pā hou mai Levy: "Ma lalo o Mi Sensi" (ua hana ʻia ke mele ponoʻī ma mua, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i kāna ʻano Jung, remix). I kona wā lōʻihi, ua hana ʻo Barrington Levy me kekahi mau mea pena kaulana, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Papa San, Snoop Doggy Dogg a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui.
ʻO ko mākou mau lā
Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Levy i ke kahua, ʻo ia ke aliʻi o ka hale hula a he kumu hoʻohālike no nā mea hoʻokani ʻōpio. Hiki paha ke hoʻohui ʻia kēia kanaka me nā loea reggae e like me Bob Marley. I Pepeluali 2021, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ke mele hou a ka mea pena "Hey Girl".
ʻO Barrington Levy ke kuleana no nā mea hoʻokani kiʻekiʻe, ua kākau mau ʻia kona inoa ma ka mōʻaukala o nā mele honua.
