Pressure (reggae musician)

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Delyno Busspipe
Birth nameDelyno Brown
Born (1981-08-05) 5 August 1981 (age 43)
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Genres Reggae
Years active2005–present
LabelsBusspipe
Website pressurebusspipe.com

Delyno Brown (born August 5, 1981),[ citation needed ] [1] better known as Pressure or Pressure Busspipe, is a reggae musician from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. [2]

He gained his early experience working on the Star Lion sound system in the late 1990s. [3]

His debut album, The Pressure Is On, was produced by Dean Pond and released in 2005. [3] [4] He had a hit in Jamaica in 2007 with a remixed version of "Love and Affection", a song originally recorded for Pond but updated by producer Don Corleon. [3] Corleon produced an album of the same name. [3]

His third album was called Coming Back For You, again produced by Pond and released in 2009. [3]

Pressure is known for his commitment to the Rastafari movement. [3] [5]

His fourth album, Africa Redemption, was released in December 2012. [3] He worked on the album with producer Trevor "Baby G" James in Jamaica and Damian and Stephen Marley in Miami. [3]

After being a victim of gun crime and in response to the rise in violent crime in the islands, Pressure Busspipe organized a peace concert in St. Thomas in August 2013. [6]

Fifth album The Sound was released in 2014. [7]

His 2016 album Red Rose reached the top ten of the Billboard Top Reggae Albums chart. [8]

In November 2019 he released the album Rebel With a Cause. [9]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Campbell (2012) states that he was 30 as at November 2012
  2. ↑ Henry, Krista (2007) "CARIBBEAN flavour: Pressure builds from Virgin Islands Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine ", Jamaica Gleaner , 16 September 2007, retrieved 4 November 2012
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Campbell, Howard (2012) "More Pressure", Jamaica Observer , November 23, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2012
  4. ↑ Walsh, Austin (2009) "Pressure and Perfect", Times-Standard , 12 November 2009, retrieved 4 November 2012
  5. ↑ PRESSURE
  6. ↑ "Putting Pressure on crime in USVI", Jamaica Observer , August 23, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013
  7. ↑ Campbell, Howard (2014) "More sounds from Pressure Busspipe", Jamaica Observer , 11 April 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014
  8. ↑ Jackson, Kevin (2016) "Pressure’s Red Rose blooms on Billboard", Jamaica Observer , 17 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016
  9. ↑ "Pressure set to drop new album", Jamaica Observer , 28 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019
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