Yardcore

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Yardcore
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 13, 1997
Recorded1996–1997
StudioPlatinum 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
Born Jamericans chronology
Kids from Foreign
(1994)
Yardcore
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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.

Contents

"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

  1. Prodigal Sons [Written by Horace Payne, Norman Howell, Benoit Tshiwala]
  2. Yardcore [H. Payne, N. Howell, B. Tshiwala]
  3. State of Shock IV (featuring Johnny Osbourne) [N. Howell, Errol Osbourne, H. Payne, B. Tshiwala, Jepther McClymont, and Phillip Burrell]
  4. Superstar [H. Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala]
  5. Rassclot [H. Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala]
  6. Back for Good [Gary Barlow]
  7. Send My Love (Interlude) (Stevland Morris)
  8. Send My Love/Send One Your Love (Stevland Morris)
  9. C'yaan Done [H. Payne and N. Howell]
  10. Wherever We Go [H. Payne and N. Howell]
  11. Venus [H. Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala]
  12. Follow the Pace [H. Payne, N. Howell, and Tony White]
  13. Gotta Get Mine (featuring Mad Lion, Shinehead & Sleepy Wonder) [Archer Selwyn, Edmund Aiken, H. Payne, Norman Giscombe, N. Howell, Omar Preece, and Robert Carter]

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