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𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 - 𝟗/𝟏𝟖/𝟐𝟏⁣
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𝗪𝐞𝐞𝐤 #𝟏𝟑 - 𝐄𝐲𝐞 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐄𝐲𝐞 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 ⁣
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This singer/songwriter experienced successful solo success while being part of a much larger crew.  He’s also found success as a songwriter and penned songs for artists within that unit.⁣
Of the 8 studio albums, he’s released 2 have reached Gold status by RIAA (Recording Industry Assocication of America).⁣
Is considered to be one of the best MCs on multiple major, and minor, media lists. ⁣
Highly respected and often imitated but never truly replicated.  ⁣
Other creative opportunities include 8 films as an actor. ⁣
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Collaborations and guest appearances have included: 2Pac, A Tribe Called Quest, Biz Markie, Busta Rhymes, Chuck D., DJ Spinderella, Jurassic 5, Morcheeba, Rakim, Wu-Tang Clan and others. ⁣
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Sounds include:  Hip-Hop⁣
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Record labels (major) include: Warner Brothers, PolyGram Records, MCA Records, Cold Chillin’  ⁣
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𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑⁣
* Period: 1987 - Present⁣
* Band, Group, Solo:  2⁣
* Vocals, Instruments:  Vocals⁣
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* Albums | 8 | 1988 - 2013⁣
* Singles | 35 | 1987 - 2020⁣
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𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘓𝘗𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵. 𝘌𝘗𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦-𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥. ⁣
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𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟗/𝟏𝟑/𝟐𝟏:  𝐒𝐌𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐘 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐍⁣
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𝗪𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝟒𝟓 𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟐”! ⁣⁣
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𝗪𝐞𝐞𝐤 #𝟏𝟑 - Eye Know Eye Know This Singer contest - Today falls under the Sometimes Saturday (track #2) and will be counted as a contest challenge.⁣⁣
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The first person to answer correctly wins a 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝟒𝟓 𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟐” of their choice, courtesy of 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐲’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦.⁣⁣
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𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦 - 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘺𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.  ⁣⁣
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𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 - 𝟖/𝟑𝟏/𝟐𝟏⁣
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This past Sunday (August 29, 2021) Rainford Hugh Perry - sometimes referred to as ‘Upsetter’ - lovingly known as 𝐋𝐄𝐄 “𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡” 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐘 - passed away at the age of 85. ⁣
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During the early days of ska/rocksteady, Lee wrote, sang and recorded a number of songs for Jamaican music legend 𝐂𝐨𝐱𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐝𝐝 (Studio One). Soon after he would start his own record label and find commercial success. 𝐁𝐨𝐛 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 began to work with him and began to embrace and embody a more spirited/soulful approach which he would later become known for, inspired/influenced by his time spent with Lee. ⁣
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Along with 𝐁𝐨𝐛 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝗪𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬,  he would find success producing works by 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 and 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 (his studio house band). At the end of he 1970s he branched out to work 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 and during the mid-90s the 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬. A super sonic dub original his mixes were ahead of the curve, one that he unknowingly created. ⁣
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Since 2000 he’s released over 20x solo albums, This year alone, at age 85, he worked on/with material by artists 𝐑𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧 (𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴) and 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐦 (𝘓𝘦𝘦 “𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩” 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺’𝘴 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦). ⁣
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His creative influence will continue onward with any remix ever made.  ⁣
R.I.P.  Dr. Lee, PhD! ⁣