One in a Million

Yellowman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 12, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shanachie
• ASIN: B000000DXN
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,436 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice and toasty!, February 21, 2000

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Rob Solo "robe619" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One in a Million (Audio CD)

Yellowman mashes it up in this excellent album. It is definitely one of his best. It features his early Toasting/DJ style and he reminds us that in his prime there was nobody better. You can't miss with this album. Highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required Dancehall Roots, November 20, 2000

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Marc Brodehl (Oakland California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One in a Million (Audio CD)

This album was released in 1982 as a 10" under the title "Operation Eradication." This album helped propel Yellowman from the Jamaican club scene to a headliner at the 1982 Reggae Sunsplash. "One in A Million" as renamed by Shanachie in 1989 helped change the face of reggae from "roots and culture" to a new dancehall style. The influence from tracks "Couchie" and "Operation Eradication" can be heard in music today and other tracks such as "shorties" are pure classic Yellowman. This album is a must have.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of it's kind, July 31, 2001

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Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One in a Million (Audio CD)

Hmmm.. Yellowman as the "anti-Bob" who began reggae's nosedive into sex and drum machines? Well, it's true that dancehall is to reggae what gangsta rap is to classic soul and R&b,and Peter Tsoh in particular spoke out against Yellowman and his contemporaries. but Yellow man was clearly the best of that genre. Songs here like "Shorties", Operation Eradication" (see if you can stop singing this to yourself after hearing it) and my favorite "Lover's Corner," which takes his chanting style to new heights, have a jivey charm and apppeal far beyond the jabbering jackasses that came in Yellowman's wake. "GREEEEAAT JAMAICAN KETCHUP!" Pretty soon you too will be "A mad ovah him."