Desmond Dekker

He re-recorded some old singles, and worked with The Specials for 1992's King of Kings's, which used hits from Dekker's musical heroes, including Derrick Morgan. He also had a few major hit singles and albums as part of D12. Only a single live album was released in the late 80s, but a new version of "The Israelites" reawakened public interest in 1990, following its use in a Maxell ad. He recently produced 2Pac's fifth posthumous album, Loyal to the Game. In the early 80s, as the Two Tone movement died out, he saw his fortunes dwindle, and he declared bankruptcy in 1984. Furthermore, his own records increasingly contain tracks produced by himself. Though Compass Point did not sell well, Dekker was still a popular live performer, and he toured with The Rumour. Besides D12's two albums, Devil's Night and D12 World, he also produced Obie Trice's Cheers as well as 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

His next album was Compass Point, produced by Robert Palmer. Eminem is also active as a producer of rap records. His first single was "Israelites", a Top Ten Belgian hit, and was followed by "Please Don't Bend", Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross" and "Book of Rules". He also owns a clothing line called "Shady Ltd." and runs the music label Shady Records with signed artists including 50 Cent, D12, DJ Green Lantern, Stat Quo, and Obie Trice. He recorded an album called Black & Dekker, which featured his previous hits backed by The Rumour, Graham Parker's backing band. Eminem signed a deal with Sirius satellite radio to program a hip-hop oriented station called Shade 45, which debuted on October 28, 2004. At the end of the 1970s, Dekker signed with Stiff Records, a punk label linked with the Two-Tone movement, a fusion of punk and ska. He has also lent his voice to the Crank Yankers show and a web cartoon called "The Slim Shady Show", which has since been pulled offline and is instead sold on DVD.

He was unable to follow its success, however, and did not chart in the UK for some time, also finding only a limited audience in Jamaica. He recorded several new songs for the soundtrack, including "Lose Yourself," which won Eminem an Academy Award for Best Song. His first hit with the pair was 1975's "Sing a Little Song", which was a British Top Ten. Eminem made his Hollywood acting debut with the semi-autobiographical 8 Mile, released in November 2002. Dekker continued recording, but with only limited success, until he began working with the production duo Bruce Anthony in 1974. On October 31, Eminem performed the song on Saturday Night Live, but some thought that he appeared to be lip-synching it. Among his best known releases of this period was "You Can Get It If You Really Want", written by Jimmy Cliff, which Dekker had not wanted to record but was convinced by Leslie Kong. Kong, whose production had been an instrumental part of both Dekker's and Cliff's careers, died in 1971, and both his protegé's were lost for a period before returning to music. After Bush won the election, the video's ending was changed to Eminem and the rioters invading while Bush was giving a speech.

In the 1970s, Dekker spent most of his time touring and moved to the UK, where he continued to record. However, once the army breaks in, it is revealed that they are there to simply register to vote, and the video ends with the words "VOTE Tuesday November 2" on the screen. He also released "Problems" and "Pickney Gal", both of which were popular in Jamaica, but saw only limited success elsewhere. The video features Eminem gathering up an army of people presented as victims of the Bush administration and leading them to the White House. 1969 saw the release of "It Mek", which first saw only lukewarm success but was re-recorded and became a hit both in Jamaica and the UK. The song features a very strong anti-Bush message, with lyrics such as "fuck Bush" and "this weapon of mass destruction that we call our president". That same year saw the release of "Beautiful and Dangerous", "Writing on the Wall", "Music Like Dirt", "Bongo Girl" and "Shing a Ling". presidential election, 2004, Eminem released the video for his song titled "Mosh" on the Internet.

He was the first Jamaican performer to enter US markets with pure Jamaican music, though he never repeated the feat. On October 26, 2004 a week before the U.S. In 1968, Dekker's "The Israelites" was released, appearing on both the US and UK charts, eventually topping the latter and peaking in the Top Ten of the former. So the irony of this situation with Michael is not lost on me.". Many of the hits from this era came from his debut album, 007 (Shanty Town). On Jackson's protest, Yankovic himself told the Chicago Sun-Times, "Last year, Eminem forced me to halt production on the video for my 'Lose Yourself' parody because he somehow thought that it would be harmful to his image or career. His "Pretty Africa" is a long-standing favorite among his fans, and may be the earliest popular song promoting repatriation. Others dismissed "Just Lose It" as a tame Weird Al Yankovic-style knockoff [4] (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15126,00.html).

Dekker continued with songs along the same vein, such as "Rude Boy Train" and "Rudie Got Soul", as well as continuing with his previous themes of religion and morality in songs like "It's a Shame", "Wise Man", "Hey Grandma", "Unity", "It Pays", "Mother's Young Girl" and "Sabotage". [3] (http://www.sohh.com/thewire/read.php?contentID=6321). "007 (Shanty Town)" was a Top 15 hit in the UK, and he toured the country with a posse of mods following him. [2] (http://www.mtv.com/onair/trl/top10/) The Source magazine, through its CEO Raymond "Benzino" Scott, wanted not only the video pulled, but the song off the album, and a public apology to Jackson from Eminem. The song established Dekker as a rude boy icon, and also became an established hero in the United Kingdom's mod scene. MTV, however, announced it would continue airing the video and "Just Lose It" became the number-one requested video on Total Request Live for the week ending October 22. Dekker's own songs did not go to the extremes of many other popular tunes, though he did introduce lyrics which resonated with the rude boys, starting with one of his best-known songs, "007 (Shanty Town)". Black Entertainment Television was the first channel to stop airing the video.

In that year, however, he appeared on Derrick Morgan's "Tougher Than Tough", which helped begin a trend of popular songs glamourizing the violent rude boy culture. We want the pass back." [1] (http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=3606). Until 1967, Dekker's songs were polite and conveyed respectable, mainstream messages. Harvey himself declared, "Eminem has lost his ghetto pass. Dekker and the Howards recorded a number of hits, including "Parents", "Get Up Edina", "This Woman" and "Mount Zion". In the video, Eminem also parodied Pee Wee Herman, MC Hammer, and a Blonde-Ambition-touring Madonna. Dekker then recruited four brothers, Carl, Patrick, Clive and Barry Howard, who became his backing band, known as The Four Aces. The lyrics to "Just Lose It" also refer to Jackson's troubles.

The song remains well-known among ska afficionados. On October 12, 2004, a week after the release of "Just Lose It," Eminem's first video and single off Encore, Michael Jackson called into the Los Angeles-based Steve Harvey radio show to report his displeasure with the video, which parodies Jackson's child-molestation accusations, his rhinoplasty, and an incident in which Jackson's hair caught on fire while he was filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984. It was "King of Ska", a rowdy and jubilant song on which Dekker was backed by The Cherrypies (also known as The Maytals). The video contained various parodies, including that of the Janet Jackson 'incident', and of 50 Cent's "In Da Club" video. His fourth hit, however, made him into one of the island's biggest stars. The controversial song was the band's sarcastic response to the media's frequent portrayal of D12 as Eminem's band, giving little to no credit to its other members. "Honour Your Father and Mother" was a hit, and was followed by "Sinners Come Home" and "Labour for Learning", as well as a name change (from Desmond Dacres to Desmond Dekker). Then, in 2004, Eminem made the video "My Band" with D12.

Dekker's "Honour Your Father and Mother" was to be that song. The lyrics in question: Fuck money/I don't rap for dead presidents/ I'd rather see the president dead/ It's never been said, but I set precedents. With Morgan's suport, Dekker was signed but did not record until 1963, because Leslie Kong wanted to wait for the perfect song. On December 8, 2003, the United States Secret Service admitted it was "looking into" allegations that Mathers had threatened the President of the United States after the unreleased song "We as Americans" leaked onto the Internet. Neither were impressed by his talents, and the young man moved on to Leslie Kong's Beverley record label, where he auditioned before Derrick Morgan, then the label's biggest star. Mathers reportedly made the recording after breaking up with his black girlfriend. In 1961, he auditioned for Coxsone Dodd (Studio One) and Duke Reid (Treasure Isle). The 1988 cassette featured a younger Mathers performing a freestyle rap in which he made disparaging remarks about black women, calling them "stupid" in comparison to white women.

Dekker began working as a welder, singing around his workplace while his coworkers encouraged him. On November 19th, 2003 new controversy surrounded Eminem when a cassette tape was played during a press conference held by The Source magazine. He was born in Kingston in 1941, and became an orphan as a teenager. It featured the single "Without Me", an apparent sequel to "The Real Slim Shady" in which he makes derogatory comments about boy bands, Moby, and Lynne Cheney, among others. Before the ascent of Bob Marley, Desmond Dekker was the most well-known Jamaican musician outside of his country, and one of the most popular within it. Eminem's third major album, The Eminem Show was released in summer 2002. Other hits include "007 (Shanty Town)" (1967), "It Mek" (1968), "The Israelites" and "You Can Get It If You Really Want". Another song, "Blow My Buzz", was on the soundtrack for the film The Wash (2001), in which Eminem had a cameo.

Together with his backing group, The Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had the first international Jamaican hit with "Israelites". The album contained the single "Purple Pills". Desmond Dekker (born Desmond Dacres in Kingston, Jamaica on July 16, 1941) is a ska and reggae singer and songwriter. The album was certified multi-platinum. As one of six members of the rap group D12, Eminem appeared on the album Devil's Night, released in 2001. Eminem himself has written a book called Angry Blonde (2001), where he reveals the emotions and intent behind the lyrics in the Marshall Mathers LP, and describes his passion and approach to rapping.

Since Eminem's rapid ascent to fame, tell-all biographies of varying quality have been published, including Shady Bizzness by his former bodyguard Byron Williams. Though shocking a lot of people, this gesture failed to appease all of his critics. Though Mathers had always claimed that his lyrics were not meant to be taken seriously, and that he had nothing against homosexuals or women, the gay rights group GLAAD organized a boycott of the Grammys against Eminem. Mathers responded to this by singing "Stan" on-stage with openly-gay singer Elton John, ending the performance by hugging John to show that he didn't have anything against homosexuals. With the enormous popularity of Eminem's second album, the controversy surrounding Eminem grew even larger, especially when The Marshall Mathers LP was nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year.

In the third single, "Stan" (which samples Dido's "Thank You"), Eminem attempts to deal with his new fame status, telling the story of a fan so obsessed with him that he winds up killing himself and his pregnant girlfriend, mirroring one of the songs on The Slim Shady LP. In the song, Eminem claims, among other things, that Christina Aguilera gave "head" (oral sex) to Fred Durst (of Limp Bizkit) and Carson Daly (of MTV's Total Request Live). The first single released from the album, "The Real Slim Shady", created some buzz by trash-talking celebrities and spilling dubious gossip about them. The Marshall Mathers LP was released in May 2000, quickly selling 2 million copies.

Dre encouraging a man to murder his wife and her lover. Another song, "Guilty Conscience" ends with Eminem and Dr. In "97 Bonnie and Clyde", Eminem describes a trip with his infant daughter, disposing of the bodies of his wife, her lover and his son. With the album's enormous popularity came controversy surrounding many of the album's lyrics.

Once he joined Interscope, Eminem released The Slim Shady LP, which went on to be one of the most popular records of the year, going triple platinum. Dre agreed to sign him. Otherwize at the 1997 Rap Olympics MC battle, Dr. Though this did not directly lead to a recording contract, once Eminem won second place vs.

Dre found Eminem's demo on the garage floor of Jimmy Iovine, the Interscope label chief. It is said that Dr. Some people called him rap's "great white hope". He became famous in the hip-hop underground because of his distinctive, cartoonish style and the fact that he is white (a rarity in all rap, especially mainstream gangsta rap).

In 1996, he released his first independent album, named Infinite, following it up with The Slim Shady EP in 1997. His wife Kim gave birth to his daughter, Hailie Jade, on 25 December 1995. Interested in rap from a young age, Mathers began performing as early as thirteen, later gaining some popularity with a group, Soul Intent. Mathers was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri and spent most of his childhood moving back and forth between Saint Joseph and suburban Detroit, Michigan.

He is also infamous for the controversy surrounding many of his lyrics, which are said by critics to be homophobic, misogynistic and excessively violent. He is perhaps best known for being one of the few successful white rappers in the industry, not to mention one of the most critically acclaimed. Eminem is the stage name of Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), one of today's most controversial and popular hip hop musicians. 2'.

He has been recognized as a huge influence on the music industry, and there has been two songs written about him by Christian rapper KJ-52, called 'Dear Slim' and 'Dear Slim Pt. The backwards-E has become a logo for him, appearing prominently in his videos and stage set. The second E in his stage name is always shown reversed on his records since his second album "The Marshall Mathers LP". Eminem is a fan of fast food chain Taco Bell & Wendy's and frequently eats there while on tour and at home with his daughter and niece.

His performance of "The Real Slim Shady" and "The Way I Am" at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards while leading a procession of Eminem-lookalikes from the street outside up to the stage, is regarded as one of the best performances on the VMA's. 2004 "Mockingbird" #1 US. 2004 "Like Toy Soldiers" #1 US; #1 UK #1 EU; #1 GER. 2004 "Encore" #25 US.

2004 "Just Lose It" #1 US; #1 UK; #1 GER; #1 EU. 2003 "Business" #6 UK; #15 GER. 2003 "Superman" #15 US. 2003 "Sing for the Moment" #8 US; #6 UK; #7 GER.

2002 "Lose Yourself" #1 US; #1 UK; #1 GER. 2002 "Cleanin' out My Closet" #4 US; #4 UK; #1 GER. 2002 "Without Me" #1 US; #1 UK. Dido) #1 US; #1 UK; #1 GER.

2000 "Stan" (feat. 2000 "The Way I Am" #58 US, #8 UK. 2000 "The Real Slim Shady" #4 US; #1 UK; #1 EU; #1 GE. Eminem) #21 US; #7 UK.

Dre feat. 2000 "Forgot about Dre" (Dr. Dre) #5 UK. Dr.

1999 "Guilty Conscience" (feat. 1999 "My Name Is..." #1 US; #2 UK. Encore (2004) #1 US (4x Platinum); #1 UK. 8 Mile Soundtrack (2002) #1 US (2x Platinum).

The Eminem Show (2002) #1 US (8X Platinum); #1 UK. The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) #1 US (9X Platinum); #1 UK. The Slim Shady LP (1999) #2 US (4X Platinum); #12 UK. The Slim Shady EP (1997).

Infinite (1996). Mockingbird. Like Toy Soldiers (samples "Toy Soldiers" by Martika). Mosh.

Just Lose It. Encore: