Yellowman

𝙒𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙪𝙗 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟮, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙃𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙮 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙟𝙤 𝙇𝙖𝙬𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙔𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙢𝙖𝙣.

"Mister Yellowman" was the DJ's first album with Lawes, and remains one of his best. Backed by the seminal Roots Radics and Earl "Chinna" Smith's Hi Times band, the deep roots that both created were further finessed by Lawes into a simmering stew of dancehall-inflected rhythms shot through with dub.

Thematically, Yellowman drifted between boasts about his appeal to the opposite sex and vignettes on everyday life, many delivered with a sly humor that was the secret to his success.