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Thursday, March 16, 2006

Nicodemus - Nuff Respect

There is a great album available for download at Distinctly Jamaican Sounds: Nicodemus - Nuff Respect.
Nicodemus recorded "Nuff Respect" for producer Kenneth Black on the Skengdon label in 1986 and includes his hit "Suzy Wong" - all backing tracks provided by the Fat Man Riddim Section. I'm nearly positive this album has never been released on CD or made readily available with a re-issue so I hope you enjoy it.
I'm sad to learn from this post that Nicodemus died in 1996 from diabetes complications. His confident, friendly, usually unhurried patter has been one of my favorite vocal flows in all of reggae/dancehall music since I first heard his classic Boneman Connection.

posted by jacob z. @ 9:44 AM 

2 Comments:

Blogger jacob z. said...

Yeah, I love this cover. Nicodemus looks just about as friendly and relaxed as could be. Humble but still proud, maybe...

9:43 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

this is dondre his son and my father was and is the greatest reggae artist and i will try 2 follow in his foot steps as him tawk 2 me at [email protected]

9:28 AM  

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