He began his music career by performing for different New York City reggae dancehallsound systems in the 1980s, most notably Tony Screw's Downbeat the Ruler, based in The Bronx.
His recording debut was in 1986 on the African Love Music independent record label with "Who the Cap Fits (Let Them Wear It)" from the album Rough & Rugged. In his early years, Jeff Buckley led his group on guitar and lent a hand with backing vocals. He appeared on Sly and Robbie's 1987 album, Rhythm Killers.[2]
Shinehead was signed to a recording contract by A&R representative Raoul Roach with Elektra Records in 1988, and remained with the label until 1995.
His best-known single is the cover version of Sting's "Englishman in New York", retitled as "Jamaican in New York" (1993). It reached No. 30 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1993.[3] The single featured on the Sidewalk University album.
He is largely credited as being one of the original acts to cross hip-hop with reggae music,[4] now known as reggae fusion, with songs such as "Try My Love" in 1992.[5] Shinehead's vocal talent can be heard across various tracks on the Unity (1988) and The Real Rock (1990) albums. His rapid deejay chat style can be heard on tracks such as "Cigarette Breath", "Gimme No Crack" and "Do It with Ease". Shinehead's melodic, singjay approach is present in songs such as "Strive", while he brings more hip hop flavor in tracks including "Chain Gang". "Chain Gang" was the first video to be shown during a regular season episode of Yo! MTV Raps, in 1988.
Shinehead is still active. He was part of the yearly Jamrock cruise in 2015. The same year, he played at the CES in Las Vegas. He has had success with his sound system, Kingston 12.
^Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 251.
^ abcde"Shinehead – Jamaican in New York". charts.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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shinehead, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, talk, p. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Shinehead news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Shinehead born Edmund Carl Aiken 10 April 1962 in Kent England 1 is a British Jamaican reggae singer toaster rapper ShineheadBirth nameEdmund Carl AikenBorn 1962 04 10 10 April 1962 age 61 Kent EnglandGenresReggae reggae fusion dancehall hip hopInstrument s VocalistYears active1986 presentLabelsElektra Records African Love Records Contents 1 Career 2 Discography 2 1 Albums 2 2 Charted singles 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditHe began his music career by performing for different New York City reggae dancehall sound systems in the 1980s most notably Tony Screw s Downbeat the Ruler based in The Bronx His recording debut was in 1986 on the African Love Music independent record label with Who the Cap Fits Let Them Wear It from the album Rough amp Rugged In his early years Jeff Buckley led his group on guitar and lent a hand with backing vocals He appeared on Sly and Robbie s 1987 album Rhythm Killers 2 Shinehead was signed to a recording contract by A amp R representative Raoul Roach with Elektra Records in 1988 and remained with the label until 1995 His best known single is the cover version of Sting s Englishman in New York retitled as Jamaican in New York 1993 It reached No 30 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1993 3 The single featured on the Sidewalk University album He is largely credited as being one of the original acts to cross hip hop with reggae music 4 now known as reggae fusion with songs such as Try My Love in 1992 5 Shinehead s vocal talent can be heard across various tracks on the Unity 1988 and The Real Rock 1990 albums His rapid deejay chat style can be heard on tracks such as Cigarette Breath Gimme No Crack and Do It with Ease Shinehead s melodic singjay approach is present in songs such as Strive while he brings more hip hop flavor in tracks including Chain Gang Chain Gang was the first video to be shown during a regular season episode of Yo MTV Raps in 1988 Shinehead is still active He was part of the yearly Jamrock cruise in 2015 The same year he played at the CES in Las Vegas He has had success with his sound system Kingston 12 Discography EditAlbums Edit Rough amp Rugged 1986 Unity 1988 The Real Rock 1990 Sidewalk University 1992 Troddin 1994 Praises 1999 6 Charted singles Edit List of singles with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumUK 7 AUS 8 BEL FL 9 FRA 9 GER 9 NZ 9 SWE 9 Jamaican in New York 1993 30 97 34 17 31 5 21 Sidewalk University Let Em In 70 13 References Edit Shinehead Biography Songs amp Albums AllMusic Retrieved 10 October 2021 Rhythm Killers Sly amp Robbie Credits AllMusic Retrieved 10 October 2021 Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 496 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 Colin Larkin ed 1992 The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music First ed Guinness Publishing p 2254 ISBN 0 85112 939 0 Shinehead Biography 1999 Archived from the original on 3 October 2011 Retrieved 10 October 2021 Shinehead Albums and Discography AllMusic Retrieved 10 October 2021 Shinehead full Official Chart History Official Charts Company Retrieved 8 October 2022 Ryan Gavin 2011 Australia s Music Charts 1988 2010 PDF ed Mt Martha Victoria Australia Moonlight Publishing p 251 a b c d e Shinehead Jamaican in New York charts nz Retrieved 8 October 2022 External links EditShinehead to address Diageo s Project Artiste Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shinehead amp oldid 1174437980, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
