Lady Saw
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Lady Saw is a Jamaican reggae
singer, known as the queen of dancehall.
style, with songs such as "Stab Up De Meat." Her performances were banned in some parts of Jamaica, though equally lewd male performances were not. This prompted her to record "Freedom of Speech" in protest. She enjoyed a big hit in Jamaica with "Hardcore" in 1985, and followed it with "Welding Torch." She also recorded "Condom," warning girls of the dangers of unprotected heterosexual sex. By the mid-1990s she had moved towards "conscious" lyrics.
She is the first female deejay
to win a Grammy Award
and to be certified as a triple-platinum artist. She is also the first woman to headline dancehall shows outside her native Jamaica. She launched her own record label, Divas Records, in January 2010.
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
singer, known as the queen of dancehall.
Biography
Hall began performing with sound systems at the age of fifteen. She soon became known for her slackSlackness
Slackness refers to vulgarity in West Indian culture, behavior and the music. It also refers to a subgenre of dancehall music with straightforward sexual lyrics performed live or recorded. Its form and pronunciation varies throughout the Caribbean....
style, with songs such as "Stab Up De Meat." Her performances were banned in some parts of Jamaica, though equally lewd male performances were not. This prompted her to record "Freedom of Speech" in protest. She enjoyed a big hit in Jamaica with "Hardcore" in 1985, and followed it with "Welding Torch." She also recorded "Condom," warning girls of the dangers of unprotected heterosexual sex. By the mid-1990s she had moved towards "conscious" lyrics.
She is the first female deejay
Deejay
A deejay is a reggae or dancehall musician who sings and toasts to an instrumental riddim .Deejays are not to be confused with disc jockeys from other music genres like hip-hop, where they select and play music. Dancehall/reggae DJs who select riddims to play are called selectors...
to win a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
and to be certified as a triple-platinum artist. She is also the first woman to headline dancehall shows outside her native Jamaica. She launched her own record label, Divas Records, in January 2010.
Awards
- Lady Saw received a gold certification from the R.I.A.A. for "SmileSmile (Vitamin C song)"Smile" is the debut single by Vitamin C released in 1999. It was the first single released from her debut solo album Vitamin C. Although billed as a Vitamin C single, the song is actually a duet with Vitamin C alternating riffs with Lady Saw , a Jamaican reggae singer known as "the first Lady of...
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- Lady Saw received a tripleTripleTriple, a doublet of "treble" or "threefold" , is used in several contexts:* Triple metre, a musical metre characterized by a primary division of three beats to the bar...
-platinum certification from the R.I.A.A. for "Underneath It AllUnderneath It AllThe song is a love song composed in the key of E major. It is written in common time and moves slowly at 69 beats per minute. Stefani avoids the heavy vocal vibrato that she often uses. Her vocal range spans under an octave and a half during the song, from F#3 to B4.The song opens with a line...
", her 2003 collaboration with No DoubtNo DoubtNo Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California that formed in 1986. The ska-pop sound of their first album No Doubt , failed to make an impact...
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- In 2003, Lady Saw earned a Grammy AwardGrammy AwardA Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Performance by a Duo or Group for her featured performance on No DoubtNo DoubtNo Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California that formed in 1986. The ska-pop sound of their first album No Doubt , failed to make an impact...
's single _Underneath It AllUnderneath It AllThe song is a love song composed in the key of E major. It is written in common time and moves slowly at 69 beats per minute. Stefani avoids the heavy vocal vibrato that she often uses. Her vocal range spans under an octave and a half during the song, from F#3 to B4.The song opens with a line...
_, which reached number #3 on the U.S.United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chartRecord chartA record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
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Albums
- 1994 Lover GirlLover Girl-Tracklisting:# Man in My Life# To Sir With Love#Love Is What We Want#Baby Face#We Need Love#Find a Good Man#Hardcore#Heads of Government#Wife and Sweetheart#Bare as You Dare#Welding Touch#Bad Rooster#Bad Inna Bed#Stab Out the Meat [Remix]#Informer...
- 1996 Give Me A Reason
- 1997 Passion (Album)Passion (Lady Saw album)-Track listing:# "Stone Love - Introlude / Gal No Worry"# "Love Is Strange" # "Gal No Worry"# "The Work"# "Na Nurse"# "Healing" # "I Don't Need To Know"# "Lover Boy"# "Wuk With You"# "Sycamore Tree"# "Call Me"...
- 1998 Raw, the Best of Lady SawRaw, the Best of Lady SawThis is the first of two albums released in 1998 by Jamaican Dancehall/Reggae artist Lady Saw. This is a best of compilation featuring her best hits. This album was well received and rated 4.5 stars by [ AMG].- Track listing :- Sources :*...
- 1998 99 Ways99 Ways-Charts:...
- 2004 Strip Tease
- 2007 Walk OutWalk OutWalk Out is a 2007 album by Lady Saw.-Track listing:# Hello Lady Saw# Big up# Me and My Crew # Silly Dreams# No Less Than A Woman # Not World's Prettiest# You Need Me# Baby Dry Your Eyes# Walk Out# Chat To Mi Back...
- 2010 My Way