Pampidoo is a Jamaica

Jamaica

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n reggae

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...

 and dancehall

Dancehall

Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...

 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...

. He was most popular in Jamaica in the late 1980s, with a series of singles

Single (music)

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 using his self-styled 'Rockstone Voice'. He is not to be confused with the similarly named deejay, Prince Pompidou.

Career

Pampidoo started out deejaying on the Kilamanjaro soundsystem

Soundsystem

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 in early 1983, often sparring with fellow deejay Tullo T (aka Tuloch T, Papa Tullo). In 1985, his most famous single, "Governor General" was released. During the later half of the 1980s, Pampidoo released several more singles including "You No Ready, and Water Bed". In 1992, a compilation album

Compilation album

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was released with ten of his songs appearing on the tracklist (including "Governor General"). In 2007, Pampidoo released his latest single, "Selassie I Rule".

Singles

• "Bonanza"
• "Ghost Buster"
• "Grammy Award"
• "Hairstyle" (1986)
• "Love Up Me God"
• "Me Love Me Boops"
• "New Body Rock (1986)"
• "Synthesizer Voice" (1987)
• "The DJ With The Rockstone Voice" (Talking Parrot)
• "The Governor General"
• "Water Bed"
• "Woman A Yu Yard A The Best"
• "Yu No Ready"
• "Selassie I Rule" (2007)

External links

• RiddimGuide "Pampidoo"
• Reggaelicious.pbworks.com