Latest Release
- 12 APR 2024
- 2 Songs
- Just Reality · 1990
- Jamaican Fire · 2013
- Dancehall Rewind · 2002
- Reggae Gold 2002 · 2002
- Star of the 90's · 1988
- Reggae Gold 1998 · 1998
- Rough & Ready - Volume II · 1993
- X-Tra Naked · 1992
- Old School Reggae Hits - EP · 1995
- The Culture Series 'Roots & Reggae' · 2007
Essential Albums
- X-Tra Naked is a powerful snapshot of Shabba Ranks' reign as a dancehall icon. Bobby "Digital" Dixon provides a good amount of the production, serving up stripped-down, in-your-face attitude on tracks like “Rude Boy". Capturing the early-'90s moment when hip-hop and ragga became willing bedfellows, MCs Queen Latifah and Chubb Rock contribute guest spots, with the former bigging up her "moneymaking Jamaican" on the feel-good, ’80s soul-sampling "What ’Cha Gonna Do?"
Artist Playlists
- The world's first dancehall superstar.
- One of the most adventurous dancehall stars of the '80s and '90s.
Compilations
- 1995
Appears On
About Shabba Ranks
Shabba Ranks’ distinctive bark and adventurous choice in riddims defined the sound of Jamaican dancehall in the late ’80s and ’90s, helping turn the island style into a global force.
- HOMETOWN
- Sturgetown, Saint Ann, Jamaica
- BORN
- 17 January 1966
- GENRE
- Reggae