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Luciano

1993–present

Jepther McClymont OD (born 20 October 1964), better known as Luciano, is a Jamaican second-generation roots reggae singer.

Career

Born in Davyton, Manchester Parish, and raised as the seventh of nine children in a strict Adventist family. Luciano began recording in 1992, with his first single "Ebony & Ivory" (on which he was credited as 'Stepper John') on the Aquarius Record label, followed by a split album with DJ Presley (now credited as 'Luciana') for producer Sky High. His first releases as Luciano included the hit single "Give My Love a Try", produced at Castro Brown's New Name Studio, followed by others produced by Brown, Freddie McGregor, Blacka Dread, and Sly and Robbie, including the 1993 no. 1 UK reggae hit "Shake It Up Tonight".

He started working with Philip "Fatis" Burrell, releasing the singles "Chant Out" and "Poor and Simple", with the album Moving Up following in late 1993. In 1994 he cut singles for Musclehead and Louie Culture before returning to work with Burrell for a series of successful singles and the album One Way Ticket, which saw Luciano at the forefront of the "Rasta Renaissance" in dancehall music. The renewal of Rastafarian influence into dancehall...

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Albums

Reggae Generals:

4 tracks · 2023

The Answer

6 tracks · 2020

In the Name of Love

14 tracks · 2018

Embrace Your Failures

9 tracks · 2017

Warning

2 tracks · 2016

Dub Showcase At Ariwa Sounds

4 tracks · 2015

Zion Awake

7 tracks · 2014

Deliverance

2 tracks · 2014

Deliverance (Mad Professor Dub Showcase)

10 tracks · 2014

The Qabalah Man

11 tracks · 2013

Rub-a-Dub Market

7 tracks · 2011

United States of Africa

15 tracks · 2010

Jah Is My Navigator

14 tracks · 2008

God Is Greater Than Man

10 tracks · 2007

Revelation Time

13 tracks · 2006

Child of a King

13 tracks · 2006

Jah Words

12 tracks · 2005

Upright

9 tracks · 2005

Serious Times

10 tracks · 2004

Hail the Comforter

3 tracks · 2004

Lessons Of Life

13 tracks · 2004

Jah Warrior

3 tracks · 2004

Call on Jah

1 tracks · 2004

Tell It From the Heart

4 tracks · 2003

Visions

12 tracks · 2003

Serve Jah

11 tracks · 2003

Duets

13 tracks · 2002

4 Rebels

4 tracks · 2001

A New Day

16 tracks · 2001

Great Controversy

12 tracks · 2001

We Three Kings

2 tracks · 2001

Gideon

1 tracks · 2001

Wisdom, Knowledge & Overstanding

5 tracks · 2000

Sweep Over My Soul

10 tracks · 1999

Messenger

11 tracks · 1996

Where There Is Life

10 tracks · 1995

After All

2 tracks · 1995

One Way Ticket

13 tracks · 1994

Back to Africa

6 tracks · 1994

Moving Up

11 tracks · 1993

Shake It Up Tonight

10 tracks · 1993

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Answer Riddim

33 versions · 1993

Real Rock Riddim

33 versions · 1995 · Sony Music Entertainment Inc

Sleng Teng Riddim

23 versions · 2013

Heavenless Riddim

20 versions · versions from 1983

Skylarking Riddim

18 versions · 1993

Darker Shade Of Black Riddim

16 versions · 2001 · VP Records

Swing Easy Riddim

15 versions · 1995

Vanity Riddim

14 versions · 1982

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  1. 2002

    Music

    ‘Music Is Life’: Beres Hammond Earns His First Grammy Nomination as the VP Records Years Make Him Lovers Rock’s Elder Statesman

    From ‘Love From a Distance’ (1996) through ‘A Day in the Life’ (1998), the Harmony House–VP partnership turns a hitmaker into an institution. ‘Music Is Life’ (2001) — with ‘They Gonna Talk’, ‘Rock Away’ and a Wyclef Jean duet — is nominated for Best Reggae Album at the 44th Grammy Awards on February 27, 2002, alongside Luciano and two Marleys. Damian Marley’s ‘Halfway Tree’ wins.

  2. 2007

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    Order of Distinction, Commander Class: Jamaica Honours Shaggy on National Heroes Day, 2007

    On 15 October 2007, Orville Richard Burrell receives the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander from Governor-General Professor Kenneth Hall — recognised alongside Burning Spear, Sir Coxsone Dodd and Luciano for service to Jamaican music.

  3. 2013

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    Buju Bantan/ Luciano former managers speak out

    The fallout between an artiste and their manager tends to lead to bittersweet moments. Copeland Forbes, former manager of Luciano, and Donovan Germain, former manager of Buju Banton, decides to air their side of the story.

  4. 2014

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    Luciano Taps Mad Professor for Dub Showcase

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    Studio Chronicles explores Harry J Recording Studio

    Irievibrations Records, well known for their work with Anthony B, Luciano and Konshens, has collaborated with production companies Dreama Studios and Illuminati Productions to create a documentary series about „the history and culture of recording music“.

  5. 2023

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    Rebel Salute 2023: Beenie Man Plays Through an Injury, Louie Culture Closes at Dawn as the 29th Staging Returns to Plantation Cove

    Tony Rebel’s roots festival ran two nights at Grizzly’s Plantation Cove, St Ann, on January 20–21, 2023, with Bounty Killer, Kabaka Pyramid, Third World, Big Mountain, Beenie Man, Capleton, Luciano, Sanchez and Ghana’s Stonebwoy on the bill. Night one closed at 7:45 a.m.; night two brought a 20-song Beenie Man set, a Sanchez walk-off and I-Octane’s mic being pulled.

  6. 2025

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    Rebel Salute 2025 Returns to One Night: Maxi Priest, Luciano, Queen Ifrica and a Valiant Debut Over 12 Hours at Plantation Cove

    The 31st Rebel Salute ran from 7 p.m. on Saturday, January 18, 2025 to 6:44 the next morning — 23 acts on a single night for the first time in a decade, in what Tony Rebel called a ‘strategic restructuring.’ The crowd was thinner than usual; the festival’s first overseas date, in Miramar, Florida, was announced for April 20.

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