This Day in Jamaican Music

July 16

On July 16 in Jamaican music: 7 releases dated to this day, including Blessed by Beenie Man (1995) and 2 stories from the news archive.

Releases

Released on this day

7

Albums and singles in the Listen library dated to this day — press play from any title.

  1. 1995 BlessedAlbum

    Beenie Man

  2. 2021 Solid GoldAlbum

    U-Roy

  3. 2009 Complaint ft. Garnett SilkSingle

    Buju Banton

  4. 2011 In His Own WordsSingle

    Damian Marley

  5. 2012 Caribbean GirlsSingle

    Mavado

  6. 2014 Love How Di Gyals Dem FlexSingle

    Buju Banton

  7. 2014 Who Am ISingle

    Ruach

News archive

Stories published on this day

2

From the JamaicansMusic newsroom, going back to 2008.

  1. 2014 Rastafari musical artifacts lost in fire: here’s how you can help

    Culture

  2. 2013 Stephen Marley finds an amazing love on 'You and Me Attract'

    Music

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