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Official Dancehall Reggae Sound Clash: Sturmars vs Youthman Promotion 1985

Skengdon's (also known as Skengman) given name is Kenneth Black. In 1985 he formed the eponymous label Skengdon. Among the first releases were Cocoa Tea's »We Are The World«, Supercat's »Vineyard Party« and Nicodemus' »Suzie Wong«. The latter one, a tale of Nicodemus' Japanese love on the Stalag rhythm, quickly became one of the most requested songs on radio. The following year the label released a string of acclaimed albums by artists such as Super Cat and Nicodemus. More records followed by artists such as Little John, Yami Bolo and [Winston McAnuff].

Skengdon was also the owner of the Stereomars AKA Sturmars Sound System which was one of the most important sound systems in Jamaica.


The name Skengdon is a combination of skeng (firearm/gun) and don. The latter part a honorific title given to persons with immense respect - perhaps mostly inspired by the use it had among mafia crime bosses such Don Corleone's character in the Godfather Trilogy. Outside of the music industry Skengdon is a controversial character whose connections with PNP have received much critique.


Kenneth Black is no longer involved in the music industry; in the early 2000's he was reported as running a company called Black Brothers that owned a large quarry and a construction company in Mandeville, Jamaica.


Sugar Minott had dancehall music running through his veins. He was born at 26a Chisholm Avenue and as a youngster he was often found hanging around a busy Kingston dancehall venue located at 82 Chisholm Avenue and late at night when there was a dance in session he would sneak in to hear all the latest sounds. In the late seventies as he was making inroads into the music business at Studio One, firstly with the African Brothers and more successfully as a solo artist, he also was involved with sound systems in the Maxfield Park area of Kingston. These included working on a set called Sound Of Silence, and, more importantly the Black Roots sound system which was owned by several people including Blacka, Jimmy and Sugar himself. Tiring of the lack of financial rewards in the business in 1979 he opted to form, with help from Keith Hartley and James Brown aka Jimmy, his own labels. Black Roots was the name chosen for his own productions and early releases which did really well for him were his own titles “Man Hungry” and “River Jordan” as well as hit tunes from Trevor Hartley and Barry Brown. A second label Youthman Promotion was started almost simultaneously, early hits were deejay tunes from Captain Sinbad and Ranking Joe whose “Youthman Promotion” summed up Sugar’s vision of the future. But things had to be put on hold for a couple of years as Sugar’s personal success took him off around the world and he chose England as his base.



Returning home in 1982 Sugar committed himself to the Youth Promotion initiative, his way of giving back to the community. His headquarters was now located at 1 Robert Crescent, Kingston 5 and it was from here that his efforts went into overdrive. He knew that there were many, many talented youths who never had a chance to make it in the music business. The building of the Youth Promotion sound system allowed the ghetto youths to practice and learn all the skills needed to cut records which could then be released on Sugar’s own labels, thus avoiding the trap of the rip off producers.


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