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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Anthony B ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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█████▄ ▐█▌▐███▄ TITLE: Smoke Free ▄███▌▐█▌ ▄█████
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▀█████▓▄▄▄█▐▓█████▌ LABEL: Zomba ▐█████▓▌█▄▄▄▓█████▀
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▄▄▀▀ ▄██████▀ RIPPER: <..:*$u|LeN b0y*:..> ▀██████▄
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▀██▄ ▀█████▌ 0hr 47min total- 68.1mb ██████▀
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 Intro Four 0:32 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 02 Smoke Free 3:58 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ 03 Searching 3:54 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ 04 Champaign 3:57 ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 05 Vacation 3:44 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 06 Next Door 4:33 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 07 Bun A Wicked 3:43 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 08 Fire Bun 3:58 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 09 Giddion 3:46 ▀█████████
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▐███▌▄█████▀ 13 Champaign (Backyard Mix) 3:52 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ (Bonus Track) ▀█████▄
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Anthony B (born Keith Blair) is the ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ living personification of ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Afrikan consciousness in Reggae. His ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ single "Nah vote again" ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ was a major factor in making the ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Jamaican elections of ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ December 18 1997, the most peaceful one ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ since the insidious ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ cancer of gun violence was introduced in ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ West and Central Kingston, ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ prior to the elections of 1967. Like ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ his hero, Peter Tosh, the most ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ revolutionary of the Wailing Wailers, he ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ is an uncompromising Pan ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Afrikanist, in the tradition of Marcus ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica's first ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ national hero and the founder and ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ leader of the largest Afrikan ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ organization ever, the Universal Negro ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Improvement Association ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ and Afrikan Communities League, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ U.N.I.A. and A.C.L. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ The traditional route of most Afrikan ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ singers is via the church and ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Anthony B is no exception. Growing up ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ in Clarks Town in the ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ parish of Trelawny (a parish noted for ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ the heroic Afrikan freedom ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ fighters, the Maroons, who defeated the ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ English military), his ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ Revivalist grandmother and Seventh Day ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ Adventist mother, immersed ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ him in the singing, call and response ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ and clapping mechanics of rural ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Jamaica. In this rural environment ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ that Afrikan culture is best found ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ and preserved in Jamaica, not Kingston ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ nor urban St. Andrew. Like Bob Marley, ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Peter Tosh, The Maytals, Justin Hinds & ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ The Dominoes, Twinkle Brothers, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ the Clarendonians and countless other ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Jamaican Stars, Anthony B honed ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ his vocal skills in the church and ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ school choirs and then entered the ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ secular ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ world. His deejaying debut was on the ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ local sound system Shaggy Hi-Power. ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Moving to Portmore in the parish of St. ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ Catharine in 1988, the musically keen ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ teen hooked up with other aspiring ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ teenage deejays, Determine, Mega Banton, ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ Ricky General and Terror Fabulous on ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Lovers Choice Sound. Other Portmore ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ acts that he knew or flexed with were ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Little Devon, Agony Polish, Cobra, ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Baby ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Wayne, Grindsman, Ronnie Thwaites, ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Professor Nuts and others. He ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ steadfastly refused to deejay girl ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ lyrics when they were ruling the roost ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ in the early nineties. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Patience is a virtue and good things ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ come to those who wait. In ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Half Pint sound-a-like singer) ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ he made his debut single "The living is ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ hard" on the Wizard label ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ in 1993. Anthony B tried King Jammys, ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Black Scorpio and other ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ studio producers after but none saw fit ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ to help plant musical corn ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ of the budding genius. Undeterred he was ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ looking for a break at ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Black Scorpio studio one day when ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Little Devon introduced him to ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Afrocentric producer of Garnett "Mama ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Africa" Silk fame, Richard ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ "Bello" Bell of Star Trail Label fame. ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ The rest is history or blackstory ! ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
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▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Recordings and releases followed quickly ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ and his first hit was "Repentance time". ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ The bigger hits "Fire pon Rome", ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ "Rumour" and "Raid di barn" followed ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ in quick ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ pursuit and his landmark debut album ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Real Revolutionary was released to ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ popular ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ acclaim in 1996. Late 1997 his second ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ worldwide album "Universal Struggle" ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ was released and again excellence is ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ consistent. The album is one of the best ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ in ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Reggae for 1997 and 1998. Lyrically, ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ thematically and rhythmically ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ versatile, the ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ album encapsulates Afrikan consciousness ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ and the Peter Tosh-like deliveries and ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ clarity of vocals are indelibly present ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ throughout. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ He was the most devastating deejay at ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Reggae Summits 1997, at Catherine Hall ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Montage Bay, Jamaica - a consummate ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ performer. Anthony B, indeed another ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Reggae king in full musical swing !! ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ Y father use to make it up as a drink in ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▄ ▄███▄█████▀ Enjoy the new Anthony B album right here ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ by RNS and we ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ ain't smoke free!!! ▓█▌ █████▌
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