Artist:Junior Reid
Song:Boom-Shack-A-Lack
Album:Boom-Shack-A-Lack
Dancehall singer songwriter Delroy "Junior" Reid had his greatest success with the 1985 international chart hit Boom-Shack-A-Lack. It's probably his signature song. He was born June 6, 1963 in Kingston, Jamaica. He grew up in the Waterhouse district which is notorious as one of the most dangerous places in Jamaica. At age 13, Reid released the single Speak the Truth. This was produced by Hugh Mundell for Augusto Pablo's Rockers International label. For a while he had his own band The Voice of Progress and he scored a minor hit with Mini-Bus Driver. Then he signed with Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion label and released singles like Foreign Mind which became an anthem for ghetto youth. But Reid really seemed to find his groove when he started working with Lloyd "King Jammy" James. James was a dub mixer for King Tubby. He had recently opened his own studio. Boom-Shack-A-Lack was a hit in England. Greensleeves Records released an album. Reid wrote all the songs. Reid then started his own production company. In 1986 Reid was offered the opportunity to replace Michael Rose as lead singer of Black Uhuru. At the time Reid thought it would be a good opportunity to reach an international audience. In retrospect, Reid would probably admit that he should have remained a solo artist. He was criticized for sounding too much like Rose. After three albums with Black Uhuru, Reid returned to his own label and scored an international hit with the 1989 single One Blood. Reid continues to record and produce artists on his own label. And he has appeared internationally with Alicia Keys and Rick Ross among others. Reid does a lot of guest shots. Greensleeves re-released the album Boom-Shack-A-Lack in 2003 with a different cover and a bonus remix of Boom-Shack-A-Lack. When the album was reissued in 2016, it had the original cover. This is available as a budget CD. Here's Junior Reid performing Boom-Shack-A-Lack at Reggae Sunsplash 1991.
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