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Nitty Gritty is tagged as: reggae, dancehall, dub, dancehall reggae, roots

Nitty Gritty was one of dancehall reggae’s top singers in the 1980s. |One of his earliest stageshow performances occured in 1979 alsongside General Echo and Madoo for the Stereophonic sound system. However, he didn’t become a star until 1983-84, perfoming mostly for Sugar Minott’s Youthman Promotion.|By 1985, Nitty had recorded many hit tunes including “Run Down the World”, “Good Morning Teacher”, and “False Alarm” for the Jammys label. The latter was likely dancehall reggae’s most popular “counteraction” tune ever, a response to the massive hit “Ring the Alarm” by Tenor Saw.|In addition to his own music, Nitty is well-regarded for being mentor to Saw, who during his short-lived career became the bigger star. Still, it is Nitty who gave Tenor Saw his unique singing style, one which was copied by many others as the decade wore on.|By 1986, Nitty Gritty was touring England, performing with other artists over the Sir Coxsone Outernational sound system (no affiliation to Coxsone Dodd). He spent the reminder of the decade performing stagehows and recording dubplate specials for sound systems all over the world.|Nitty Gritty’s life ended in 1992, during a shooting incident in front of Superpower ...
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Top 10 Nitty Gritty Songs
Sweet Reggae Music
Good Morning Teacher
False Alarm
Hog In A Minty
Run Down The World
Draw Mi Mark
Hog Inna Minty
Trials And Crosses
Trial And Crosses
Ready Done
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Top 10 Nitty Gritty Albums
Run Down The World
Turbo Charge
Tribute To Nitty Gritty: Trial and Crosses
Jah in the Family
Hold on
GOIN 4 BROKE
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