Sly and Robbie

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bassist drummer musical duo record label record producer record production duo rhythm section

Sly and Robbie are a legendary Jamaican rhythm section and production duo, renowned for their influential work in reggae and dub music since the 1970s.

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Sly Dunbar 4
Sly and Robbie canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bassist ⓘ
drummer ⓘ
musical duo ⓘ
record label ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
record production duo ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ
activeSince mid-1970s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Riddim Twins ⓘ
associatedAct Black Uhuru ⓘ
Bob Dylan ⓘ
Dennis Brown ⓘ
Grace Jones ⓘ
Gregory Isaacs ⓘ
Jimmy Cliff ⓘ
Peter Tosh ⓘ
Serge Gainsbourg ⓘ
Sinead O’Connor ⓘ
surface form: Sinéad O’Connor

The Mighty Diamonds ⓘ
Toots Hibbert ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording
basedIn Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Jamaica ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
founded Taxi Records ⓘ
genre dancehall ⓘ
dub ⓘ
lovers rock ⓘ
reggae ⓘ
rocksteady ⓘ
world music ⓘ
influencedGenre dancehall ⓘ
dub ⓘ
pop ⓘ
reggae ⓘ
rock ⓘ
member Robbie Shakespeare ⓘ
Sly and Robbie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sly Dunbar
notableFor creating numerous reggae riddims used by multiple artists ⓘ
innovative use of drum machines and electronic effects in reggae ⓘ
pioneering modern dancehall rhythms ⓘ
session work on hundreds of reggae recordings ⓘ
shaping the sound of 1980s reggae ⓘ
notableWork production on Grace Jones albums "Warm Leatherette" and "Nightclubbing" ⓘ
production work for Black Uhuru albums ⓘ
occupation musicians ⓘ
record producers ⓘ
songwriters ⓘ
recordLabel Taxi Records ⓘ

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Culture (band) → associatedAct → Sly and Robbie ⓘ
Sly and Robbie → member → Sly and Robbie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sly Dunbar
album "Nightclubbing" → featuresMusician → Sly and Robbie ⓘ
subject surface form: Nightclubbing
this entity surface form: Sly Dunbar
single "Pull Up to the Bumper" → writer → Sly and Robbie ⓘ
subject surface form: Pull Up to the Bumper
this entity surface form: Sly Dunbar
Compass Point Records → associatedWith → Sly and Robbie ⓘ
Undercover of the Night → percussionist → Sly and Robbie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sly Dunbar