U Brown

Huford Benjamin Brown (born 8 June 1956, Kingston, Jamaica), better known by the stage name U Brown, is a reggae deejay who released eleven albums between 1976 and 1984.

Biography Brown grew up in Bond Street in Kingston, living two doors away from Duke Reid's Treasure Isle studio. Heavily influenced by U-Roy, but also citing Big Youth, Dennis Alcapone, Prince Jazzbo and I-Roy as influences, Brown began his career on the Silver Bullet sound system in the early 1970s, moving on to Sound of Music and replacing U-Roy on the King Tubby's Hi-Fi system in 1975. Brown was initially given a chance to record by Winston Edwards and then Yabby You, and had a local hit in 1976 with "Starsky and Hutch", which was followed by a series of albums produced by Bunny Lee. Blood & Fire released a compilation of Brown's 1970s work in 1997, raising his profile and leading to new recordings, working with Jah Warrior among others.

Albums The Originator (1976) Carib Gems (Nuroy and U-Roy) Satta Dread (1976) Klik London Rock (1977) Third World Revelation Time (1977) Live & Love Mr Brown Something (1978) Virgin/Front Line Weather (1978) Gorgon, also released as You Can't Keep a Good Man Down (1978) Virgin/Front Line Repatriation (1979) Hit Sound Hotter Reggae Music (1982) Tad's, also issued as Tu Sheng Peng Raver's Party (1982) Trojan DJ Confrontation (1982) CF (with Peter Yellow) Jam It Tonight (1983) CSA, also issued as Black Princess (1999) Dressed To Kill Superstar (1984) Culture Press Train To Zion (1997) Blood & Fire (compilation) 3 The Roots Way (2001) Krescendo (with Ranking Joe and Trinity) Rougher Than The Rest (2003) Jah Warrior Still Standing Strong (2002) Hit Sound Rastafari Bible Belle Hit Sounds From Channel One (1999) Tabou 1 (compilation) The Original D.J. Sonic Sounds U Brown's Hit Sound (2007) Roots (compilation)