Keith Hudson
Ominously known as "The Dark Prince of Reggae," Keith Hudson was born into a musical family in Kingston, Jamaica in 1946. His musical education began as Hudson worked as a sort of roadie for Skatalite and Jamaican trombone king Don Drummond. By age 21, Hudson, who had been trained as a dentist, sunk his earnings into his own record label, Inbidimts, and had a hit with Ken Boothe's recording of "Old Fashioned Way." Not long after this chart success, the suddenly hot Hudson was producing some of the biggest names (and soon-to-be biggest names) in reggae -- John Holt, Delroy Wilson, Alton Ellis, and the great toasters U-Roy and Dennis Alcapone, all of whom benefited from what would be Hudson's trademark production style: groove-centered, bass/drum-dominated, lean and mean stripped-down riddims. By the mid-'70s, Hudson began releasing more solo work, hitting paydirt from the start with his 1974 debut, Entering the Dragon and his intense second record, Flesh of My Skin, an ominous, dark record that earned Hudson his title as reggae's "Dark Prince." In 1976, Hudson relocated to New York City and worked pretty much nonstop, producing as well as recording solo records up until 1982. He succumbed to lung cancer in 1984, at age 38, robbing reggae of one its greatest, most adventurous, and unhearalded producers and performers.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Pick A Dub (Deluxe Edition)
Reggae - Released by VP Records on 1 Jan 1974
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Nuh Skin Up Dub
Dub - Released by Jusic International Label on 13 Dec 2011
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From One Extreme to Another
Dub - Released by Jusic International Label on 19 Jan 2018
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Rasta Communication - Deluxe Edition
Reggae - Released by Greensleeves Records on 1 Jan 1978
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Flesh Of My Skin Blood Of My Blood
Reggae - Released by 17 North Parade on 22 Oct 2021
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Rasta Communication
Reggae - Released by Greensleeves Records on 1 Jan 1978
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Tuff Gong Encounter
Reggae - Released by VP Records on 4 Dec 2015
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Darkest Night on a Wet Looking Road
Reggae - Released by Mafia - Dub Store Records on 9 Nov 2018
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Melody Maker / Poor People
Keith Hudson, Horace Andy, Earl Flute
Reggae - Released by Mafia - Dub Store Records on 9 Feb 2018
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Satan Side / Evil Spirit
Keith Hudson, Chuckles, Don D. Jnr
Reggae - Released by Trojan Records on 1 Jan 1972
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Satan Side / Peter & Judas
Keith Hudson, Earl Flute, Horace Andy
Reggae - Released by Mafia - Dub Store Records on 13 Jul 2018
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Like I'm Dying / Crying Version
Keith Hudson, Hudford All Stars
Reggae - Released by Hudford Records - Dub Store Records on 9 Mar 2018
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Write Me Your Resume (12" Mix)
Reggae - Released by Jusic International Label on 22 Dec 2017
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