Biography
Skengdon's (also known as Skengman) given name is Kenneth Black. In 1985 he formed the eponymous label Skengdon. Among the first releases were Cocoa Tea's »We Are The World«, Supercat's »Vineyard Party« and Nicodemus' »Suzie Wong«. The latter one, a tale of Nicodemus' Japanese love on the Stalag rhythm, quickly became one of the most requested songs on radio. The following year the label released a string of acclaimed albums by artists such as Super Cat and Nicodemus. More records followed by artists such as Little John, Yami Bolo and [Winston McAnuff].
Skengdon was also the owner of the Stereomars AKA Sturmars Sound System which was one of the most important sound systems in Jamaica.
The name Skengdon is a combination of skeng (firearm/gun) and don. The latter part a honorific title given to persons with immense respect - perhaps mostly inspired by the use it had among mafia crime bosses such Don Corleone's character in the Godfather Trilogy. Outside of the music industry Skengdon is a controversial character whose connections with PNP have received much critique.
Kenneth Black is no longer involved in the music industry; in the early 2000's he was reported as running a company called Black Brothers that owned a large quarry and a construction company in Mandeville, Jamaica.
Skengdon Discography
LP
| Artist |
Title |
Year |
Matrix/Cat No |
Comment |
| Super Cat |
Boops |
1986 |
SKDLP 001 |
|
| Nicodemus |
Nuff Respect |
1986 |
SKDLP 002 |
|
| Little Youth |
Youth Of Today |
1986 |
SKDLP 003 |
|
| Winston McCanuff |
Electric Dread |
1986 |
SKDLP 004 |
|
| Echo Minott |
Familiar Faces |
1986 |
SKDLP 005 |
|
| Junior Delgado |
Stranger |
1986 |
SKDLP 006 |
|
| Gregory Isaacs |
Talk don't bother me |
1987 |
SKDLP 007 |
|
| The Tamlins |
Love Divine |
1988 |
SKDLP 008 |
|
| Frankie Paul |
Sizzling |
1988 |
SKDLP 009 |
|
12" Discos
| Artist |
Title |
Date |
Rhythm |
cat no |
Country of issue |
| Super Cat |
Pops |
1986 |
|
SKD 0002 |
|
| Lord Sassafras |
Jamaica Way / Version* |
198 |
|
SKDL 003 |
|
| Earl Sixteen |
Agent For Your love/Lovie Love* |
1986 |
|
SKD 017 |
USA |
| Yami Bolo |
Free Mandela / Pretoria Version* |
1986 |
... |
SKDL 019 |
... |
| Gregory Isaacs |
Love Without Intermission/ Intermission Dub (Lloyd Parks) |
1986 |
|
SKDL 029 |
JA |
| Fitzroy Simpson (Mighty Diamonds) |
Anti-Crack/Version |
1987 |
... |
SKDL 031 |
... |
| Outlaw Mannix |
Tickle Me Fancy/Alphabetical Burial |
1987 |
-/My Time |
SKDL 032 |
USA |
| Junio Cat |
Skengdon Bring Reggae Music / Poor People Me Love |
1987 |
|
SKDL 033 |
|
| Annette Brissette |
Doctor Love / Version* |
1987 |
|
SKDL 034 |
|
| Leroy Smart |
Number One / Version* |
1986 |
|
SKDL 036 |
|
| Chacka Demus |
Gimme Your Loving/Loving Dub* |
1987 |
Agony |
SKDL 037 |
USA |
| Tenor Saw |
Wake The Town/Town Dub* |
1987 |
... |
SKDL 039 |
USA |
| Sugar Minott & Joe Mannix |
Who Kill The Boops / Boops Dub* |
1987 |
Kiss an Angel |
SKDL 040 |
|
| Al Campbell |
Who feels it knows it |
1987 |
|
SKDL 042 |
|
| The Tamlins |
Domn't Say No/Say Dub |
1987 |
... |
SKDL 052 |
USA |
| Johnny P |
Mine You Get A Lick/Lick Me Dub* |
1987 |
... |
SKD 058 |
USA |
| Dread And the Rhymesters |
My Stylee/My Stylee Dub (by Skengdon All Stars) |
1987 |
|
SKDL 059 |
USA |
| Chaka Demus |
Young Gal Business/Dub Business |
1987 |
Mud Up |
SKDL 060 |
USA |
| Outlaw Mannix |
A Fi Let Off/A Fi Dub Off* |
1987 |
... |
SKD 062 |
USA |
| Hopeton James |
I Got Your Number/Dub Number* |
1987 |
... |
SKDL 064 |
USA |
| Horace Andy |
Sugar Candy / Version* |
1987 |
|
SKDL 065 |
|
| Michael Prophet |
Your Heart/Heart Dub (by Skengdon All Stars) |
1987 |
... |
SKD 067 |
USA |
| Super Cat |
Sweet For My Sweet/Sweet Dub (by Steelie & Cleevie) |
1986 |
... |
SKDL 077 |
UK |
| Chaka Demus |
Music Is Life/Life Rhythm (by Steelie & Cleevie)... |
1986 |
|
SKD 079 |
UK |
| Ranking Trevor |
Blood Shed/Version |
... |
... |
SKDL 090 |
UK |
| Tenor Saw |
Bad Bwoy/Bad bwoy Dub |
... |
... |
SKDL 092 |
UK |
| Johnny Osbourne |
Hot Hot Summer/... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| Al Campbell |
Let me be the One /One Dub* |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| Ranking Trevor |
Love Terrorist/... |
... |
... |
... |
USA |
| U Brown |
See Boops Deh/... |
... |
... |
... |
USA |
| Super Cat |
Mud Up/... |
1987 |
Mud Up |
... |
USA |
*by Skengdon All Stars
7" Singles
| Artist |
Title |
Date |
Rhythm |
cat no |
Country of issue |
| Super Cat |
Vineyard Party/Version |
... |
Answer rhythm |
- |
Jamaica |
| Cocoa Tea |
We Are The World/Version |
198x |
Heavenless |
|
Jamaica |
| Junior Delgado |
Nine Fence/Paint the Fence |
1986 |
|
SKD 010 |
Jamaica |
| Sugar Minott |
Wrong Move/Right Move Dub* |
1986 |
|
SKD 016 |
| Earl Sixteen |
Agent For Your love/Lovie Love* |
1986 |
|
SKD 017 |
Jamaica |
| Horace Martin |
Frazzle Out/Frazzle Dazzle |
1986 |
|
SKD 020 |
Jamaica |
| Papa Santress (Sancho) |
Dance Inna Mount Zion/Mount Zion Rock* |
1986 |
Tempo |
SKD 021 |
Jamaica |
| Johnny Osbourne & Junior Delgado |
Cover To Cover/Killer (by Jackie Mittoo) |
1986 |
|
SKD 022 |
Jamaica |
| Electric Dread (Winston McAnuff) |
Won't Give Up/Stronger Strong* |
1986 |
|
SKD 023 |
Jamaica |
| Super Cat |
Wild Apache / Version* |
1987 |
|
... |
|
| Leroy Smart |
Number One/Version |
1987 |
|
... |
|
| Cocoa Tea |
Jamaica Sweet/... |
1987 |
|
SKD 035 |
Jamaica |
| Chacka Demus |
Gimme Your Loving/Loving Dub* |
1987 |
Agony |
SKD 037 |
Jamaica |
| U Brown |
Ready When You Ready / Ready Dub |
1987 |
|
SKD 038 |
|
| Sugar Minott |
Who Kills The Boops/Boops Dub* |
1987 |
|
SKD 040 |
Jamaica |
| Yami Bolo |
Loving You My Dear / Love Version* |
1987 |
|
SKD 048 |
Jamaica |
| Leroy Smart |
She Loves To Dance |
1987 |
|
SKD 050 |
|
| Little Harry |
Anorexal / Body Dub* |
1987 |
|
SKD 056 |
|
| Higgs And Sisterens |
Them Can't Test We / |
|
|
SKD 057 |
|
| Super Cat |
Permet Fi Gun / Dub Permit* |
1987 |
African Beat |
SKD 063 |
Jamaica |
| Tenor Saw |
Dancehall Feeling/... |
|
|
|
Jamaican |
| Gregory Isaacs |
Talk Don't Bother Me/Talking Dub (Lloyd Parks & We the People) |
1986 |
|
SKD 030 |
Jamaican |
| Captain Kenterus |
Gone A Sea/Dub In Sea |
1987 |
|
|
|
| Tenor Saw |
Kiss An Angel/... |
|
|
|
Jamaican |
| Burro Banton |
Bawling/... |
|
|
|
Jamaican |
| Al Campbell & Tabby Diamond |
Skengdon Crew/... |
|
|
|
Jamaican |
| Nicodemus |
Suzie Wong/Anti Crack Version* |
1987 |
|
no matrix |
Jamaican |
| Cocioa Tea |
Reggae man/Reggae Sweet* |
1986 |
|
SKD 011 |
Jamaican |
| Gregory Isaacs |
Love Without Intermission/ Intermission Dub (Lloyd Parks & We the People) |
1986 |
|
SKD 029 |
Jamaica |
| Echo Minott |
Pickney "Fe" Mine/Mine Version* |
1986 |
|
SKD 013 |
Jamaica |
| Leroy Smart |
Bad Minded People/Good Minded People* |
1986 |
|
SKD 012 |
Jamaica |
| Earl Sixteen |
We Rule/Two Sides of Earl Sixteen* |
1986 |
|
SKD 024 |
Jamaica |
| Cutty Ranking (Cutty Ranks) |
Greedy Girl/Cutty Version* |
1986 |
|
SKD 015 |
Jamaica |
| Michael Prophet |
Your Heart/Version* |
1987 |
|
SKD 067 |
Jamaica |
| Yami Bolo |
Free Mandela/Pretoria Version* |
1986 |
|
SKD 019 |
Jamaica |
| Frankie Paul |
No Sizzling/Japanese Style |
1986 |
|
SKD 026 |
Jamaica |
| Frankie Paul |
Gun Shot/Frankie Style |
1986 |
|
SKD 018 |
Jamaica |
| Cutty Ranking (Cutty Ranks) |
Christmas Time/Special* |
1986 |
|
SKD 014 |
Jamaica |
| Al Campbell |
Who Feels It Knows It/Who Feels It Knows It Version* |
1987 |
|
SKD 042 |
Jamaica |
*by Skengdon All Stars
Comments (3)
Anonymous said
at 5:57 pm on Nov 20, 2008
I'm quite certain that SKDLP 008 is a V/A compilation but I can't find any info on it. Think I've seen it on eBay.
Bellyman said
at 8:13 pm on Sep 9, 2009
SKDLP 008 added.
soulrocket said
at 12:20 pm on Aug 5, 2010
I reckon Delgado was part of the Skengdom All Stars but who else was there?
Also "frankie paul - gun shot" was released as a 12" SKDL 018
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