Who Am I / Stick Up / Infiltrate / Nike Air
Original 1997 UK pressing in near-mint condition.
Over the years, Jeremy Harding’s home studio at 8 Jack’s Hill Road in Kingston has taken on a mythic quality. As the story goes, the fledgling producer moved into the one-bedroom apartment in the early ’90s, partitioning the space and furnishing it with the latest digital studio equipment. It then expanded into a commercial jingle factory, a bustling dubplate workshop, and a lab in which he was able to experiment with his own sound. It’s been said that the studio was the first to record music to computers in Jamaica – possibly even in the Caribbean.
Indeed, the apartment witnessed the birth of some of Dancehall’s most enduring recordings. But by the end of the summer of 1997, the hit song that Jeremy was chasing hadn’t yet materialized. Even months after the release of the now-classic Playground Riddim, the popularity of Sean Paul’s Infiltrate seemed to be topping out locally; Mr. Vegas’ Nike Air was mostly dormant, and the voicing of Beenie Man’s Who Am I (Sim Simma) was still an event on the horizon. Add Dutty Cup Crew's Stick Up, and you have yourself one of the classiest dancehall 12-inches of the 90s.
Original 1997 UK pressing in near-mint condition.
Over the years, Jeremy Harding’s home studio at 8 Jack’s Hill Road in Kingston has taken on a mythic quality. As the story goes, the fledgling producer moved into the one-bedroom apartment in the early ’90s, partitioning the space and furnishing it with the latest digital studio equipment. It then expanded into a commercial jingle factory, a bustling dubplate workshop, and a lab in which he was able to experiment with his own sound. It’s been said that the studio was the first to record music to computers in Jamaica – possibly even in the Caribbean.
Indeed, the apartment witnessed the birth of some of Dancehall’s most enduring recordings. But by the end of the summer of 1997, the hit song that Jeremy was chasing hadn’t yet materialized. Even months after the release of the now-classic Playground Riddim, the popularity of Sean Paul’s Infiltrate seemed to be topping out locally; Mr. Vegas’ Nike Air was mostly dormant, and the voicing of Beenie Man’s Who Am I (Sim Simma) was still an event on the horizon. Add Dutty Cup Crew's Stick Up, and you have yourself one of the classiest dancehall 12-inches of the 90s.
