First, European listeners and gay-right organisations take offence at his partly homophobic lyrics. With such an enormous output, fans often complain about the mediocricity of many of the material, yet Sizzla again and again manages to surprise his listeners with a quality album after a few mediocre ones.Įspecially after 2000, Sizzla aroused controversy with his lyrics in several ways. Since 1995, he released over 30 albums and most likely over 400 singles. Sizzla is very prolific, even by Jamaican standards. At that time, Sizzla was part of the Phillip Burrel's XTerminator stable, touring with Luciano and other artist of the new roots&culture wave. His energetic singjay-style and spiritual lyrics earned him enthusiastic acclaim already with his 1995 debut album "Burning Up", while the 1997 follow-up "Black Woman & Child" was an international breakthrough, which brought Sizzla the 1998 MOBO award and a place in various magazines' top 100 albums of the year. ![]() Sizzla Kalonji, a Bobo Ashanti dread Born in August Town/Kingston, Jamaica, made his first musical steps as a singer for Caveman Hi-Fi.
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