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Cleveland "Clevie" Browne

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Cleveland "Clevie" Browne is a Jamaican drummer and producer, one half of the pioneering production duo Steely and Clevie with keyboardist Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson. Coming from a musical family and credited with helping pioneer drum-machine programming in reggae, he and Steely served as house producers at King Jammy's before founding their own label in 1987 and building many of the computerised riddims that defined digital dancehall.

Their credits include Dawn Penn's 1994 hit "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" and work with acts from Gregory Peck to Foxy Brown.

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Type: Person (artist, selector, producer…) →
Era: Dancehall and the digital turn →
Confidence: Probable
Sources: Wikipedia; Reggaeville.

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Interview with Dancehall producer Clevie from Steely and Clevie

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Roifield Brown interview.

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Clevie on where reggaeton came from (Jamaica, 2017)

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Clevie Browne himself, on camera in 2017, saying reggaeton was born from the Poco Man Jam riddim -- the plaintiff's own account of the claim, given years before the case reached summary judgment. Community upload (channel: Steph Live Up Program). Discovery-only.

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In stories

Story · Well supportedWho owns the riddim?

A rhythm built in a Kingston studio in 1989 travelled to Panama, through New York, into San Juan, and became the pulse of the biggest Spanish-language pop music on earth. A Los Angeles court is now preparing to put the question of who owns it to a jury.