Yardcore
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{{Infobox album
| name = Yardcore
| type = studio
| artist = Born Jamericans
| cover = BornJamericans-Yardcore.jpg
| released = May 13, 1997
| recorded = 1996–1997
| venue =
| studio = Platinum Island Studios * Battery Studios * Central Studios * Hollywood Sounds
| length =
| label = Delicious Vinyl{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=Yardcore+born+jamericans&pg=PA68|title=Indies|work=Billboard|date=May 16, 1998|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}
| producer = RAH Salaam Remi Mad Lion Terry Lewis Eddison Electrik Robert Livingston Sting International
| prev_title = Kids from Foreign
| prev_year = 1994
| year = 1997
}}
{{music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score= {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/yardcore-mw0000594786|title=Yardcore - Born Jamericans | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
}}
Yardcore is the second and final studio album by Born Jamericans. The title track was released as single on CD and 12" vinyl, with several remixes.
"Yardcore" reached #8 on the U.S. Hot Rap Singles chart.{{Cite web|url=https://allhiphop.com/features/catch-a-fire-how-reggae-and-dancehall-scorched-the-us-part-three-the-late-90s-to-today-B5w2LdU3AEejWYgjA_XesA|title=Catch a Fire: How Reggae and Dancehall Scorched the US. Part Three: The late '90s to today|website=AllHipHop.com}} The album ranked #14 on Billboard's list of the best-selling reggae albums of 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0g0EAAAAMBAJ&q=born+jamericans+yardcore+1997&pg=SL680-PA80|title=The Year in Reggae|work=Billboard|date=December 27, 1997|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}
Critical reception
The Washington Post praised the album, writing: "Jamericans work in the reggae dancehall tradition of growling deejay (Shine) and silky-smooth singer (Notch), and underneath is essential jeep music, with all the thuds and thumps of a dancehall-hip-hop fusion."{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/02/11/born-jamericans-mix-it-up-on-yardcore/f77528a2-6e7f-4f38-a5ac-7a14dc0d9330/|title=BORN JAMERICANS MIX IT UP ON 'YARDCORE'|first=Alona|last=Wartofsky|date=February 11, 1998|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}
Track listing
- Prodigal Sons [Written by Horace Payne, Norman Howell, Benoit Tshiwala]
- Yardcore [H. Payne, N. Howell, B. Tshiwala]
- State of Shock IV (featuring Johnny Osbourne) [N. Howell, Errol Osbourne, H. Payne, B. Tshiwala, Jepther McClymont, and Phillip Burrell]
- Superstar [H. Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala]
- Rassclot [H. Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala]
- Back for Good [Gary Barlow]
- Send My Love (Interlude) (Stevland Morris)
- Send My Love/Send One Your Love (Stevland Morris)
- C'yaan Done [H. Payne and N. Howell]
- Wherever We Go [H. Payne and N. Howell]
- Venus [H. Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala]
- Follow the Pace [H. Payne, N. Howell, and Tony White]
- Gotta Get Mine (featuring Mad Lion, Shinehead & Sleepy Wonder) [Archer Selwyn, Edmund Aiken, H. Payne, Norman Giscombe, N. Howell, Omar Preece, and Robert Carter]