As the first reggae artist to win a Grammy Award, Black Uhuru have been called the best of the second generation of artists from Jamaica. They originally formed in the Waterhouse district of Kingston, Jamaica in 1977 and released their first record later that year. Their breakthrough come in 1980 with the brilliant ‘Sinsemilla’ in 1980 which features Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare as the rhythm section and the album’s producers.