Best Dub/Reggae Performing Pseudonym

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prompted by my wife expressing perplexity at all the oddball nom de plumes in our record collection

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Niney the Observer	9
King Tubby	6
Dr. Alimantado	3
Prince Far I	2
Jah Whoosh	2
Other	2
Scientist	2
Prince Jammy	2
Big Youth	2
Tapper Zukie	1
U Brown	1
Jah Stitch	1
Prince Jazzbo	1
Lee "Scratch" Perry	1
Prince Alla	0
Yabby You	0
Trinity	0
Jah Lion	0
U-Roy	0
I-Roy	0

― Οὖτις, Friday, 30 January 2015 18:35 (ten years ago)

always partial to Jah Stitch

― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Friday, 30 January 2015 18:50 (ten years ago)

goin with Niney (so named for having nine fingers, and I guess glasses = "the observer" part)

Stitch got his name from surviving being shot in the face, I think...?

― Οὖτις, Friday, 30 January 2015 18:54 (ten years ago)

Jah Woosh is pretty good.

― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 30 January 2015 23:35 (ten years ago)

I think Stitch got shot in the head after he was already Stitch...

― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 30 January 2015 23:35 (ten years ago)

Ranking Joe is also a good name.

― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 30 January 2015 23:38 (ten years ago)

King tubby v prince far i v prince jazzbo for me

Based on name alone that is

― marcos, Saturday, 31 January 2015 00:06 (ten years ago)

I mean fucking prince jazzbo that is awesome

― marcos, Saturday, 31 January 2015 00:07 (ten years ago)

Jah woosh is good too

― marcos, Saturday, 31 January 2015 00:07 (ten years ago)

I think Stitch got shot in the head after he was already Stitch...

yeah this wasn't clear to me from the Katz book

― Οὖτις, Saturday, 31 January 2015 00:11 (ten years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Friday, 13 February 2015 00:01 (ten years ago)

Dennis Alcapone.

― Nut-bloody-rageous (Tom D.), Friday, 13 February 2015 11:43 (ten years ago)

big fan of 'niney the observer' but always thought it was a king tubby pseudonym

― oi listen mate, shut up (dog latin), Friday, 13 February 2015 12:00 (ten years ago)

Voting Niney to save me from the impossibility of choosing between I-Roy and U-Roy

― the saer returns (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 13 February 2015 13:50 (ten years ago)

Eek-A-Mouse

― Tove Lo Tove You Baby (jaymc), Friday, 13 February 2015 14:13 (ten years ago)

Voting King Tubby, but feel like writing in Family Man, Horsemouth, Sticky or Scully, although maybe these are just nicknames, not pseudonyms.

― Up the Junction Boulevard (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 February 2015 14:56 (ten years ago)

Pompidou

― oi listen mate, shut up (dog latin), Friday, 13 February 2015 14:58 (ten years ago)

My favourite was always Keith Hudson.

So crazy, he didn't pick a mad name fo himself!

― Mark G, Friday, 13 February 2015 15:02 (ten years ago)

Out of those, picked Dr. Alimantado, because he is the besta dresseda CHICKEN!!

― Mark G, Friday, 13 February 2015 15:03 (ten years ago)

Pliers (as in Chaka Demus &) because pragmatic

― in-house pickle program (m coleman), Friday, 13 February 2015 15:15 (ten years ago)

thankfully he (they) slightly predated the pejorative use of "tool"

― in-house pickle program (m coleman), Friday, 13 February 2015 15:16 (ten years ago)

Family Man, Horsemouth, Sticky or Scully, although maybe these are just nicknames, not pseudonyms

yeah I tried to keep it to people who put these names on record sleeves. by no means a comprehensive list, obviously

― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 February 2015 16:35 (ten years ago)

Scientist is such a cool name.

But wasn't "Jah Vengeance" a Yabby pseudonym? Because I'd definitely choose that.

― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Friday, 13 February 2015 16:57 (ten years ago)

that's just a song...?

― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 February 2015 16:58 (ten years ago)

somewhere on ilx someone linked to a massive txt file of reggae artists and their noms. awesome and engrossing iirc

― goole, Friday, 13 February 2015 17:05 (ten years ago)

Jaymc otm

― rob, Friday, 13 February 2015 17:10 (ten years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Saturday, 14 February 2015 00:01 (ten years ago)

winnah!
http://davidcorio.com/images/391/slideshow/niney-the-observer-01.jpg?1313177153

― Οὖτις, Saturday, 14 February 2015 00:05 (ten years ago)

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