Steely & Clevie

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Name = Steely & Clevie


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Genre = Dancehall
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Label = Steely & Clevie
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URL = http://www.myspace.com/steelyandclevie
Notable_instruments = Oberheim DMX
Drum machine
Electronic keyboard
Sequencer
Current_members = Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson
Cleveland "Clevie" Browne
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Steely & Clevie aka Wycliffe Johnson and Cleveland Browne are a Jamaican dancehall reggae production duo. The two have worked with artists such as The Specials, Bounty Killer, Elephant Man, and No Doubt.

Steely debuted as a keyboardist with Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion collective in the 1970s. Clevie pioneered the use of drum machines in reggae. Steely and Clevie first played together at Lee "Scratch" Perry's Black Ark Studios during the late 1970s. In 1986, they were the house band at King Jammy's Studio. King Jammy's Studio became the center point of late-1980s Reggae, by which time Steelie & Clevie were established production leaders with an immense slew of 12-inch and dub singles. The duo formed the Steely & Clevie label in 1987, a year in which reggae riddims and dub influenced hip-hop production by Ced Gee and KRS-One in the Bronx.

In 2004, Steely was charged with manslaughter after hitting high school student Shakara Harris with an SUV; Harris was killed by the impact. [ [http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20050107/ent/ent1.html "Going against the Norm"] . "The Jamaica Star". Retrieved April 16, 2007.]

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