NewzKINGSTON, Jamaica —Before legendary dancehall icon Super Cat became the 'Don Dada', he wowed the Jamaican dancehall with the monster hit, Boops, a song that popularised a Jamaican slang term for 'sugar daddy'. The hit song dominated the local airwaves as it wickedly satirised older men who buy the affection of young women with gifts in the hopes of securing companionship or intimacy. The Boops song was actually created on the Stereo Mars sound system, where Super Cat and Nicodemus were performing with Danny Dread.
"We had already started recording Super Cat for Skengdon with ‘Vineyard Party’ and were developing material for his first album. Winston Riley came into that competitive environment and recorded Boops, turning what had emerged on Stereo Mars into one of the biggest hits in Jamaica," music executive Maxine Stowe reminisced. With the forthcoming reissue of Boops!, the first album released by Skengdon Records, it brings back memories of a formative chapter in Super Cat’s journey towards international recognition.
Producer and businessman Kenneth 'Skengdon' Black recalls how the record became what he called "a national phenomenon". "Everywhere you went, people were talking about Boops. The expression entered everyday language, other artistes were making answer records at the time, and the excitement went far beyond the dancehall.
Riley deserves credit for recognising its commercial potential and producing the breakthrough recording, but the song’s creative origins were on Stereo Mars," Black said. Riley subsequently recorded Boops for Techniques, with the song appearing on Si Boops Deh! Its commercial breakthrough encouraged Black to launch Skengdon Records, whose first album release was Super Cat’s 'Boops!'.
Riley’s recording and Skengdon’s album belong to successive chapters of the same story; collapsing them into one would tidy the history at the expense of getting it right. Due through VP Records on November 20, alongside albums by Nicodemus (Nuff Respect) and Little John (Youths of Today) , the release completes Skengdon’s digital album rollout. It also prepares the ground for Skengdon Anthology — The Sound System • The Studio • The Legacy, planned for the first quarter of 2027.
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