Beautiful Black Canadians

A radiant tribute to the voices, rhythms, and stories of Black Canadians across generations. This collection spans nearly 4,000 tracks of reggae, Caribbean sounds, hip-hop, soul, jazz, R&B, and every brilliant fusion in between. From pioneering legends to underground innovators, Beautiful Blac Canadians celebrates the richness and resilience of Black artistry from coast to coast. Uplifting, defiant, and deeply soulful—this is Canada’s heartbeat in full colour.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Rick James	Ghetto Life	Street Songs	04:23
Faith Nolan	Beloved Comrade	Freedom to Love	02:39
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Jay McGee W.	I Love You (Over & Over)	Over & Over	04:04
Charmaines*	The One For Me	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:15
William Smith D.	Right Feeling At The Wrong Time	Smitty	03:10
Eric Mercury	Long Way Down	Electric Black Man	04:02
Citizen Kane	Who the Fuck	Deliverance	04:21
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Donald Ray Johnson	Steamy Windows	Travelin' Man	04:23
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Stone City Band	All Day And All Of The Night	The Boys Are Back	04:47
Julian Taylor	Ain't Life Strange	Pathways	04:04
Compilation	Mynie Sutton - Honeysuckle Rose (1947)	Jazz and Hot Dance in Canada: 1916-1949	03:57
Crack of Dawn	Spotlight	Spotlight	04:33
George Hector	My Home in Queens County	Legendary George Hector: The Singing Banjoman	03:18
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Bobby Taylor	I Should Have Known it Was You, My Love	Soul Legend	02:39
Tobi Lark (Bessie Grace Gupton) aka Bessie Watson	Whose Gonna Miss You	Whose Gonna Miss You b/w Wake Up Crying	02:39
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Forgot About Mich - Fam	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:10
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Back to Bachland	Primal Prayer	06:23
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Wes Mackey	Deliverance (Interlude)	Good Morning Blues	02:18
Compilation	Crooks Of Da Round Table - Midevil Times	Beat Factory Rap Essentials Volume 2	07:32
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Main Source	Peace is Not the Word to Play	Breaking Atoms	03:08
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Wes Mackey	Nervous	Mr. Blues	03:47
Shawne Jackson	Prove It (Domenic Troiano)	ST	04:46
Marius Cultier	Les Saints du paradis	De La Martinique	02:40
Godd Boddies	Prelude	Ill Visions	00:22
Jackie Shane	Knock On Wood	Knock On Wood b/w You're The One	04:48
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Risco Connections	Ain't No Stopping Us Now (Version)	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	04:51
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Good Morning Blues	ST	04:37
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Pierre Perpall	Land of a 1000 Dances	Soul	02:32
Donald Ray Johnson	Always On My Mind	Travelin' Man	03:52
Eric Mercury	It's Time For Me To Love You	Funky Sound Nurtured in the Fertile Soil of Memphis that Smell of Rock	09:26
Compilation	Michee Mee And L.A. Luv - Run For Cover	Break'n Out	04:25
Bobby Taylor	Eleanor Rigby	Soul Legend	06:30
Phatt Al	Ruff Diamonds	The LoFI Factor	04:25
Pierre Perpall	Stuck On You	Soul	03:27
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Eric Mercury	If I Make It To The Top	Love Is Taking Over	03:36
Billy Martin	Back at the Chicken Shack	Music With Soul	02:51
Risco Connections	Argument	I'm Caught Up	06:16
Tony Kingston	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	03:17
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Julian Taylor	Time	Avalanche	02:42
Portia White	Cou-Cou (The Cuckoo)	First You Dream	01:51
Maurice Massiah	Gimme Some of Your Lovin'	Seventh Heaven	03:49
Debbie Johnson	Just Like Magic	Just Like Magic	04:00
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Kardinal Offishall (Jason Harrow)	Jeevin' (Life)	Eye & I	05:15
Bobby G. Griffith	The Badger's Song	ST	03:13
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Demo Cates	City Funk	Memories Of Moments	04:09
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Eric Mercury	You Got to Give a Damn	Love Is Taking Over	03:35
Salome Bey	You Can't Be Mine Anymore	Andy and the Bey Sisters	02:46
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
George Olliver & Gangbuster	Wayne St. John - Good Lovin'	Live at the Bluenose (Volume 1)	02:50
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Lorraine Scott	Never be Lonely	Never be Lonely b/w I'm Losing You	04:11
Wes Mackey	Poor Boy	Second Chance	03:28
Pierre Perpall	True	Soul	04:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Portia White	Ride On, King Jesus	First You Dream	02:36
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	We Are All People	Freedom Train b/w We Are All People (promo)	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love	Bahdgyal's Revenge	02:58
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Donald Ray Johnson	Reconsider	Travelin' Man	04:12
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Vanity	Skin On Skin	Skin On Skin	04:13
Mathematik	Formation (Instrumental Version)	Better By the Letter // Formation	03:40
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
HB Concept	Shining Star - Sing a Song	Live @ Club Millenium	05:50
Romel Louis	On peut enfin s'amuser	More Action	02:39
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Song From Beads	ST	02:21
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Marie-Claire Martin	Nitty gritty	Tu peux repartir b/w Nitty gritty	02:22
Leon Jones	He's All I Need	The Harvest	03:39
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Faith Nolan	Oh Freedom	Sistership	03:15

Beautiful Black Canadians

Tracks

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

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Lovena B. Fox - Now's The Time

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Shams - Ayoban

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Razorblayd - Razor's Gruv

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Razorblayd - Featuring Shawn "Rizky Biz" T - Get Ya 411 Straight

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Razorblayd - Razor's Gruv

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Salome Bey - I Like Your Company

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Salome Bey - In Montreux

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Salome Bey - Dude (OST Galt MacDermot)

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Salome Bey - ST

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Salome Bey - ST

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Salome Bey - Andy and the Bey Sisters

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Betty Richardson - @Hugh's Room 2009

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Betty Richardson - Pulse Beat b/w Gypsy Man

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Betty Richardson - It's Over With b/w Special Love

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Tony Kingston - Tongue Tied

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Tony Kingston - Too Heavy to Carry b/w The Worst That Could Happen

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Tony Kingston - What d'You Say b/w What d'You Say (instrumental)

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Tony Kingston - Now You're Gone

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Tony Kingston - Faith, Hope & Charity b/w Faith, Hope & Charity

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Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) - We Were Happy b/w Rhythm is the Way

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Cane & Abel - California Dreaming b/w Girl You Move Me

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Alma Faye Brooks - Doin' It

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Jackie Gabriel - (Women) You are the Dream b/w My Time to Love

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The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

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The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

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Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

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George Olliver & Gangbuster - Live at the Bluenose (Volume 1)

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