Yardcore is the second and final studio album by Born Jamericans. The title track was released as single on CD and 12" vinyl, with several remixes.

Yardcore
Studio album by Born Jamericans
Released	May 13, 1997
Recorded	1996-1997
Studio	Platinum Island Studios * Battery Studios * Central Studios * Hollywood Sounds
Genre	Hip hop, reggae
Label	Delicious Vinyl[1]
Producer	RAH Salaam Remi Mad Lion Terry Lewis Eddison Electrik Robert Livingston Sting International
Born Jamericans chronology
Kids from Foreign (1994) Yardcore (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

"Yardcore" reached #8 on the U.S. Hot Rap Singles chart.[3] The album ranked #14 on Billboard's list of the best-selling reggae albums of 1997.[4]

Critical reception

The Washington Post praised the album, writing: "Jamericans work in the reggae dancehall tradition of growling deejay (Shine) and silky-smooth singer (Notch), and underneath is essential jeep music, with all the thuds and thumps of a dancehall-hip-hop fusion."[5]

Track listing

1. Prodigal Sons [Written by Horace Payne, Norman Howell, Benoit Tshiwala]
2. Yardcore [H. Payne, N. Howell, B. Tshiwala]
3. State of Shock IV (featuring Johnny Osbourne) [N. Howell, Errol Osbourne, H. Payne, B. Tshiwala, Jepther McClymont, and Phillip Burrell]
4. Superstar [H. Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala]
5. Rassclot [H. Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala]
6. Back for Good [Gary Barlow]
7. Send My Love (Interlude) (Stevland Morris)
8. Send My Love/Send One Your Love (Stevland Morris)
9. C'yaan Done [H. Payne and N. Howell]
10. Wherever We Go [H. Payne and N. Howell]
11. Venus [H. Payne, N. Howell, and B. Tshiwala]
12. Follow the Pace [H. Payne, N. Howell, and Tony White]
13. Gotta Get Mine (featuring Mad Lion, Shinehead & Sleepy Wonder) [Archer Selwyn, Edmund Aiken, H. Payne, Norman Giscombe, N. Howell, Omar Preece, and Robert Carter]

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