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Maxwell Grant (20 January 1960 – 7 August 2012), better known as Ranking Trevor and sometimes as Ranking Superstar, was a reggae deejay.
Channel One Studios' producer, Joseph Hoo Kim, followed this by releasing the Three Piece Chicken and Chips album, compiling tracks by Trevor and Trinity. Backed by The Revolutionaries' spacious Rockers' drum and bass mixes, Ranking Trevor and Trinity reworked toasting versions of Ernest Wilson (singer) conscious sound system favourite "I Know Myself" ( popular with Jah Shaka and Lloyd Coxsone sound systems in UK ), Coxsone Dodd's "The Answer" rhythm, "Have Mercy" by The Mighty Diamonds, and The Meditations hit, "Woman is Like a Shadow."
In 1977, Ranking Trevor teamed up with Carl Malcolm and The Revolutionaries to release the conscious Rockers Discomix, "Repatriation", backed by "Take a Tip From Me" on the "b" side, both tunes in demand with the followers of Jah Shaka and Lloyd Coxsone sound systems in England at the time, and released on Michael "Reuben" Campbell and King Sounds' Grove Music record label. In 1979 he recorded the Repatriation Time album with producer Linval Thompson, which was released the following year. He went on to work with Sugar Minott on the album Presenting Ranking Trevor, released in 1981 on Minott's Black Roots label. Ranking Trevor also recorded as part of a conscious roots harmony duo with King Everall called Natural Vibes, releasing vocal and dub excursion Discomix records like Be Wise and Can't Leave Jah with Johnny Osbourne and Dancehall artist Papa Tullo. Continuing popularity in the UK prompted his relocation to London in the mid-1980s, where he lived for more than twenty years before returning to Jamaica." Jamaican rap pioneer Ranking Trevor dies in crash", Associated Press, 7 August 2012, retrieved 1 September 2012
He died on 7 August 2012 from injuries sustained from a collision while riding his motorcycle in Kingston." September 2 funeral for Ranking Trevor", Jamaica Observer, 22 August 2012, retrieved 1 September 2012
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