The Reggae Notorious - Turbulence

Sheldon Campbell, popularly known as Turbulence, was born on January 11, 1980. He is a Jamaican artist and a self proclaimed Rastafari member. This 31-year-old Sheldon Campbell also known as Turbulence is fast becoming one of Jamaica’s leading conscious dancehall deejays. His influences range from the great Bob Marley, Sizzla Kalonji, Jah Cure, Luciano, Mikey General and his older cousin Norris Man. With these influences from great artist, he has developed a unique singing and deejaying style. Turbulence first discovered his talent while still attending classes at St. Andrew’s Technical High School in Kingston, Jamaica. He started beating up the desk, testing his tunes on classmates. His talents were well received, and Turbulence was encouraged to stick to his great talent.

In 1999, he was discovered by Phillip “Fatis” Burrell from Xterminator Records. Turbulence has worked tirelessly for the opportunity to command the mic and speak his thoughts. Turbulence has released numerous of albums namely, I Believe, United, Notorious - The Album, Songs of Solomon, Triumphantly, Join us and Hail The King. He and his album were featured in a documentary show in BBC known as the Storyville. His popular song “Blood Dem Out” was also featured in a ski movie entitled “Show and Prove”.

2007 documentary film Rise Up, which explores the world of underground music in Jamaica, featured Turbulence as one of three main acts. The film documents Turbulence’s rise to prominence as an internationally recognized and nationally celebrated reggae artist. It also highlighted the political and socially active nature of his music. This documentary film was directed by directed by Luciano Blotta. This documentary movie, Rise Up was screened and showed at numerous film festivals. These film festivals include IDFA and Hot Docs to name a few. The film won the Best Music Documentary category at the AFI/Discovery Channel Silverdocs Festival. The film was also aired on the BBC. It also enjoyed a well received theatrical debut in Jamaica, where it was reviewed by the Jamaican Observers. It was even called as the "Rise of a new Classic". The films showed how Turbulence voiced the problems of post-colonial corruption, poverty, and violence in his country Jamaica.

His breakout single, “Notorious”, (see youtube video below)brought Turbulence and T.H.C. Muzik international acclaim. This was first released in 2004 on the Scallawah riddim. "Notorious" rose to Number 1 on local and international Reggae/Dancehall charts not only in Jamaica but also in New York City, London, Toronto and Japan in 2005. The track was re-released as the feature track of the Notorious album in 2006. Today he is considered one of Jamaica’s rising stars.