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  "slug": "sister-nancy",
  "name": "Sister Nancy",
  "description": "Sister Nancy appears 2 times in our Dancehall and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/sister-nancy/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1982,
    "last": 1982
  },
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    "list": "Dancehall"
  },
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      "slug": "dancehall",
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      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/dancehall/",
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      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred",
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    {
      "trackKey": "sister-nancy--bam-bam",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/sister-nancy--bam-bam/",
      "title": "Bam Bam",
      "year": 1982,
      "label": "Techniques",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The most sampled record in this list by an enormous margin, and its author was paid nothing for decades. Effortless, funny, endlessly quotable, and it never once raises its voice.",
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      ],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Sister%20Nancy%20Bam%20Bam",
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        },
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      },
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    },
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      "trackKey": "sister-nancy--bam-bam",
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      "title": "Bam Bam",
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      "label": "Techniques",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The most sampled record in this list by a distance, and its author was paid nothing for decades. Effortless in a way that cannot be manufactured.",
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      ],
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        },
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