Life after 'Til Shiloh

Lisa Cortes on movies

During a 1997 interview, Buju Banton credited 'Til Shiloh's fair showing in the United States (US) market to a "very strong dawta" named Lisa Cortes.

Of the persons involved with that album, Cortes has gone on to the most success.

She was president of Loose Cannon Records, the Island subsidiary that helped push 'Til Shiloh in the US. Prior to Loose Cannon, she worked with legendary hip-hop label Def Jam Records, helping to promote big names like LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys and Run DMC.

Cortes left the music business in the late 1990s and moved into film production with Lee Daniels Entertainment. Her biggest project with that organisation has been Monster's Ball, the 2002 film that won Halle Berry an Academy Award for Best Actress.

The Woodsman and Shadow-boxer are other films the Yale and New York Film Academy graduate has worked on. Cortes' last project was Precious, released in 2009.

Wayne Wonder slows down

Wayne Wonder (appeared on What Ya Gonna Do?)

Singer Wayne Wonder was one of the acts who helped make Penthouse Records a powerhouse in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

During that period, he was one of Buju Banton's closest friends.

The Portland-born Wonder (real name Vonwayne Charles) had a few minor hits in the late 1980s, but it was not until he moved to Penthouse that his career took off. One of his breakthrough songs was Saddest Day, which was followed by Bonafide Love (Movie Star), a cover of the Delroy Wilson song, he covered with Banton.

Wonder left Penthouse in the mid-1990s and joined producer Dave Kelly's Madhouse label. It was a successful partnership, resulting in hits on several Kelly beats, most notable of which was 'Joyride'.

In 2003, Wonder's international fortunes soared with the release of the album No Holding Back. It contained the song No Letting Go, which made the top 20 of Billboard magazine's pop chart and peaked at number three on the British national chart.

Wonder also covered the Thompson Twins song Hold Me Now, for the soundtrack to the 2004 Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore movie 50 First Dates.

His last album, Foreva, was released in 2007.

Dave Kelly goes abroad, goes quiet

Dave Kelly (producer of Only Man)

Dave Kelly was the wunderkind of Jamaican dancehall in the 1980s and 1990s. He began his career as an engineer at Tuff Gong Records and worked in a similar capacity at Penthouse, where he was part of a formidable team that included Buju Banton, Wayne Wonder, and Beres Hammond.

In the 1990s, Kelly had the midas touch, coming up with a string of catchy songs and beats that rocked the dancehalls. He was the man behind BRider, one of Banton's early hit songs, and the Nadine Sutherland monster, Action.

The memorable 'Pepperseed' and 'Joyride' were two of the low-key Kelly's biggest 'riddims'. The latter yielded singer Tanya Stephens' anthem Yuh Nuh Ready Fi Dis Yet.

The 'Joyride' was recorded for Kelly's Madhouse label. In 2006, he produced Baby Cham's big seller, Ghetto Story.

Kelly currently resides in Florida.