These artists are original pioneers and the fathers of all of us who call ourselves rappers, mc’s, deejays. Artists like U-Roy, Brigadier Jerry, Josie Wales from Charlie Chaplin sound. If I was going to pick a style though, it would have to be Reggae, as Reggae is my foundation and the basis of where I come from musically. I respect and admire the established artist and wish nothing but the best for the up and comers out there in the game. It’s the same with established and unknown musical artists. I also make all of these forms of music and it is very difficult for me to pick any one style over another as I respect all styles for what they are and where they fit in. I love and listen to all forms of urban music, jungle, breakbeat, reggae, garage, dancehall, hip-hop, RnB. Tenor Fly is working on his own solo album and I am building my next solo release ‘A Friend In Need’ which will mostly be dancehall reggae music.
Weve been busy promoting the release with various shows around the place and appearances on xtra1 and the like. We have taken old songs and remixed them, laid down a few new songs and brought on some established and unknown guest artists such as Ray Keith, Knowledge and Wisdom Crew and Kid Rid.
#Topcat music professional#
In all aspects of his performance and conduct Top Cat was a true music professional and inspiration to all who interacted with him during that trip.įast forward three years and I’m on the phone to the UK calling Top Cat to interview him, the results are detailed above and below, read on.Īt the moment I am promoting my new release with Tenor Fly, entitled ‘Two Veterans’, it is a collaborative album that mixes dancehall reggae music with jungle and drum and bass. In 2004 I met Top Cat in Montreal and had the privilege of watching him perform with DJ General and Jah Prentol, then took part in a dubplate recording session with him the following day at Wikkid Records. Originally cutting his teeth on the burgeoning English reggae sound system circuit of the eighties, Top Cat has traversed style after urban style of music since then, laying his voice over jungle, hip-hop, drum and bass, breaks, dancehall and more, always laying down his signature style and making hit after hit in the progress. Top Cat is known and revered across the globe as one of the finest Ragga vocalists the United Kingdom has ever produced. I asked the child where he learnt it and he told me it was a playground song and all the kids knew it at his school, hahahhahaha. Its funny though, cause I grew up in Manchester in the UK, I went to primary and infant school there, years later I came back through the town to perform at a show and when we were at a friends place this child came through the living room singing this little song which I recognised as one of the songs I used to chat back in the playgrounds as a youth. Ive always had a talent for rhyme and song, and as you can see this has been obvious to those around me from a young age. These little versions would quickly become underground playground hits at school, other kids would steal my lyrics and go chat them around the place, soon the whole schoolyard would be jamming my lyrics. I wanted a slice of that game instantly I was just drawn to performance naturally.Įvery week after watching Top Of The Pops I would go to school and perform little versions of the current chart-toppers. As a little youth I would watch Top Of The Pops and it looked fun you know.
‘Like a lot of other children what originally drew me to music was television.
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