Archive for December, 2009

Sean Paul

Sean Paul was born in Kingston, Jamaica and spent his early years “comfortably”in Upper Saint Andrew Parish, a few miles north of his birthplace. His parents, Garth and Frances, were both talented athletes, and his mother is a well-known painter. His paternal grandfather was a Sephardic Jew whose family immigrated from Portugal, and his paternal grandmother was Afro-Caribbean; his mother is of English and Chinese Jamaican descent. Sean Paul was raised a Catholic. Many members of his family are swimmers.

His grandfather was on the first Jamaican men’s national water polo team. His father also played water polo for the team in the 1960s, and competed in long-distance swimming, while Sean Paul’s mother was a backstroke swimmer. Sean Paul played for the national water polo team from the age of thirteen to twenty-one. However, he gave up the sport in order to launch his musical career. He attended the Wolmers High School for Boys, Belair High School and the College of Arts, Science, and Technology (CAST) which is now known as the University of Technology (UTech) where he was trained in commerce with a view to pursuing an occupation in hotel management.

He made a quick cameo appearance in the 1998 film Belly on stage performing. In 2000, Sean Paul released his debut album, Stage One with VP Records. In 2002, he began working extensively with a team of producers and choreographers from Toronto, namely Jae Blaze and Blaze Entertainment and announced the release of his second album, Dutty Rock. Pushed by the success of the singles ‘‘Gimmi The Light” and the Billboard Top 100 topper, ‘’Get Busy”, the album was a worldwide success, eventually selling over six million copies. Simultaneously, Sean Paul was heard on Beyonce’s U.S. #1 single ‘’Baby Boy” and Blu Cantrell’s “Breathe”, a chart hit in Europe. Both helped to push his reputation further still in the United States.

During this period, he appeared on Punk’s, 106 & Park, Sean Paul Respect, Making The Video (‘’Get Busy”, ‘’Gimmi The Light”, and ‘’Like Glue”) and his music videos have been broadcast on MTV and BET. Paul’s biggest hits included “Get Busy”, “Like Glue”, “Gimme the Light”, ‘’Baby Boy”, and ‘’I’m Still In Love With You”.The newest Sean Paul album entitled “Imperial Blaze” was released on August 18, 2009. The lead single, “So Fine”, which was produced by Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor. Sean Paul’s future is one to look forward for and surely only great thing are ahead for him.

West Kingston Jamboree

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Elephant Man

Born as O’Neil Bryan in Jamaica he is most famous for his stage name Elephant man aka The Energy God. Bryan’s stagename stemmed from his large ears, which led to the nickname Dumbo in his youth. He started out his musical career as a member of the Scare Dem Crew, later continuing as a solo artist. He was later characterized for several trademarks, such as his dyed yellow-orange hair, his unique low-key voice, and his stage performance, which included jumping and running, or even climbing on stage props and monitors. His acoustic trademark is marked by a light lisp.

Bryan had his first international recognition when he and Puma settled a contract for using his single ‘’All Out” for its Olympics commercial campaign in 2004.He also had a song called “Willie Bounce” that appeared on several Mixtapes in early 2006. It borrowed the first few bars from ‘’I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor

Recently, Bryan signed with New York -based label Bad Boy Records and released Let’s Get Physical in 2007. The first single is called “Five-O” and features Wyclef Jean. Another track on the album will feature Diddy and Busta Rhymes, and it was produced by Cipha Sounds and Solitair.Many of his songs are found on various Riddim Driven albums by Vp Records and Greensleeves Reocrd’s Rhythm Album series. He performs on popular riddims such as ‘’Diwali,” “Coolie,” “Stepz,” and “Bubble Up,” among others.

The Gully Creeper dance, for which Bryan created a song, was danced by Usain at the 2008 Summer Olympics after winning the gold medal and breaking a world record in the 200 meter sprint. He has since then been giving up song after song which have been most popular not only in the Caribbean but also internationally.