Career his life credentials. And meeting some of his famous friends. A gentleman is germanys biggest reggae before hes shifted over a million records to date and has even made a name for himself in the birthplace of reggae jamaica. Like. The one. In the german has been honing his sound and vocals for over twenty. Years so diverse that i can find a song for every atmosphere so i never tire of it and thats the biggest misunderstanding about reggae that it always sounds the same if you listen to the jamaican Radio Station you notice how varied the music is and the and shouted and. Commitment has been rewarded with a string of hits singles and albums the second album journey to john and to disc and a german record Industry Award for best newcomer. The two thousand full follow up confidence shot to the top of the german charts and sold a quarter of a million copies. And the hits kept on coming two thousand and seven s. And other intensity delivered what the title promised. I think ive helped records development in germany but if i hadnt someone else would have. Its just a joy in rock music that has to be discovered sooner or later and. Ten auto whose father was a dickhead discovered the sound of reggae as a teenager in his brothers record collection. He eventually dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music. In the late nine hundred ninety s. He started building up or following for himself of various festivals across europe. Meanwhile jamaica became a second time low. Its kind or theres no other place where i can feel music like in jamaica. He was seventeen when he first visit to the island and its music scene was apparently so polite that some locals nicknamed him gentleman he kept returning learning to make impact and recording a series of songs hes one of the few european rickett musicians to introspect in jamaica. This. Line was ignored in front in jamaica it was my music is now accepted in jamaica i dont need time for a long time people knew the songs but didnt know who some it is. But now ive become part of the music here when it started when you type people know me they talk to me on the street and i get a lot of love and respect. With all due respect so. I. Respect also from jamaican musicians such as Barrington Levy and the rings to pick from don kahn told us down. Jamaica is also often the backdrop for gentlemens videos the big. Gentleman has been commuting between cologne and kingston for over twenty years now. And twenty twelve he recorded some of his six studio album new day join in jamaica its been called his most intimate amateur record. That jamaica is the jamaica remains my main place of inspiration and theres nowhere else where im so focused on making music without destruction up killing bin for the most is nothing. But it doesnt always have to be jamaica. The video for the single that you remember was shot over the rooftops of new york city thats next thing with. You in the end a is a song with a message about returning to the essentials in order to look ahead with my new determination objectivist. Gentleman is positive about the future. Has. Come closer to my goal of expressing myself musically i dont know if ill ever remember getting there completely but this feeling of being on the right path gets me in a harmony. Determine the journey to continue. To. Play. The. Gentlemans third album confidence comprised a whopping nine hundred tracks it debuted at number one in germany on its. Released in two thousand and four heres one of the hits it produced a love song intoxication. I must give. You a sense of. Everything and. I. Think. You know youve got to give it to you every time. You know that. Right down to. You and. You. You everything. You. You. Think you know how great it can be like a piano is that you take in. And. I would. Say. You know its a. New news. For you but. Every time. In twenty four gentleman was granted a stint on the high profile m. T. V. Unplugged show he was joined on stage by an array of all the big name artists heres a look behind the scenes of the life recording in cologne. And. M. T. V. Unplugged was a superior opportunity for a gentleman and one he clearly rattled and. Hes played over a thousand concerts in the last twenty years but this was a very special gig. Its a few there are so many good m. T. V. Unplugged albums its an absolute gift to be able to do this in such a venue venue with. The concerts was recorded at colognes renowned garden in august twenty fourth teen the two dozen musicians involved hurst for two weeks before the big day. Lets have a fantastic reggae. Fire. A look at. A crucial element of the unplugged concept is to perform with friends so gentlemen invited jamaican superstar shaggy to cologne. German folk pop duo milky chance were also invited. And i was always. A little bit taken to say yes. To that if. You. Would like. That. Since jamaica is gentleman second home he knows a lot of reggae stars personally including christopher martin. That. Make it. Was interrupting himself in reggae music in such a way that if you didnt know he was german you would have thought he was just making. Stuff from slavery. Or you might. Have no bed to make and one of the high points of the show was a cover of bob marleys Redemption Song gentlemen performed with marley son kimani as well as camp you know from german punk rock veterans tito to homes and the old punk bands always used to play with the way about and the clash got all dr good to know so it will be a record found under the sun almost a pleasure to be. You just. Dont. Get. The m. T. V. Unplugged concert was one big party and joining the family of friends for the occasion was gentlemens wife and regular backing. Singer tommy ko seen here on the left. The resulting album subsequently made it into the german top ten. A few years before appearing in that light performance Christopher Monckton collaborated with gentleman on the single to the top the two men evidently had plenty of fun shooting the video in morocco. Im now more fascinating insights into the world of gentlemen and extras like. Intend to travel to ethiopia with. The base project their campaigns for clean water world why. He went to the village of soda with this water pump installation has improved life political consideration. I moved by this theres a very different intensity when you go to a place. I also visited a school that receives funds from the german charity. Never ever i doubt i never thought it. Was still in ethiopia he wrote a song about his impressions today. But. Gentleman shot to fame in nine hundred ninety s. When he performed on top with german Hip Hop Group for his cause. At the time he still went by the name mr gentleman the track reached Number Thirteen in the german charts. In two thousand and five gentlemen teamed up with turkish musician most of us on the record which means rebels. The song stayed in the german charts for twenty four weeks and peaked at number six. And gentleman worked with a german hip hop band beginner on. The single reached number one in the german charts and sold four hundred thousand copies making a gentleman smart successful release of a. Two thousand and fourteen so the release of a documentary called journey to john for seven years two filmmakers accompanied gentleman and italian reggae singer all below sea in jamaica with the film says how the two have made the caribbean island nation their spiritual home and how theyve been most themselves into American Culture and. Everything from the vibrant world of pop music on facebook at music story stars and the latest from the music scene. Join us in the universe of pop on facebook send us a message we love hearing from. New dawn from twenty thirteen was the first gentleman album with all tracks penned by the artist himself. Including the single you remember which recalls the days when people used to write letters to each other. That good things out many of us know everything changi everybody was to see them out that everybody was a rebel without. A lowdown so they put out the love no. Doubt this guy i know which i get to our. Windows would love. To listen to it hello you never look at each. End user. I dont know that you. Can stick to that. Such. As. In twenty sixteen a dream came true for gentleman he got to record an entire album with one of the sons of his greatest title. The resulting work written and performed with kimani mommy its called conversations. Geminis biggest red. Based on kimani money on a joint journey back in time as they sing their version of bob marleys similar down to just one of them many conversations. Now you are reaching. You know it was a noise teamwork and it happened very natural and what i like about this project is its very very surprised i like he was what you can look to for you know really music is always the first love for the last love but you know so the story is a kind of the framing kind of put it in a sort of. The second set. Of prising her role as backing singer from the original recording jamaican reggae stahmann griffith. The grandmaster griffin is the only guest on the album yes and its such a she she really made it and she came to join us on the video. I dont think it was even born at that time when simmered owner was recorded and i was one of the persons who embraced the song that bob did his dad and. I had no return at that time that i would be here. You know doing a remake of the song with. My son keep me i make a stage im playing the team and the first man has a festival and in twenty fourteen they performed together at gentlemans m. T. V. Unplugged show in cologne says a Mutual Respect and their Work Together and then why in the last year with. The world he has been a fan of gentlemen so you can learn from the way he writes means. He learned from the articulated this. From the sounds of ive learned a lot in this process is so much joy to work with every day appreciate. The tracks were recorded in miami and not just plastic covers but also a ritual material such as mama. Told. The female energy is what keeps us alive you know its matter its not for you know its mostly. You know it women you know and and their words with you kind of keep everything together. You know. Like them sound can protect. The child so we can remember this when it came to style they allowed themselves plenty of freedom playing roots reggae as well as ballads they see that collaboration as much more than work and there was a blast i believe that nothing in life is coincidence nothing really changes happen theres no such thing as not some things its written and so therefore this album was just a manifestation of that it was a part of our story different. Conversations was a top ten hit in some a twenty sixteen gentleman in kimani money went on to wow the crowds at major festivals across. The muslim. And to round pick sports special heres a very. Different places its message. And wherever you hail from think. And enjoy life. Vaccinations. Them our whole people say that to make seems like dangerous that they can harm you and even cool you. Can be dangerous. Which facts on this. Is the controversy justified. Thirty minutes. Yeah. 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