A gentleman is germanys biggest reggae before month hes shifted over a million records to date and is even made a name for himself in the brigade jamaica. Plain. The one thing only seem to lend to germany has been honing his reggae style sound and vocals for over twenty years. If it is so diverse that i can find a song for every atmosphere so i never tire of it in the media and thats the biggest misunderstanding about reggae that it always sounds the same if you listen to jamaica Radio Station you notice how varied the music is and. The fuser just the music and its the gentlemen from atlanta house they rewarded with a string of hit singles and albums the second album journey to john ended. Going to scan the german record Industry Award for best newcomer it was just. The two thousand full follow up confidence shot to the top of the german charts and sold a quarter of a million copies sold. The hits kept on coming for two thousand and seven another intensity delivered but the title promised. A few that i think helped direct its development in germany but if i hadnt someone else would have its just the drawing room music that has to be discovered sooner or later and that. Was him and also his father was a because i discovered the sound of reggae as a teenager in his practice record collection. He eventually dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music. In the late ninety nine he started building up or following for himself such various festivals across europe. The thing with. Me well jamaica became a second time. Its kind of all theres no what the place where i can feel music like in jamaica. He was seventeen when he first visit to be on end and its music scene was apparently so polite that some locals nicknamed him gentleman just kept retelling learning to make compacts walk and recording a series of songs hes one of the few european reggae musicians to introspect in jamaica green. Line was it the been found in jamaica it was my music is now accepted and should make for a long time people knew the songs but didnt know the summit its. Now become part of the music you finished at this type of people no. You know its ok to talk to me on the street and i get a lot of love and respect and rights to him and all this but no. Respect also from jamaican musicians such as Barrington Levy and that he brings you back from time contact us down to let her know. About jamaica is also often the backdrop for gentlemen speaking at no no. Because if you look up the. Gentleman whos been commuting between cologne and kingston for over twenty years now. In twenty twelve he recorded some of his six studio album new day torn into make up its been called his most intimate amateur record. At the mission in jamaica remains my main place of inspiration and. Theres nowhere else where im so focused on making music without destruction are killing bin for the most massive. Campaign to get it but it doesnt always have to be to make. The video for the single that you remember was shot over the rooftops of new york city the next thing on the ground i. Love. You and then to is a song with a message about returning to the essentials in order to look ahead with me new to terminate your objectivist you campaign a gentleman is positive about the future. Come closer to my goal of expressing myself musically as an artist i dont know if ill ever really get there completely. But this feeling of being on the right path gets me in a harmony. With your mind some of the. Time and the journey to challenge it continues in its freedom from. Playing. It down. And put. It to the. Gentleman third album confidence comprised a whopping nine hundred tracks it debuted at number one in germany on its release in two thousand and four heres one of the hits it produced the love song intoxication. And everything. To. Shut. Up its a given its. Lately. Ive. Been. Going to try to give it to god. Every time you need. To cut. Cut cut. Cut right down to. The stuff you can tell. It. Is going to keep a little. Bit. Obviously you. Know yes lets leave it. To me. But you know how to do it like a piano its actually up its taking good care not caring to. Take some. Kids i know but. I would not admit that you. Cant help but i can. Tell you. You know what you gave me to. The to name a. Job in your life and i end up you know you try to give it to god. Every time you name it. And twenty fourteen gentleman was granted a stint on the high profile the m. T. V. Unplugged show he was joined on stage by a ray of all the big name artists heres a look behind the scenes of the life recording in cologne. Slowly cut it. Shall. Be a bit of occurring in the. M. T. V. Unplugged was a superior opportunity for gentlemen and one he clearly reveled in the to be a better claim to be played over a thousand concerts in the last twenty years but this was a very special case. Since a few did 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 stop garden in august twenty fourth two. In the two thousand musicians involved rehearsed for two weeks before the big day. For the lets have a fantastic reggae party fight. To the day look at. A crucial element of the unplugged concept is to perform with friends so gentlemen invited jamaican superstar shaggy two to love and. Accept. Me. German folk pop duo milky chance were also invited. A little bit taken to say yes. To play. Since to make a gentleman second term he knows a lot of reggae stars personally including christopher martin. Take it. Up himself and reggae music in such a way that if you didnt know he was german he would have thought he was just making. Bringing. Out no boat. To one of the high points of the show was a cover of bob marleys Redemption Song the gentleman performs with marley son kimani as well as camp you know. From the german punk rock that were told in homes in the old compounds always used to play with the way about. The clash going all docs through it but oh so it will be regular found under the sun on a surprise if you. Just. Leave oh please. 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 cow seen here on the left. It was all to album subsequently made it into the german top ten. A few years before appearing in that Live PerformanceChristopher Monckton collaborated with gentleman on the single to the top the two men evidently had plenty of fun shooting the video in morocco. When. Coming. To cut. Im now more fascinating insights into the world of gentlemen in the extra slow. Intended putting gentleman travel to ethiopia with the. Base project that campaigns for clean water will fly. He went to the village of soto where this was a pump installation has improved considerably. I moved but theres a very different intensity when you actually go to the. Last i also visited a school that receives funds from the german charity. Every. Other rather. Close to them if you have here he wrote a song about his impressions called today. Gentleman shot to fame in nine hundred ninety s. When he performed on top last. With german Hip Hop Group one is cause the first soldier at the time he still went by the name mr gentleman but the track reached Number Thirteen in the german charts. Shoaling. In two thousand and five gentlemen teamed up with turkish musician most of us sound old to record essentially which means read all. The songs stayed in the german charts for twenty four weeks and peaked at number six. Zero. Zero zero zero zero one gentleman worked with a german hip hop band beginner on on my. Single reach number one in the german chancellor sold four hundred thousand copies making a gentleman smoke successful release ever. Claim. That the two thousand and fourteen soul the release of a documentary called journey to john for seven years two filmmakers a company gentleman and italian reckon sing album mostly in jamaica with the film shows how the two have made the caribbean island nation their spiritual home and how theyve been most themselves into making culture. Everything from the vibrant world of pop music on facebook at d w music story stars and the latest from the music scene. Join us in the universe of pop on facebook and 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. Good to examine the blood flow it would still change everybodys blood glucose keep them up to blood one would cut platelets ultimately good i love it no such this guy came up the tell uplifts lets listen to it its a little bit lets explicit Public Utilities make lists much of the old adage dont no good show does not want to let them stick to it at least split. The budget let the muslim. League player leaflets let nola. Certainly. Play. Politically please please. Please. I. Dont really. Get. Twenty sixteen a dream came true for gentlemen he got to record an entire album with one of the sons of its great to start bob marley the resulting work cowritten performed with mommy mommy its called conversations. And you seem as good to speak now just far from home with comfort you up close geminis biggest reggae star money money on and joined journey back in time as they sing their version of bottom on these same a down to just one if that many conversation was. Done you are reaching farther struggling to find your dream you know it was recognized to work and it has been very much of what i like about this project is builders i like he was what you could look to find the look you know really it was always the first over the last little but you know so the stars if you look at frame killer put it in a certain shot to get sick it was sent. To a hard. Thing to do a good job at pricing her role as backing singer from the original recording jamaican regie stan last year griffiths the grandmaster griffin is the only guest on the album yes and its such a that she she really made it and she came to cuba and joined us on the video shows. And. I dont think the money was even born at that time when some of donors recorded and i was one of the persons who embraced the song that bob did his dad and. I had no preach on at that time that i would be here. You know doing a really big. On the song with the gentleman out there if my son keep wanting to make a speech something the two men defenseman says a festival and in twenty fourteen they perform together at gentlemans m. T. V. Unplugged show in cologne nothing says a Mutual Respect in their Work Together why you know are you willing to let it go in your mind to get the job that was been before and after tomorrow so you can learn from the way he writes means. He learns from the its hard to kill its self in the sound so there are lots in this for us it is so much joy to want to work with it every day appreciate it very seriously because i know. You love your. Pitch and let me think. That tracks were recorded in miami and clearly not just classic canvas but also regional material such as manna that said i love this place there is a good. Book. Good female energy is what keeps us alive you know its mother its the father its mostly been learned to do the work you know its like him dad now we know its not so we can be divided god not the big bad enjoyed so we can remember how to love this food when it came to style and they allowed themselves plenty of freedom playing roots reggae as well as ballads claim see that collaboration is much more than welcome to visit me last i believe the good thing in life is coincidence nothing really just happened theres no such thing as no somethings its written and so therefore this album was just a manifestation of that it was a part of our story different. Conversations. Was that top ten hit then someone twenty sixteen janitor lining the money money when talking to wow the crowds that made you festivals that cross your. Head. To round off this puppet sport special heres a veritable classic from the gentleman different places its message whoever you are and wherever you hail from think positive and enjoy life. Cut. Cut. Cut. Cut cut cut. Cut. Cut cut. Cut. Cut. Cut cut cut. Cut. Cut cut cut cut cut. Cut cut cut. Cut. Cut cut. Cut. Cut cut cut cut. Cut. Cut cut cut. Cut cut cut. Cut. The books let the bolette the book lets go let the book let the back let the booth school of the book. The be. The be. The among the books. With the. The book the book. The the. Folks making an appearance on the red carpet and the big screen with the beat to. Hell if you actually. Know which get the job done. Most influential casting director. Blokes because. The book you wrote. Thirty minutes. Learn german with w. Any time any place. Whether with joe joe and her friends or. Colleagues discuss it in the next days night mr speight says he expects to join the cause of war with friends all over the world. Go online and interact a. 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