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Ghetto Priest
12+ albums
reggaedubOn-U SoundtexasG-funk
about
Ghetto Priest aka Squidz: Singer/Songwriter/Recording artist/Live performer is one of the most flamboyant, creative performers to have emerged from the London music scene in the past few years. Like the community from which he hails, Ghetto Priest is a man at ease with multiple musical visions. Walk through the streets of London and you begin to grasp the flow and the rhythm that has produced his unique sound. It’s a community of exchange; African/Caribbean and Irish, Asian and English, each mixing and informing the other, lending beats and grooves, keeping things fresh and new. Ghetto Priest born and raised in the east end of London to Afro-Caribbean parents has been on the reggae/Dub/experimental music scene now for over 2 decades. He has been a mainstay of the On U Sound camp where he was backing vocalist, and percussionist for the band African Headcharge. His vocal talents came to the ear of David Harrow aka Technova aka James Hardway (techno/Drum & Bass/Jazz/break beat producer). There collaboration gave birth to a commercial remake of the dance hall reggae classic ‘wha do dem’, under the name “Sativa” in early 2000, which had a small success in the mainstream arena, with video appearances on the music channel “The BOX”. In 2003/2004 David Harrow under his alias ‘James Hardway’ released two Jazz/D&B: albums “Straight from fridge” & “Big Casino” Featuring the vocal talents of Ghetto Priest. Around the same time GP was called upon for his vocal services by D&B outfit “Unde
top songs
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Hercules - North Street West 'Late Night Tales' Dub
5,1092Hercules - North Street West 'holyvoodou' Dub
1,7863Hercules - North Street West 'holyvoodou' Vocal Remix Radio Edit
1,7534Hercules - North Street West 'holyvoodou' Vocal Remix Edit
7495Come Now
6496System Of The Lost Cause Man
6217This Time
5968Rise Up
5429Hercules
50510Dungeon
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