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Natty Remo

Natty Remo

  • Avg user rating: 3h stars Out of 30 votes
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  • Similar Artists: Mikey Spice, Nardo Ranks, Anthony B

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User reviews for Natty Remo

Average rating3h starsOut of 30 votes

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Editor's review

Dancehall vet Remo shows how reggae can veer from the slow beats of Marley and Tosh but still retain both political and musical integrity. Remo joins conscious, Jamaican-chant vocals with hard island rhythms that only sound proper being blasted from a sweat-fizzled summer boombox.

Biography

NATTY REMO - a.k.a. Remo Hazzar, Raised in Mandeville, Jamaica, this dj started taking up the business seriously in 1984. He debuted his talent on the Survival sound system. The recognition as a dj grew quickly and he never looked back. Since winning Best New Artist in New York in 1991, Capt. Remo, as he was known at that time, performed on the greatest one night reggae show in the world, Sting. In 1992/93 and 1993/94 he was nominated for best dj at the annual Tamika Reggae Awards. Then the nomination for best new artist came from the Binns Awards in Jamaica. In the same year and category Anthony B was on the ballot but Determine won it that was 1995/96. Natty Remo then toured Holland with Mikey Spice, President Brown, Nardo Ranks and others. Later that same year he performed on Reggae Bash in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. In 1996 Remo made his debut on Sunsplash and in 1997 he was the first dancehall artist to ever perform on the annual Vermont Reggae Festival.He has scored hits with "Africa Fi Africans", "Weh Dem A Go Do", "Get Ready" and "Signs and Wonders" with Mikey Spice all on the Xrated label. "Thanks and Praises" was for Digital-B. Now with KULCHASHOK MUZIK he has recorded "Work", "Champion Sound", and "Pretty Looks." All these tracks are on Kulcha Shok Muzik's CD KULCHARAL DANCEHALL. The later track is part of the video the "Tree Roots Medley". Natty Remo is a great performer and full of cultural lyrics with an unsurpassed style .The song "Wrong Babylow" with Cool Breeze has now gained much attention on the compilation"Reggae Free Mumia" Available as a single through KulchaShok. His Debut album Babylon Fall is completed and contains all four of the previously mentioned KULCHASHOK productions. It also contains a hip hop track called "Yankee & Yardie" with Wookie J as well as a soca track called "You're My Lover". Also check out "True True Love " and "Robbery". " Babylon Fall" is a reggae album with all original lyrics and live tracks.

 

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