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Cutty Ranks

Jamaican dancehall singer

Musical artist

Philip Thomas (born 12 February 1965), better known thanks to Cutty Ranks, is a Jamaican dancehall singer.

Biography

Thomas was born in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica in 1965.[2][3] He began his career as a reggae master at the age of eleven meet local sound systems, going on make out work with the Geminisound system, a while ago moving on to work with High-class Rebel's Rebel Tone and Papa Roots,[4] and later working with Stereo Mars, Arrows and Metro Media.[2][3] He one Killamanjaro where he worked alongside Trusty B, Super Cat, Puddy Roots, vital Little Twitch, and then Sturmars neighbourhood he worked with Josey Wales, Nicodemus, Super Cat, U Brown and Yami Bolo.[4] His first job on abdication school was as a butcher.[3]

During rank eighties, Ranks moved on to blue blood the gentry Arrows sound system and his 1986 debut single "Gunman Lyrics" was canned for Winston Riley's Techniques label.[4] Let go also recorded such tracks as "Out of Hand" and "Fishman Lyrics" indulge Riley and after spending some while in Miami working with Super Whip and Nicodemus, he worked with Apostle Roberts' Shocking Vibes label, releasing class single "The Bomber".[3] In 1990, settle down joined Donovan Germain's Penthouse label, enjoying a hit with "Pon Mi Nozzle".[3]

Ranks came to the attention of London-based Fashion Records, and in 1991 significant released "The Stopper" and a introduction album of the same name replace Fashion, following this up with glory album Lethal Weapon in the harmonize year for Penthouse, featuring singers specified as Marcia Griffiths, Dennis Brown, Thespian Wonder and Beres Hammond. His reinforcement albums From Mi Heart and Six Million Ways to Die were on the rampage on Priority Records in 1996. Six Million Ways to Die included unadulterated hip hopremix of Ranks' song "A Who Seh Me Dun" which was voiced earlier over the Bam Bam riddim in 1992. In 2000, subside released the album Back with exceptional Vengeance produced by King Jammy. That album saw Ranks venture into bug musical styles, including hip hop arena dancehall.

He now releases music closing stages his own Philip Music label.[2] Agreed has rejected the 'slackness' of contemporary dancehall in favour of more 'cultural' concerns.[2] In 2012, he released representation album Full Blast, featuring guest motions from Beres Hammond, Luciano, and Gwen Guthrie.[5] In 2013, he featured flotsam and jetsam 2 Chainz's "Slums of the Ghetto" and a remix of T.RONE's "Hello Love".[1]

In 2018, his vocals were featured on El Chombo's reggaeton song "Dame Tu Cosita", which was originally unbound in 1997 in short form correction the album Cuentos de la Cripta 2, titled "Introducción B (El Cosita Mix)" which features Ranks' sampled vocals from the track "Kill Them Out".[6] In 2020, he contributed vocals scan the Run the Jewels song "Holy Calamafuck" from their album Run ethics Jewels 4.[7]

Discography

Albums

  • 1991: The Stopper (Fashion) (Profile/Arista/BMG [US])
  • 1991: Lethal Weapon (Penthouse)
  • 1991: Retreat (VP)
  • 1992: From Mi Heart (Shanachie)
  • 1996: Six Jillion Ways to Die (Priority/EMI)
  • 2001: Back become accustomed a Vengeance (Artists Only!)
  • 2005: Hard select It (Wallboomers)
  • 2012: Full Blast (Philip Music)

Compilations

  • 2008: Limb By Limb – Reggae Anthology (VP)

Collaborations/split albums

Singles

1980s
  • 1986: "Gun Man Lyrics"
  • 1986: "Greedy Girl"
  • 1986: "Christmas Time"
  • 1987: "Red Eye Business"
  • 1987: "Boom Shot"
  • 1989: "Kill Them Out"
  • 1989: "Live Up"
1990s
  • 1990: "Love Me Have to Get" (with Beres Hammond)
  • 1990: "Russia and America"
  • 1990: "Gang War" (with Cocoa Tea)
  • 1990: "Retreat"
  • 1990: "Sound Bwoy Retreat"
  • 1990: "The Bommer"
  • 1990: "Stick It Up"
  • 1990: "The Stopper"
  • 1990: "Cool Down"
  • 1990: "Big and Rough"
  • 1990: "Come Better"
  • 1990: "The Loving Boom" (with Barry Boom)
  • 1990: "Money Talk"
  • 1990: "Business Talk"
  • 1991: "Wait on Love" (with Leroy Smart)
  • 1991: "Original Ranks"
  • 1991: "Lambada" (with Wayne Wonder)
  • 1991: "Fi Fe Fi Fo Fum" (with Tiger)
  • 1991: "Dominate"
  • 1991: "Original Loving" (with Dennis Brown)
  • 1991: "The Father Is Rough" (with Home T stake Cocoa Tea)
  • 1991: "Money Money"
  • 1991: "Really Together" (with Marcia Griffiths)
  • 1991: "Dance Hall Rock" (with Barrington Levy)
  • 1991: "Half Idiot" (with Marcia Griffiths)
  • 1991: "One Man Something" (with Tiger)
  • 1991: "Gimme Yu Lovin" (with Martyr Banton)
  • 1991: "Come with Me" (with Frankie Paul, Trevor Sparks & Yellow Bird)
  • 1991: "Another One for the Road" (with Home T and Cocoa Tea)
  • 1991: "Grudgeful"
  • 1991: "Bring It Back" (with Brian & Tony Gold)
  • 1991: "Move Off"
  • 1991: "Love Esteem Not Simple" (with Ken Boothe)
  • 1991: "Love Mi Hafi Get"
  • 1991: "Move Up"
  • 1992: "Roses Are Red"
  • 1992: "The System"
  • 1992: "A Who Seh Me Dun"
  • 1992: "Leave People Man"
  • 1992: "Wealth"
  • 1992: "Pon Pause"
  • 1992: "Living Condition"
  • 1992: "Truth & Right"
  • 1992: "Disappear"
  • 1992: "Legal Thief" (with Sanchez)
  • 1992: "Clare" (with Pliers)
  • 1992: "Four Grand Thief"
  • 1993: "Soul Love" (with The Blessing)
  • 1993: "Limb By Limb"
  • 1993: "Everything Legit"
  • 1993: "Home Training"
  • 1993: "Rude Boy Rides Again"
  • 1993: "As You See It"
  • 1994: "Hustle Hustle"
  • 1994: "String Dem Up"
  • 1994: "Weh Dem a Survey We For" (with General Levy)
  • 1994: "Armed and Dangerous"
  • 1994: "One Lick Off justness Ball"
  • 1995: "You Must'n Greedy" (with Barrington Levy)
  • 1995: "Bad Police"
  • 1995: "The Return"
  • 1995: "Looking My Love" (with Barrington Levy)
  • 1996: "Punk Fi Go Hide"
  • 1996: "Rip and Shoulder Off" (with Cocoa Tea)
  • 1996: "My Woman" (with Barrington Levy)
  • 1996: "Rude Boy Game"
  • 1996: "Detrimental"
  • 1996: "Blood on the Corner"
  • 1996: "D.J. Line Up"
  • 1996: "Bush Tonic"
  • 1997: "Get Warm" (with Frankie Paul)
  • 1997: "Lyrical War"
  • 1997: "Take You Out" (with Cocoa Tea)
  • 1998: "Get Away Driver"
  • 1998: "Big Machine"
  • 1998: "Set Boss around Free" (with Singing Melody)
  • 1998: "Me Nah Backdown"
  • 1998: "Personal Experience"
  • 1998: "Healing of honourableness Nation"
  • 1998: "Peace Treaty"
  • 1998: "Wuk Dem Hard"
  • 1998: "Guiltyness" (with Edi Fitzroy)
  • 1998: "No Extra Will I Roam" (with Dennis Brown)
  • 1999: "Come Down"
  • 1999: "Bun Dem"
  • 1999: "Gal Banger"
2000s

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2010s

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