Ehlobo lika-2000, ukuqoshwa kokuqala kukaCraig David Born To Do It, oneminyaka engu-19 ubudala kwamenza waba usaziwayo ezweni lakubo laseBrithani. Iqoqo lezingoma zomdanso we-R&B lizuze udumo olubalulekile futhi selifinyelele ku-platinum izikhathi ezimbalwa.
Eyokuqala erekhodini, ethi Fill Me In, yenza uDavid waba ngumculi waseBrithani omncane ukuba abe phezulu emashadini ezweni lakubo. Izintatheli zabhala ngomdlandla ngalo mfana onethalente, zincoma izwi lakhe lesitayela nekhono lokubhala izingoma.
"UDavid unesitayela esimangalisayo ngempela, ubonisa iphimbo likanokusho nokuvumelana nezimo okungavamile ukubonakala emculweni we-pop waseBrithani," kusho umhlaziyi womculo uNeil McCor-Meek wephephandaba laseLondon i-Telegraph.
Ngokushesha ngemva kokuba i-albhamu ethi Born to Do It ikhishwe e-United States, irekhodi langena kumashadi angu-20 aphezulu.
Ebuntwaneni uCraig David
UCraig David wazalwa ngoMeyi 5, 1981 eSouthampton, eNgilandi. Lo mculi osemncane ungumkhiqizo wenhlangano yaseBrithani enamasiko amaningi, ezalwa ngumama omhlophe ongumAnglo-Jewish kanye nobaba wase-Afro-Grenadian ngo-1981.
Abazali bakaDavid bahlukana lapho eneminyaka engu-8 ubudala, futhi umfana wakhuliswa ngunina. Ufunde eBellemoor School naseSouthampton City College.
UDavid nonina babehlala endaweni empofu kakhulu yedolobha elisechwebeni laseSouthampton, unina wayesebenza njengomdayisi, futhi uDavid wakhula elalela amarekhodi ezihlabani zaseMelika ezinjengoStevie Wonder noMichael Jackson.
Wayazi okuncane ngomsebenzi kayise njengomculi we-reggae ne-Ebony Rockers, kodwa lapho eba nesithakazelo sokwenza umculo ngokwakhe, uyise wamnika izifundo zesiginci futhi wazama ukufaka indodana yakhe emculweni wakudala.
“Ngangithanda isigingci kodwa angizizwanga lezo zingoma zakudala. Bengifuna ukucula,” kusho uDavid kamuva engxoxweni abe nayo ne-Entertainment Robbunner masonto onke.
Ukuqala komsebenzi kaCraig David
Ebona isithakazelo sendodana yakhe emculweni, uyise waqala ukuya noDavid emakhonsathini kuma-nightclub, lapho osemusha uCraig ephelezela uyise. Kweminye yemidlalo, uDavid wathatha umbhobho futhi kusukela lapho akakaze ahlukane naye.
I-CD eqanjwe ngegama lothando lwakhe lomculo, ubesebenza njenge-disc jockey e-Southampton, umsakazi wohlelo lomsakazo wezigebengu, i-cashier yakwaMcDonald, umdayisi wamafasitela epulasitiki, futhi wabhala izingoma zakhe buthule.
Engenela umncintiswano kazwelonke wokucula eneminyaka engu-15, wawina umklomelo wokuqala nge-I'm Ready, ukunqoba kokuqala komsebenzi wakhe wokucula.
Ihora elingcono kakhulu leciko
Ngo-1997, uDavid wahlangana nomculi uMark Hill ovela eqenjini i-Artful Dodger. Ibhendi yayaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi "igalaji".
UDavid wasebenza no-Hill esitudiyo futhi wabonakala njengemvumi eyisivakashi engomeni yeqembu i-Artful Dodger Re-Rewind ngasekupheleni kuka-1999. Ingoma ifinyelele kunombolo 2 kumashadi ase-UK futhi yaba isiqalo somsebenzi ka-Craig eyedwa.
UDavid no-Hill babhale ngokuhlanganyela ingoma ethi What Ya Gonna Do?, eyaduma kungazelelwe. Impumelelo yaholela uDavid kwinkontileka neWildstar Records ukuze aqophe izingoma zakhe.
Ikhiqizwe ngumngani wakhe u-Hill, i-David's Born to Do It yafika ezitolo zamarekhodi e-UK ekuqaleni kuka-2000.
Izingoma zakhe ezithinta inhliziyo ze-R&B njengethi Last Night nethi Landela Mina zakhanga abalandeli, futhi eyokuqala, ethi Fill Me In, yafinyelela phezulu emashadini ngo-April.
Umsebenzi uthole ukubuyekezwa okuhle okuvela emaphephandabeni omculo futhi wemukelwa ngesasasa emphakathini. UDavid Craig usedume kakhulu eNgilandi.
Izingoma zakhe ezintathu ezilandelayo zashaya eziyishumi eziphezulu, kwathi i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, i-Born To Do It, yaqhubeka nokudayisa ama-albhamu angaphezu kwezigidi eziyisi-10 emhlabeni jikelele.
Impumelelo yamazwe ngamazwe
Ukuphumelela kwe-albhamu kuholele ekukhishweni kwe-US, lapho i-Fill Me In yafinyelela phezulu kunombolo-15 ku-Billboard Hot 100. I-albhamu ifinyelele kunombolo-11 kanye nezinsuku ezingu-7 ifinyelele phezulu kwe-10.
I-albhamu yesibili kaCraig ethi Slicker Than Your Average yakhululwa ngo-2002. Kwabonakala kungaphumeleli kakhulu kunokwandulelayo.
UCraig David usebenzisane noSting on Rise and Fall. Ingoma ifinyelele phezulu kunombolo 2 kumashadi e-Billboard yase-UK kodwa yehlulekile ukushadi kumashadi e-R&B/Hip-Hop.
Ngo-2005, uCraig David wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yesithathu kuWarner Music. Nokho, i-albhamu ayizange ikhishwe e-US. Ilebula i-Atlantic Records ibheke ukuthi leli cwecwe alikwazi ukuhweba ngokwanele.
I-All the Way kwaba eyokuqala ephuma ku-albhamu futhi yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo 3 e-UK. Kodwa Ungasakuthandi (Ngiyaxolisa) uchithe amaviki angu-15 kokungu-75 aphezulu.
Ngo-2007, uCraig wasebenza noKano engomeni ethi This is the Girl, eyafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo-18 eshadini labantu abangabodwana.
Kamuva ngalowo nyaka, uCraig wakhipha eyokuqala ekwi-albhamu yakhe entsha, ethi Trust Me. I-Hot Stuff ifinyelele kwabayi-10 abahamba phambili kwathi i-albhamu yafinyelela kunombolo-18.
"I-6 of 1 Thing" - ukukhishwa kwesibili kwe-albhamu kube okushibhe kakhulu kwe-Craig. Uthathe isikhundla sama-39 kuphela.
Ngo-2010, lo mculi wakhulula i-albhamu yakhe yesihlanu, eyayibizwa ngokuthi Isayinwe Seal Delivered. Ngemva kweminyaka engu-6, i-albhamu elandelayo, Ukulandela Intuition Yami, yakhululwa.
Ngo-2008, kwakhululwa iqoqo lezingoma ezidumile zomculi.
Ngo-2017, kwaba khona "impumelelo" entsha emhlabeni emsebenzini wakhe. UCraig ukhiphe ingoma ethi, Walking Away, eyahamba phambili emashadini amaningi omhlaba.
Phakathi kuka-2000 no-2001 lo mculi uklonyeliswe ngezindondo zomculo endimeni yomculo odumile. Uthole ama-MTV Europe Music Awards amabili ngo-2001.
I-Discography:
- Kusayinwe Kuvaliwe Kuthunyelwe.
- ngethembe.
- Indaba Iyahamba… .
- Slicker Kunesilinganiso Sakho.
- Uzalelwe Ukukwenza.
