U-Leftside ungumdlali wesigubhu wase-Jamaica onekhono, ongumdlali wekhibhodi kanye nomdidiyeli othembisayo onesethulo esithakazelisayo semisebenzi yomculo. Umdali wama-riddim angajwayelekile ahlanganisa izimpande zakudala ze-reggae kanye nezindlela ezintsha zesimanjemanje.
Ubuntwana nobusha beCraig Parks
Leftside igama lesiteji elinomlando othokozisayo. Igama langempela lalo mfana nguCraig Parks. Wazalwa ngoJuni 15, 1978, indodana yomculi we-bassist odumile uLloyd Parks.
Ufunde e-Ardenne High School eKingston futhi wayewuthanda umculo kusukela esemncane. Ubaba wayevame ukuya nendodana yakhe ezivivinyweni zeqembu lakhe i-We the People Band, lapho uCraig ayehlabeke umxhwele kakhulu ngokudlalwa komshayi wezigubhu uDevon Richards.
Lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-6 ubudala, wakha isigubhu sakhe sokuqala emabhokisini ezitolo ezinkulu. Kusukela kulo mzuzu kwaqala indlela ephumelelayo ye-Craig Parks.
Ukuqala Kwempumelelo Yesokunxele
Esemusha, uParks wadlala eqenjini elibizwa ngokuthi Duplicate nezingane zakubo. Kodwa ngenxa yomsebenzi wesikole, benza amathrekhi ambalwa kuphela.
Ngo-1996, yena noyise baqala ukuphelezela abaculi be-reggae abanjengoDennis Brown noJohn Hott njengomdlali wesigubhu.
Ngonyaka odlule, uLeftside wathola umsebenzi njengomkhethi enkampanini edumile yaseKingston, iSyndicate Disco. Le nkampani yaduma ngenxa kaZ. Hording, S. Paul kanye no-A. Cooper.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, u-Zachary no-Arif baqaphela ikhono eliyingqayizivele lika-Craig lokuklwebha ngesandla sakhe sobunxele. Ngakho, kwavela isiteketiso esithi Leftside. UParks wachaza indlela yakhe engavamile yokusebenza ngokuthi isandla sakhe sobunxele "sinwaya isigqi" kangcono kunesokudla sakhe.
Ngenkathi u-Greg esesikoleni esidala kanye nehall yokudansa, umfowabo omdala uNoel Parks walibona ithalente lakhe nempumelelo yakhe futhi wanika uLeftside uhlelo lwakhe lwesigubhu.
I-Dancehall "impumelelo"
Ngo-1997, uCraig waqala ukusebenza nomakadebona womkhiqizi uCardell “Skatta” Burrell futhi waqopha ama-riddims ngaphansi kwelebula le-Kings Of Kings.
Imisebenzi yakhe yokuqala nesevele iphumelele bekuyithi: Double Jeopardy Riddim noChiney Gal Riddim. UCecile uqophe u-Changez kubo, kwathi uSizzla wakhipha ingoma ethi Up the Chalwan.
Kodwa okwaphumelela kakhulu kwaba I-Martial Arts, uSizzla ayibhalela iKarate, kanye noBounty Killer - Look Good. Ngenxa yalokhu, Craig waduma hhayi kuphela e-Jamaica, kodwa futhi e-USA nase-England.
Iphrojekthi entsha yePacemakers
I-Leftiside & Esco idale iphrojekthi yabo entsha ethi Pacemakers, futhi kusukela ngo-2001 basebenze njengabadidiyeli nabaculi. Kodwa uCraig ngesikhathi esisodwa esebenzisana namanye amalebula, uSizzla wakhulula iKings Of Kings, wasebenzela iStone Love, Q45 kanye neNdlovu Man.
Amapaki adlalwa kumathrekhi enganekwane ethi Tall Up Tall Up nethi Bad Man A Bad Man.
Ukukhiqiza kwakhe izingoma ezishisa izikhotha zika-Ellie i-Pon Di River Pon Di Bank Signal Di Plane nomsebenzi wakhe engomeni yesichazamazwi seghetto esinamadiski amabili i-Bounty Killer (2002) kwamlethela udumo emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngemva konyaka, wasebenza ku-multi-platinum disc u-Sean Paul The Trinity, kwathi i-albhamu kaWayne Wolder eyimpumelelo ethi No Holding Back yathatha indawo yesibili eshadini leBillboard.
Ngo-2005, i-Leftside & Esco yakhipha izingoma ezithi Stay Far nethi Wine Up Pon Haar futhi yabonakala phakathi kwezintandokazi ze-dancehall.
Iloli elilodwa elidumile i-Een Yuh
Ingoma yabo ehlangene ehlekisayo nocansi ethi Truck Een Yuh Belly yahlala kumashadi e-Jamaican cishe amasonto angu-9, futhi phezulu e-Trinidad, Canada nase-England ngokwezwi nezwi "kwaqhuma".
Ekupheleni kwekhefu elide lokudala ngo-2007, i-Leftside ikhiphe ingoma ethi More Punany. I-single ephumelelayo ayizange idume e-Jamaica kuphela, kodwa futhi yafinyelela ezindaweni eziphakeme zeshadi lase-Italian dancehall.
Ingoma ethi More Punany yashintshashintsha eziteshini zomsakazo ze-hip-hop eNew York, okwathi ngo-2008 uCraig wahlela ukukhululwa kweqoqo lakhe lokuqala futhi wasayina inkontileka eNew York neSequence Records.
Engafuni ukuphumula, u-Leftside wayefuna ukufinyelela ezingeni eliphezulu futhi wazithuthukisa njengomdidiyeli, esebenzisana nabaculi uKeida noSyon.
Ngo-2014, uParks wamenywa eJalimane ukuyocula embukisweni we-I Love Hip Hop Show. Entwasahlobo yalowo nyaka, phakathi nohambo lomculo ezweni elifanayo naseHolland, kwaba nemibukiso engu-10 egqamile.
Futhi kakade ekwindla wenza emazweni afanayo aseYurophu nohambo lwe-Reade to Party. E-Copenhagen Donkey Club udlale izingoma ezishisayo: Jet Blue, Super Model Chick kanye ne-Want Yuh Body Flip.
Bese kuba khona ama-riddim adingeka kakhulu e-Caribbean naseYurophu: Ubusika obushisayo, iDem Time Deh, Drop Drop kanye no-Cry Fi Yuh, abakhishwe ngaphansi kwelebula yabo ethi Keep Left Records LLC. Futhi Dream Chaser, Dem-A-Worry, Sexy Ladies, Fresh Prince of Uptown, Phat Punani, Super Model Chick, Ghetto Gyal Wine kanye ne-Want Yuh Body remix no-Sean Paul.
Craig Parks ngomsebenzi wakhe
Ukholelwa ukuthi impumelelo ye-dancehall ifinyelelwe ngenxa yokusekelwa umfowabo noyise. Indlela ekhethiwe yomculi womculo isiza ekuthuthukisweni futhi inomthelela ekutholeni ukuqashelwa emhlabeni jikelele.
Imakethe yabakhi iminyene, futhi iLeftside ihlukile ngoba ayihlosile ukuyishintsha. Emisebenzini yakhe, ugcina ifomula yomculo waseJamaican, osekuyisikhathi eside iheha izethameli ezivela kwamanye amazwe.
Okuwukuphela kwento esingakwazi ukuyilawula imishini emisha ekhiqiza imisindo emisha. Kodwa uzama ukuzigcina zilula futhi zihlanzekile, ukuze ama-riddims akhe angashiyi amaqembu lapho imisebenzi yabanye yanyamalala kudala.
