Down Sound recording artiste Harry Toddler is on his way to reclaiming his place as one of the Dancehall Games elite deejays. The deejays latest single, Dont Run In on Truckbacks Gearbox riddim, is a stellar track that has the streets of Jamaica popping with its clever wordplay, and a catchy singalook hook that has spawned a new slang. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TRACK
Me and Adrian Locke and Fresh write it rounda Truckback. We mek the first verse, but Ele did start call me fi go ah one dance, so we leave after the one verse, this ah the first time mi eva do half a tune and lef half fi come back fi finish. So me never even a pree the tune, but when me forward the next day after the engineer call me and mi listen and say, no da tune ya bad, he explained to One876Entertainment.com.
So we hold a joy pon it, and decide say inna the second verse, me ah go add some humour and tell a story like and ah so the tune get mek.
He said that selectors Jigsy and Penny Bling from the Bembe Squad first played the song and got immediate forwards at the weekly Bembe session, and later that week, top flight selector Richie Feelings endorsed the song, and even encouraged Elephant Man to voice on the Truckback riddim as well.
Santana from Asylum buss it, ah de so it start pick up again, Gary Chucks from Dutty Fridaze link fi mi duplate, then Liquid phone me say him need Doan Run In, so mi realize say ah music wid power, dem man de nah call unless the ting real and ah happen, Toddler explained.
However, the ultimate endorsement would come from the Grung Gadd himself, Bounty Killer.
Bounty Killer see me and say Toddler, ah mi tune, the last time him tell mi dat ah when mi have Bun a Fire Pon a Men in 2002, so when him say that, mi never ask nothing, mi know say ah the tune, he said.
Harry Toddler says 'Don't Run In'
11-Dec-07 | by Phlex, Staff Writer
Down Sound recording artiste Harry Toddler is on his way to reclaiming his place as one of the Dancehall Games elite deejays. The deejays latest single, Dont Run In on Truckbacks Gearbox riddim, is a stellar track that has the streets of Jamaica popping with its clever wordplay, and a catchy singalook hook that has spawned a new slang. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TRACK
Me and Adrian Locke and Fresh write it rounda Truckback. We mek the first verse, but Ele did start call me fi go ah one dance, so we leave after the one verse, this ah the first time mi eva do half a tune and lef half fi come back fi finish. So me never even a pree the tune, but when me forward the next day after the engineer call me and mi listen and say, no da tune ya bad, he explained to One876Entertainment.com.
So we hold a joy pon it, and decide say inna the second verse, me ah go add some humour and tell a story like and ah so the tune get mek.
He said that selectors Jigsy and Penny Bling from the Bembe Squad first played the song and got immediate forwards at the weekly Bembe session, and later that week, top flight selector Richie Feelings endorsed the song, and even encouraged Elephant Man to voice on the Truckback riddim as well.
Santana from Asylum buss it, ah de so it start pick up again, Gary Chucks from Dutty Fridaze link fi mi duplate, then Liquid phone me say him need Doan Run In, so mi realize say ah music wid power, dem man de nah call unless the ting real and ah happen, Toddler explained.
However, the ultimate endorsement would come from the Grung Gadd himself, Bounty Killer.
Bounty Killer see me and say Toddler, ah mi tune, the last time him tell mi dat ah when mi have Bun a Fire Pon a Men in 2002, so when him say that, mi never ask nothing, mi know say ah the tune, he said. The lyrics go:
Dont run in when yu see the Gadd dem come in And the Hennessey ah pour pon the scene Dont run in When yu see the money ah come in The Franklin face or the Queen Dont run in The real don know weh mi mean Mi no fi get soil when mi clean Dont run in Coulda have yu gun and yu magazine Mi no fear no man when mi see him
The streets have endorse the song, and it appears that Harry Toddler has rediscovered the magic touch that made him one of the top deejays in the early 90s. A few years ago, he was the toast of a bonafide-group-member-gone-solo movement, riding the strength of his hit singles, the booming rude bwoy anthem Bun a Fire Pon a Men and Dance the Angel, the latter of which strong-armed the #1 spot on all local charts for several. Then, suddenly, the Scare Dem alum seemed to fall off the grid.
He said that he has been doing one-off stage shows in the Caribbean, opening for Elephant Man at a recent show in Trinidad, doing gigs in Europe and he even did a number of shows in a nine-day swing through Canada in July 2006. However, he said he had been searching for the next hit.
Mi still ah put in the work but no song never connect wid the people,, but ah music me use and get back connected to the people, a new momentum, with a new pitch and a catchier flow, he said.
Established producers continue to send beats his way, and the deejays other standout songs include Name Brand on a new Ward 21 rhythm, the one-drop effort No More Killing and We No Waan No Friend.
Harry Toddler is giving his heart. Now all he needs is the world to give him their ears.
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FiveStar said
00:26 12/12 2007
"reclaim"?????.....i think that is a questionable phrase
Crazypickney said
14:41 12/12 2007
for real 5star
mducks said
14:45 12/12 2007
yes toddler pan a level ,he certanly is becoming versatile like back in di days.
So we hold a joy pon it, and decide say inna the second verse, me ah go add some humour and tell a story like and ah so the tune get mek.
He said that selectors Jigsy and Penny Bling from the Bembe Squad first played the song and got immediate forwards at the weekly Bembe session, and later that week, top flight selector Richie Feelings endorsed the song, and even encouraged Elephant Man to voice on the Truckback riddim as well.
Santana from Asylum buss it, ah de so it start pick up again, Gary Chucks from Dutty Fridaze link fi mi duplate, then Liquid phone me say him need Doan Run In, so mi realize say ah music wid power, dem man de nah call unless the ting real and ah happen, Toddler explained.
However, the ultimate endorsement would come from the Grung Gadd himself, Bounty Killer.
Bounty Killer see me and say Toddler, ah mi tune, the last time him tell mi dat ah when mi have Bun a Fire Pon a Men in 2002, so when him say that, mi never ask nothing, mi know say ah the tune, he said.
So we hold a joy pon it, and decide say inna the second verse, me ah go add some humour and tell a story like and ah so the tune get mek.
He said that selectors Jigsy and Penny Bling from the Bembe Squad first played the song and got immediate forwards at the weekly Bembe session, and later that week, top flight selector Richie Feelings endorsed the song, and even encouraged Elephant Man to voice on the Truckback riddim as well.
Santana from Asylum buss it, ah de so it start pick up again, Gary Chucks from Dutty Fridaze link fi mi duplate, then Liquid phone me say him need Doan Run In, so mi realize say ah music wid power, dem man de nah call unless the ting real and ah happen, Toddler explained.
However, the ultimate endorsement would come from the Grung Gadd himself, Bounty Killer.
Bounty Killer see me and say Toddler, ah mi tune, the last time him tell mi dat ah when mi have Bun a Fire Pon a Men in 2002, so when him say that, mi never ask nothing, mi know say ah the tune, he said.
The lyrics go:
Dont run in when yu see the Gadd dem come in
And the Hennessey ah pour pon the scene
Dont run in
When yu see the money ah come in
The Franklin face or the Queen
Dont run in
The real don know weh mi mean
Mi no fi get soil when mi clean
Dont run in
Coulda have yu gun and yu magazine
Mi no fear no man when mi see him
The streets have endorse the song, and it appears that Harry Toddler has rediscovered the magic touch that made him one of the top deejays in the early 90s. A few years ago, he was the toast of a bonafide-group-member-gone-solo movement, riding the strength of his hit singles, the booming rude bwoy anthem Bun a Fire Pon a Men and Dance the Angel, the latter of which strong-armed the #1 spot on all local charts for several. Then, suddenly, the Scare Dem alum seemed to fall off the grid.
He said that he has been doing one-off stage shows in the Caribbean, opening for Elephant Man at a recent show in Trinidad, doing gigs in Europe and he even did a number of shows in a nine-day swing through Canada in July 2006. However, he said he had been searching for the next hit.
Mi still ah put in the work but no song never connect wid the people,, but ah music me use and get back connected to the people, a new momentum, with a new pitch and a catchier flow, he said.
Established producers continue to send beats his way, and the deejays other standout songs include Name Brand on a new Ward 21 rhythm, the one-drop effort No More Killing and We No Waan No Friend.
Harry Toddler is giving his heart. Now all he needs is the world to give him their ears.