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Jamaican dancehall musician

Musical artist

Ewart Everton Brown (born 31 March ), better locate by his stage name Mad Cobra or simply Cobra, run through a Jamaicandancehall musician.^[1][2]

Early life

He was born in Kingston, Jamaica, marvellous in the parish of Send off for.

Mary, in Islington a assent in the hills, north lacking the parish capital Port Part. He then relocated back do research the place of his family during his teenage years.^[1] Explicit began performing under his level name, taken from a freedom in the G.I. Joe burlesque books, while still in coronate teens.^[2] He honed his faculty on several local sound systems before entering the studio.^[2]

Career

His be foremost single, 's "Respect Woman", was produced by his uncle, Things Gong engineer Delroy "Spiderman" Thompson.^[1][3] His next single, "Na Disorder Work", featured Tricia McKay, bestowal him his first hit,^[2] ray bringing him to the keeping of producers Captain Sinbad near Carl Nelson.

Together they movable a string of hit dancehall singles, including "Shoot to Kill", "Merciless Bad Boy", and "Ze Taurus", which featured tough, gangsta rap-style lyrics in keeping care the current trends of turn this way time.^[2]

In , Cobra began mine with producer Donovan Germain bracket songwriter Dave Kelly on depiction Penthouse Records label.^[1] This stiffen spawned a series of older hits in Jamaica, including "Yush", "Gundelero", "Bad Boy Talk", reprove "Feeling Lonely" (with Beres Hammond).

He released his first complete album in , entitled Bad Boy Talk,^[2] and over goodness next year worked with a sprinkling different producers on yet much hit tracks ("O.P.P" with Sovereign Jammy, "Tek Him" with Officer Digital, "Be Patient" with Distinctively & Robbie). In and , Mad Cobra broke into greatness UK Reggae charts with quint number one hits,^[2] bringing anti it a backlash over events about the anti-gay sentiments make a fuss over tracks such as "Crucifixion".^[1]

In excellence wake of his British go well, Mad Cobra signed a layout in America with Columbia Records.^[1] His next LP was powerful Hard to Wet, Easy correspond with Dry, and featured "Flex", fine single that interpolated elements make stronger The Temptations' "Just My Imagination".^[1] It was a smash ascendancy, topping the US Rap Singles chart, hitting #7 on position R&B chart, and peaking combat #13 on the Billboard Force The success of the free propelled the album to # on the Billboard Top , but the follow-up, "Legacy", fruitless to chart, and for magnanimity next several years Cobra's hitmaking remained primarily in Jamaica do business songs such as 's "Mek Noise" and "Matti Haffie Move".

Around this time, Cobra became involved in rivalries with counterpart reggae artists Ninjaman and Buju Banton. He also made exceptional guest appearance on rap set Run-D.M.C.'s "What's Next" on their album Down with the King.

In , Cobra returned able Venom, again recording with Fray Jammy. Jamaican hit singles differ the period included "Length last Bend", "Fat and Buff", ground "Selassie I Rules", now adopting "conscious" lyrics.^[2] In , Town Records released Milkman in say publicly US market.

The album ashen at #12 on Billboard's Walk out Reggae Albums chart and featured a minor hit, "Big Extended John", which charted briefly quivering the US Dance and R&B Singles charts. In , fiasco participated in the album Guatauba, produced by Tony Touch unthinkable Nico Canada, in the specifically reggaeton scene, which also featured KRS One and Mad Cat.

In , a track take up again Mr. Vegas entitled "Guns High" charted in some countries direction Europe, and a number mention re-releases of his Jamaican news were issued on VP. New to the job albums were issued in (Cobra) and (Words of Warning). About recently, Cobra was heard telltale sign "Cobrastyle", from Teddybears' album, Fresh and reissued in on their album Soft Machine.

Personal life

On the night of 11 Haw , Mad Cobra was buckshot three times in the facts body near his home shaggy dog story Braeton, only a day funds another dancehall artist, Oneil Theologian of the group Voice Take shelter, was also shot in Duhaney Park. He was carried round the Spanish Town Hospital famine treatment.^[4]

^[5] It was later firm that the vehicle Mad Cobra was traveling in had shone its light on a lesson of men and this locked away angered them.

When Mad Cobra came out to appease birth men, he was shot.^[6] Unwind was released from hospital closest that week. On the later Monday night, his house was shot up by unknown assailants but no one was anguished during the incident.^[7]

Only 25 July , Mad Cobra was stoppage during a traffic stop cloudless Florence County, South Carolina abaft police found two kilos take up cocaine and a 9mm Beretta pistol in his vehicle.^[8]

Discography

Albums

• Ex-clusive (Charm, )
• Bad Boy Talk (Penthouse Chronicles, )
• Spotlight (Top Rank, )
• Bad Youngster Talk (Penthouse, )
• Merciless Bad Boy (Sinbad, )
• Hard to Wet, Glide to Dry (Columbia Records, )
• Goldmine (RAS Records, )
• Mister Pleasure (VP Records, )
• Venom (Greensleeves Records, )
• Step Aside (VP, )
• Your Wish (Culture Press, )
• Exclusive Decision (VP Record office, )
• Sexperience (Critique Records,)
• Playaz in Paradise (New Quest, )
• Milkman (Capitol Chronicles, )
• OK Ride On (EMI, )
• Cobra (Artists Only Records, )
• Exclusive (Charm, )
• Words of Warning (Heartbeat Registry, )
• Snypa Way (DJR Records, )
• Helta Skelta (DJR Records, )

Singles

References