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THE
FACTS...
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the
57th dynasty was formed in 1996 by charlie parker and paradise.
the
group consists of 8 core members but extends to many more youths
throughout the areas of brixton & stockwell.
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7
out of the 8 members of the group live in brixton. oshin da nomad
lives all over the place (the nomad, right?) but is mostly in
bristol and coventry.
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the
group made the album spoken word in '99 and put it out through
their own label (fas fwd entertainments) in 1999, with no distribution
deal and still got HMV to stock it due to public demand.
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57th
have been nominated for a mobo (1999) and won best act at the
uk hiphop awards 2000.
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juvanile
ruckasz won the young voices award at the 1998 caribbean expo.
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the
dynasty have been billed alongside the following international
acts over the last 3 years: the roots, mobb deep, dmx, the loxx,
common sense, cypress hill, kelis, outkast.
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soon
to release a follow up album to the critically acclaimed spoken
word the dynasty have a catalogue of mix tapes, 5 singles, 1 video
and 1 album in 3 years.
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The 57th
Dynasty was born in 1996 out of inspiration, collaboration and the need
as artistes to unify in strength to achieve success and defeat the industry
prejudice that prevents "reality" music made on the street
from taking its rightful place in the market and enjoying the airplay
and distribution so long denied it in the UK.
the story began with paradise and charlie parker and the formation in
the studio of a relationship that would inspire the creation of The
Dynasty through example both in the studio and on the street.
charlie
had been running a pre-production studio in brixton since the late 80s
which had been a base for many local developing artistes. man would
pass thru and try a ting - sometimes resulting in a dub plate being
cut or a white label going out. The studio also served the reggae industry
making dance/soundclash adverts and jingles for pirate stations.
in mid
'96 paradise passed thru with Big Love (fas fwd all star recording artiste)
and that's where the Dynasty started. The remaining 6 members, who weren't
all on the scene at that time came in piece by piece……..
dise was
talking in a barber shop in norwood about what was going on and played
a cassette to one of the barbers who claimed he could rhyme. The same
barber (Stretch), his partner (Felony) and his partner's brother (Thunda)
got an invite to pass thru the studio and all three man ended up on
the b side to paradise's first release M.O.N.E.Y. In the meantime Charlie
had brought in Shineye, reggae beatmaker from back in the day, who he
knew from time, to take care of the reggae side of things.
Then Thunda played a cassette of his little brothers and their bredrens
rhyming - they were rough but showed nuff talent and were invited down.
They developed into The Juvanile Ruckasz, forming the youth trio within
the Dynasty. A real Dynasty was coming together. Felony and Stretch
were more focused on the barber shop business at this time and so didn't
really persue the opportunity within the Dynasty, but helped put on
their younger brothers - meantime Mr Green (original fas fwd all star)
came by one night with a brother from Bristol (Coventry, Gambia, Nigeria
& Jamaica). It was Oshin da Nomad, and straight away he plugged
the Dynasty into some country connections and became the 8th member.
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the individual profiles @ MCs & PRODUCERS.
