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Daddy Freddy’s In Town – 7 Inch Vinyl Record

When he released his first album, Body Lasher, six of the tracks went straight into the Jamaican top ten.

After successful touring in the US under the Chrysallis record label, Freddy came to England in the 1980s. His first UK work was a collaboration with Asher D (UK reggae star) called, Raggamuffin Hip-Hop. This album created a new style of music that was a fusion of Jamaican ragga and UK/US hip-hop. The anthemic title track has the much sampled vocal, ‘The ragga-muffin, the ragga-muffin, hip-hop’. Freddy also managed to influence and support fledgling UK reggae stars, Top Cat, Tenor Fly and Prento Youth who went on to the legendary Coxsone Sound and the record label Congo Natty.

This album created even more interest for Freddy. Artists such as Dr. Dre, Cypress Hill, David Morales and Norman Cooke all requested collaborations and others like The Prodigy, Me’lissa Morgan (“Through the Tears”, Top 10), Salt ‘n’ Pepa and KRS-One all sampled his unique voice.

This fame culminated in Freddy attempting and breaking the World Record for World’s fastest rapper in 1989 as part of the Capital radio Music Festival. Eventually Freddy broke the record four times taking it from 346 to 598 syllables a minute. First and second time in UK (in Covent Garden and at BBC’s Record Breakers on BBC’s Record Breakers show where he appeared with Roy Castle) and two times in America (New York Empire State Building and in Washington). Renowned live performances have always been Freddy’s hallmark, most notably at the New Music Seminar in New York and Tim Westwoods live rap shows on Capital radio.

45 RPM single

Brand new, never played with some jacket wear from storage

Music Of Life Records 1991

Song Listing
Daddy Freddy’s Back In Town
Rather To Die