Kaleef

After an abortive encounter with a significant label, Manchester, Britain hip-hop act Kaleef rose to prominence by the end of 1996 using a UK Best 40 single for an unbiased label. The group originally agreed upon to London Information in 1993 as the Kaliphz (their name translating as ‘Ruler’ or ‘Messenger’ within an Arabic tongue). These were taken jointly after 2Phaaan (pronounced Du-farn) and Jabba Da Buzz (aka The Alien) noticed the Rocksteady Staff performing on the Runcorn Ideal Homes Exhibition in 1982 and became embroiled in the breakdancing and graffiti actions within their neighbourhood, developing breakdance staff Dizzy Footwork the same calendar year. They were shortly joined up with by Hogweed, as well as the trio started hanging out jointly, before finally adding Chokadoodle and SniffaDawg to comprehensive the line-up. The group was supported by a creation group entitled Funk Regulators, a junior back-up rap squad the Underhogs, an all-female troupe the Berserkers, a blended competition group Freaks Of Character, and a freestyle single rapper, Paraphinalia. These were paid significant amounts of attention with a media captivated by their mostly Asian origins, as well as the agreement with London was rumoured to involve a big advance. Nevertheless, the group’s debut record, Seven Deadly Sins, stalled commercially, as do a series of singles. Their record label having dropped interest, the music group’s career appeared set to decrease until Radio 1 disk jockey Pete Tong (who was simply an early on supporter of the group) place them touching Manchester unbiased, Unity Information – the label produced by Pete Waterman of Share, Aitken And Waterman popularity. They produced a demo documenting from the Stranglers’ 1982 strike ‘Golden Dark brown’ at Waterman’s Manchester studio room, The Cathedral. Their revision highlighted a rap with the group’s Double Blessed about the problems of heroin – ironic, provided the Stranglers’ long-term refusal to acknowledge the melody was a paean towards the drug.