Mad Lion

Weaving a seamless mixture of reggae and hip-hop, Mad Lion (given birth to Oswald Priest) produced probably one of the most influential seems of days gone by 2 decades. The receiver of the 1994 Resource award as Reggae Designer of the entire year, Mad Lion offers influenced similar-sounding recordings by such performers as Ini Kamoze, Capleton, and Rayvon. A indigenous of London, Mad Lion grew up in Jamaica. Soon after shifting to Brooklyn, NY, he fulfilled reggae performer Super Kitty at Super Power Information. At Super Cat’s recommendation, he used his professional name, an acronym for Musical Assassin Delivering Lyrical Cleverness Over Countries. Mad Lion’s first success arrived in the middle-’80s when he used his hip-hop rhythms to Shabba Rates’ hit solitary “Jam.” He later on appeared, alongside Queen Latifah, on Salt-N-Pepper’s 1997 recording Brand New. Starting his personal label, Spinners Choice, Mad Lion was focusing on his debut recording when he fulfilled and convinced maker KRS-One to utilize him. The cooperation proved productive as Mad Lion’s solitary, “Take to Get rid of,” sold a lot more than 100,000 copies. His following single, “Consider It Easy,” do better still, exceeding the 300,000 sale tag. After liberating an recording, Actual Ting, in 1993, Mad Lion produced countless guest looks on such albums because the NJ Drive and D&D Task, compilations, and created a tune for Given birth to Jamericans. His second recording, Ghetto Platinum & Platinum Respect, premiered in 1997. 3 years later on, his third recording, Predatah or Victim, which also included an interactive video game, arrived.