Born in the garden parish of St. Ann Busy Signal - born Reanno Gordon - started singing hymns at his mother's church and that is where he got his first extra edition when the church was over Reanno would sit in a corner with his friends and turn devotional lyrics, until his Mother's helping hand to warn him to change the Lord's songs Reanno continued performing at school, beating his fists in time on his desk and deejaying Bounty Killer's songs (he claims to know everything Bounty's lyrics) before they develop into their own material
Then walk out onto the dancehall scene in 2003, Busy Signal undeniable talent and lyrical skill has taken him quickly to the front of the pack Busy major breakthrough hit - "Step Out" - was one of dancehall's hottest songs for 2005 and with a thugged-out video to match it signaled the arrival of dancehall next superstar
Busy Signal a nickname given to him by a friend because of his constantly busy persona has always approached his craft from a different perspective not trodding the usual route of trying to sue every rhythm out there to try to catch a break rather busy chose to record songs with concepts attached to them on purpose-built rhythms The first track to attract the attention of a wider audience was "Born and Raised" an Vocals by Busy Signal reps his place and tells the sad reality in Jamaica
"Although I was an unknown artist and there was nobody else on the riddim" says Busy "track has been good airtime somuppamusing myself to continue doing what I did the manufacturers do not want to give young artists a break more time so young artists can get stifled, I just work hard on putting creative flows and melodies together and so long as people have known that "Even with a large following worldwide Busy not see their music that sticks in Jamaica A slew of Busy Signal mix CDs flooded streets from Halfway Tree to Brixton to Flatbush and then creating and spreading the hype that lead to busy being the strongest young artists to emerge from the 2005
Busy its own production and professionalism to the industry has seen him already launch his own label Network Records The first releases "Tell Santa Dis" and "Where I'm From" was distributed throughout the world, and Säljer good
Even Busy not rely on familiar rhythms and producers for a break, he has no problem with the recording of other brands as Renaissance, for whom occupied recorded "Not Going Down 'showcasing his singing and deejaying abilities other tracks from Busy include" Because of You "with Tami Chin on the throwback Giggy beat" so bad "and" Pharmacy "for Don Corleone" Fade Away "for John John and" Too Much Gun "which sees Busy in explosive form in delivering Rapid Fire lyrics on top of the reworked Man Fi Dead (Petty Thief) soundbed
At the end of 2005 saw Busy Signal garner huge critical success from show-stealing appearances on all major stage shows in Jamaica including the Smirnoff Experience alongside Sean Paul Bobby Valentino and others and Island Explosion lägereld and West Kingston Jamboree And of course there was the already legendary debut appearance at 645am the toughest stage in the world - the infamous Sting reggae concert Busy step out into the rising sun adorned in black and underlined why he is here to stay
2006 does not seen any light up Busy's momentum with a headline grabbing performance at Reggae Sumfest 2006 in which he performed solo on Dancehall Night and was also called by G Unit on International Night with successful tours in the British West Indies and Japan already settled and the Step Out breaks new ground on the prestigious Billboard charts Hired already heralded a new icon in the industry
~ Biography obtained from: http://artistwiki.com/busy-signal/biography |