{"id":841,"date":"2006-08-28T20:22:20","date_gmt":"2006-08-28T19:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/?p=841"},"modified":"2015-07-07T12:13:58","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T12:13:58","slug":"the-worlds-fastest-rapper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2006\/08\/the-worlds-fastest-rapper\/","title":{"rendered":"the world\u2019s fastest rapper [until 2005!]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo courtesty of daddyfreddy.com<\/a> – go deh! <\/em><\/p>\n

Droid has uncovered a great video featurette<\/a> on Daddy Freddy which includes his appearance on Record Breakers<\/em>. Essential viewing made all the better by Cheryl Baker and Roy Castle expressing their admiration\/confusion.<\/p>\n

Interesting trajectory from yard stuff to “ragga house\/hip hop” to Congo Natty to The Rootsman to The Bug. Woebot had him down as a bit of a day labourer at first<\/a> I think and then revised his opinion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I love his stuff, of course. Especially that Fashion 12″ Baba Loo Baba La Baba Loo Baba Laba (Them No Bad Like Me)<\/em>. Interesting to see that he’s done some albums with Exterminator according to the biog.<\/p>\n

Freddy also rocked out on London’s Sir Coxsone Outernational soundsystem<\/a> in the mid to late 80s and needless to say I’d be quite up for a copy of this sound tape from ’88: “Coxsone vs Saxon feat Tenor Fly, Daddy Freddy, Barrington Levy, Peter Metro, Ricky Tuffy” !!!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo courtesty of daddyfreddy.com – go deh! Droid has uncovered a great video featurette on Daddy Freddy which includes his appearance on Record Breakers. Essential viewing made all the better by Cheryl Baker and Roy Castle expressing their admiration\/confusion. Interesting trajectory from yard stuff to “ragga house\/hip hop” to Congo Natty to The Rootsman to …<\/p>\n

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