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MC Skibadee

MC Skibadee or as he is more fond of, Skibadee[1] is a multi-award winning Drum and Bass MC musician from London, England. He started on City Sound Radio, where he first showed his unique ability on the microphone around 1993.

By early 1995 Skibadee was featured regularly at events such as Thunder & Joy, Spirit of the Jungle and his regular spot on City Sound Radio. It was not long after that Kool FM came his way and Skibadee began his fast rise to the top. By the end of 1995 Skibadee was resident for all Kool FM, Fever, T & J, Malachite, Electrybe, NJC, Designer label Ball and Innersense. Along with his partner, MC Dett, Skibadee launched a new project called 2Xfreestyle in late 1997, which involved putting a Drum and Bass tempo over a Hip-Hop beat, therefore creating a doubletime effect.

The single and subsequent video 'Inside Me' was a success and after being accepted on MTV. and The Box. In 1999 Skibadee began to notch up the first of 3 the Knowledge Awards for best MC, and three Accelerated culture awards. Since 2000, Skibadee began collaborating with MC Shabba D, also known as 'Shabba D' or 'Shabbas' which has now become Drum and Bass partnership S.A.S, Skiba and Shabba.

In 2006 he won the 1Xtra award for best MC, in 2007 he also won best MC southwest Drum n Bass award. In 2008 and 2009 Skibadee won best Lyrical MC and best Hype MC in the national Drum and bass awards and 2010 marks the third year in a row as the best Crowd Hyper MC as well as the Stevie Hyper D Lifetime Achievement Award.[2]

More recently, Skibadee has formed a new clique with MC Fun and MC Harry Shotta, calling themselves the Uncontrollablez aka UNCZ, their DJ is the Kool FM resident DJ RuffStuff.

Awards

  • 2009
    • Accelerated Culture (3 Awards)
    • Knowledge Awards (3 Awards)
  • 2006
    • 1Xtra
      • Best MC
  • 2007
    • Drum n' Bass Awards
      • Best MC Southwest
  • 2008
    • Drum n' Bass Awards
      • Best Lyrical MC
      • Best Crowd Hyper MC
  • 2009
    • Drum n' Bass Awards
      • Best Lyrical MC
      • Best Crowd Hyper MC
  • 2010
    • Drum n' Bass Awards
      • Best Crowd Hyper MC
      • Stevie Hyper D Lifetime Achievement Award

Collaborators

  • Shabba D (Highly Blessed)(Higher l3v3l)
  • Eksman (New Breed Family)
  • Harry Shotta (UNCZ)
  • Flimzee (Tactical Beatz)
  • Spitfire (Cam Crew)
  • Fun (UNCZ)
  • RuffStuff (UNCZ)
  • Razor (DNBA)
  • Det

References

  1. ^ "Skibadee". Disgogs. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  2. ^ "www.drumandbassawards.co.uk".
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