Cutty Ranks
Background information
Birth name	Philip Thomas
Born	1965
Origin	Jamaica
Genre(s)	Reggae, dancehall
Occupation(s)	singer, songwriter, musician, entertainer

Cutty Ranks, born Philip Thomas in Jamaica in 1965, is a reggae and dancehall artist. His stage name stems from his sometime employment as a butcher. Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ragga. ... A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... An entertainer is someone who is hired to entertain people. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ragga. ...

At the age of 14, he began his career as a reggae artist on sound systems such as Gemini, Rebel Tone, and Papa Roots. Early on in his dee jaying career he was influenced by Josey Wales. He joined Killamanjaro where he worked alongside Early B, Super Cat, Puddy Roots, and Little Twitch. A reggae sound system is a group of disc jockeys, engineers and MCs playing reggae music. ... A Deejay (in a dancehall context) sings or toasts to an instrumental riddim (rhythm). ... Film box cover Screenshot from film The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 revisionist western movie set at the end of the American Civil War in which a peaceful farmsteader, driven to revenge by the savage and brutal slaying of his family by Union irregulars, joins up with a group... Killamanjaro is a Jamaican sound system best know for their clashes and large amount of classical reggae dubplates. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Super Cat (born William Maragh in Kingston, Jamaica, 1966) is one of the originators of the late 80s and early 90s dancehall movement. ...

During the 80s, Cutty Ranks' debut single "Gunman Lyrics" was recorded for Winston Riley's Techniques label. He also recorded such tracks as "Out Of Hand" and "Fishman Lyrics" with Riley and in 1990 he joined Donovan Germain's Penthouse label. Winston Riley worked as writer and producer of Jamaican music. ...

In 1991, he released his first album entitled The Stopper, following this up with album Lethal Weapon in the same year, featuring singers such as Marcia Griffiths, Dennis Brown, Wayne Wonder, and Beres Hammond. His follow up album releases were From Mi Heart, and Six Million Ways to Die which was put out on Priority Records in 1996. Six Million Ways to Die included a hip hop remix of Ranks' song "A Who Seh Me Dun" which was voiced earlier over the Bam Bam riddim in 1992. In 2000, he released the album Back With A Vengeance produced by King Jammy. This album saw Ranks venture into other musical styles, including hip hop and dancehall. Marcia Llyneth Griffiths (born on November 23, 1949 in Kingston, Jamaica) also called Queen of Reggae is Jamaicas most famous female singer. ... The Promised Land compiled by Blood and Fire Dennis Emanuel Brown (February 1, 1957 – July 1, 1999) was a Jamaican reggae singer. ... Wayne Wonder (born Von Wayne Charles, 22 July 1966, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae / R&B artist. ... Beres Hammond (b. ... Six Million Ways To Die is an album by Cutty Ranks. ... Priority Records is an American based record label, owned and operated by EMI, and has made a name for itself dealing primarily in hip hop music. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ... A riddim is a rhythm pattern consisting basically of a drum pattern and a prominent bassline. ... King Jammy was born Lloyd James in Kingston, Jamaica and worked as Prince Jammy together with King Tubby. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ragga. ...

Cutty Ranks has been influential outside the world of dancehall, particularly in the field of drum 'n' bass. His vocals have been frequently sampled and his songs remixed by artists such as Goldie. Drum and bass (drum n bass, drumnbass, DnB, dnb) is an electronic music style. ... Clifford Price, better known as Goldie (born September, 1965 in Wolverhampton) is a British electronic music artist, disc jockey, and actor. ...

Cutty ranks song Limb by Limb was played by Father Fintan Stack in the Father Ted episode New Jack City. Father Ted was a popular 1990s television situation comedy set around the lives of three priests on the extremely remote (and completely fictional) Craggy Island off the west coast of Ireland. ... Father Jack contracts Hairy Hands Syndrome and is sent to a hospital for elderly priests (Called jokingly by the Clergymen of Craggy Island Jurassic Park after the film of the same title. ...

Discography

• The Stopper (1991)
• Lethal Weapon (1991)
• Retreat (1991)
• From Mi Heart (1992)
• Six Million Ways To Die (1996)
• Back With A Vengeance (2001)
• Hard For It (2005)

Six Million Ways To Die is an album by Cutty Ranks. ...

External links

• Extended Discography