Mr. Vegas
He catapulted to the top of the Jamaican charts in 1997 with the dancehall boomshots "Heads High" and "Nike Air", his distinctive vocals fusing melodious singing with precision deejaying (rapping). Since then he has built an international fan base with hit singles like "Pull Up", "Tamale" and "Hot Gal Today" but it is on his latest CD "Constant Spring" that Mr. Vegas' spectacular sing-jay approach and cleverly crafted lyrics dazzle with the intensity of an evening in, well, Las Vegas. Read Full BioHe catapulted to the top of the Jamaican charts in 1997 with the dancehall boomshots "Heads High" and "Nike Air", his distinctive vocals fusing melodious singing with precision deejaying (rapping). Since then he has built an international fan base with hit singles like "Pull Up", "Tamale" and "Hot Gal Today" but it is on his latest CD "Constant Spring" that Mr. Vegas' spectacular sing-jay approach and cleverly crafted lyrics dazzle with the intensity of an evening in, well, Las Vegas.
Born Clifford Smith in Kingston, Jamaica, he was given the nickname Mr. Vegas by his cousin for the neon pink shorts he wore on the football field; in addition to his athletic skills Mr. Vegas also demonstrated musical talents early on. However an unfortunate dispute over the ownership of a DAT resulted in Vegas being hit in the jaw with an iron pipe; after the assault Vegas' mouth was wired shut so he was forced to create a unique method of vocalizing through his teeth. That style was first heard on "Nike Air", the song that initially positioned Vegas on the dancehall charts. Characterized by uplifting lyrics aimed (especially) at young women, he followed "Nike Air" with another affirming and very appealing tune "Heads High" which reached number one in Jamaica, hit the British Top Ten and found its way onto several urban stations across America.
Vegas' 1997 debut album "Heads High" (Greensleeves Records) further displayed his captivating vocal capabilities on songs like "Jacket", "Sweet Pineapple" and "Everywhere I Go"; it also earned him a British Mobo Award as Best Reggae artist, while establishing his fan base beyond the Jamaican dancehall.
However Vegas demonstrated even greater versatility on his 2001 sophomore release "Damn Right" (Greensleeves) which featured a stronger R&B and hip-hop flavor on the hits "Girls Time" and "She's A Ho", sensitive singing on the roots rocking "Rise" and a sensational duet with Sean Paul "Hot Gal Today".
With his move to the Los Angeles based independent label Delicious Vinyl Vegas released his third CD "Pull Up". The title track was recorded on Scatta Burrell's wildly popular Coolie Dance riddim, entered the Billboard charts and took Vegas' music into previously uncharted territory. Another single from "Pull Up" "Tamale" also did well, particularly in Europe.
Vegas has just completed his fourth and finest CD so far "Constant Spring" which presents an amalgam of styles including reggaeton productions by the red hot duo Luny/Tunes on the tracks "Johnny" and "Papito" and Latin tinged duets with Don Omar ("Pobre Diablo") and El Medico ("Penicilin"). Another scorching combination "Burnin" features soca sensation Kevin Lyttle. Vegas' long time associate Jamaica's Richard "Shams" Browne produced several tracks including "Million Dollar Baby" and "Slow Wine" while veteran dancehall hit makers Steely and Clevie's Sleepy Dog riddim scampers under Vegas' current Jamaican chart topper, the CDs title track "Constant Spring". Another Jamaican hit that is currently finding popularity throughout Europe is Vegas' self-produced, uncharacteristically contemplative "More Love", his emotive singing lamenting Jamaica's upwardly spiraling crime rate but the song's lyrics are applicable to many troubled territories throughout the world:
"I walk these Kingston streets, everyday a bare a beat/I can't get no sleep all I hear is AKs when they speak/ I walk Spanish town all I hear is people get gunned down, when I look around all I see is bodies on the ground. My shadow's afraid to even walk beside me, my shadow's afraid to even walk this city gun dawg and his friend full the morgue in Kingston city/too many guns in town."
"Crime, violence, war, it affects everyone," Vegas says, "and there is nothing in that song that doesn't relate to what is going on everywhere, especially Kingston. We want this album to be versatile so a Latino person a hip hop person, urban kids or all nationalities will listen to it."
Reflecting the ongoing changes within the music industry, Vegas and his manager Leslie Cooney of the Los Angeles based company Addict Management will be taking a very different approach regarding the release of "Constant Spring": they will not be signing to just one label. "We have found that as an independent artist Vegas can better exploit his appeal in every territory without the expectations and limitations of being signed to one label," says Ms. Cooney. "Instead, we will directly supply his fans with music worldwide and will seek licenses with different labels in their respective territories. Whether by an actual record or digital distribution, if there is a demand for Vegas it can now be met without waiting for the record label machinery to spring into action. We are taking matters in our own hands and Vegas is planning his own future."
And for Mr. Vegas the future appears to be shining even brighter than the flashing neon lights that abound in the Nevada city that is his namesake. www.mr-vegas.com
Born Clifford Smith in Kingston, Jamaica, he was given the nickname Mr. Vegas by his cousin for the neon pink shorts he wore on the football field; in addition to his athletic skills Mr. Vegas also demonstrated musical talents early on. However an unfortunate dispute over the ownership of a DAT resulted in Vegas being hit in the jaw with an iron pipe; after the assault Vegas' mouth was wired shut so he was forced to create a unique method of vocalizing through his teeth. That style was first heard on "Nike Air", the song that initially positioned Vegas on the dancehall charts. Characterized by uplifting lyrics aimed (especially) at young women, he followed "Nike Air" with another affirming and very appealing tune "Heads High" which reached number one in Jamaica, hit the British Top Ten and found its way onto several urban stations across America.
Vegas' 1997 debut album "Heads High" (Greensleeves Records) further displayed his captivating vocal capabilities on songs like "Jacket", "Sweet Pineapple" and "Everywhere I Go"; it also earned him a British Mobo Award as Best Reggae artist, while establishing his fan base beyond the Jamaican dancehall.
However Vegas demonstrated even greater versatility on his 2001 sophomore release "Damn Right" (Greensleeves) which featured a stronger R&B and hip-hop flavor on the hits "Girls Time" and "She's A Ho", sensitive singing on the roots rocking "Rise" and a sensational duet with Sean Paul "Hot Gal Today".
With his move to the Los Angeles based independent label Delicious Vinyl Vegas released his third CD "Pull Up". The title track was recorded on Scatta Burrell's wildly popular Coolie Dance riddim, entered the Billboard charts and took Vegas' music into previously uncharted territory. Another single from "Pull Up" "Tamale" also did well, particularly in Europe.
Vegas has just completed his fourth and finest CD so far "Constant Spring" which presents an amalgam of styles including reggaeton productions by the red hot duo Luny/Tunes on the tracks "Johnny" and "Papito" and Latin tinged duets with Don Omar ("Pobre Diablo") and El Medico ("Penicilin"). Another scorching combination "Burnin" features soca sensation Kevin Lyttle. Vegas' long time associate Jamaica's Richard "Shams" Browne produced several tracks including "Million Dollar Baby" and "Slow Wine" while veteran dancehall hit makers Steely and Clevie's Sleepy Dog riddim scampers under Vegas' current Jamaican chart topper, the CDs title track "Constant Spring". Another Jamaican hit that is currently finding popularity throughout Europe is Vegas' self-produced, uncharacteristically contemplative "More Love", his emotive singing lamenting Jamaica's upwardly spiraling crime rate but the song's lyrics are applicable to many troubled territories throughout the world:
"I walk these Kingston streets, everyday a bare a beat/I can't get no sleep all I hear is AKs when they speak/ I walk Spanish town all I hear is people get gunned down, when I look around all I see is bodies on the ground. My shadow's afraid to even walk beside me, my shadow's afraid to even walk this city gun dawg and his friend full the morgue in Kingston city/too many guns in town."
"Crime, violence, war, it affects everyone," Vegas says, "and there is nothing in that song that doesn't relate to what is going on everywhere, especially Kingston. We want this album to be versatile so a Latino person a hip hop person, urban kids or all nationalities will listen to it."
Reflecting the ongoing changes within the music industry, Vegas and his manager Leslie Cooney of the Los Angeles based company Addict Management will be taking a very different approach regarding the release of "Constant Spring": they will not be signing to just one label. "We have found that as an independent artist Vegas can better exploit his appeal in every territory without the expectations and limitations of being signed to one label," says Ms. Cooney. "Instead, we will directly supply his fans with music worldwide and will seek licenses with different labels in their respective territories. Whether by an actual record or digital distribution, if there is a demand for Vegas it can now be met without waiting for the record label machinery to spring into action. We are taking matters in our own hands and Vegas is planning his own future."
And for Mr. Vegas the future appears to be shining even brighter than the flashing neon lights that abound in the Nevada city that is his namesake. www.mr-vegas.com
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Heads High
Mr. Vegas Lyrics
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Kill dem wit di no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Kill dem wit di, kill dem wit di, kill dem wit di
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Just mek a boy know you nah blow
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
No boy ain't got no secret fi you
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Just mek a boy know you nah blow
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Tell dem seh Vegas say so
Me wan' you skin yuh teeth and mek me seet
If you sure from you born seh you never dweet
You a no freak, one man you keep
And him yet complain say yuh deep
You mek yuh vow, you nah answer to yo
And a one man a sample yuh chow chow
Knit up yuh brow, mek a guy know
Seh him fi move him blow-wow
A sing again
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Just mek a boy know you nah blow
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Mek a boy know you a no pappy show
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Just mek a boy know you nah blow
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Tell dem seh Vegas say so
Me wan' hear you scream if yuh mouth clean
No man never rub you in fi in no ice cream
You nuh smell green like Charlene
You wul a fresh, you have a healthy hygiene
From assuming while you keep blooming
Like a pretty likkle lily inna di morning
Yuh not crawling, pressure dem, darling
When yuh rising dem keep falling
So sing again
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Just mek a boy know you nah blow
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
No boy cyaan' tek a you fi pappy show
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Just mek a boy know you nah blow
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Dem n'ave no secret fi you
And sing again
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Just mek a boy know you nah blow
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
No boy cyaan' tek a you fi pappy show
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Just mek a boy know you nah blow
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Tell dem Vegas say so
Me wha you scream, bruk out, whine up yuh body
Hand inna di air cah you a no rae rae
One ship alone can dock pon a bay
And no boy mic you nah DJ
And sing again
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Just mek a punk know you nuh blow
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
No boy cyaan' tek a you fi pappy show
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Just mek a punk know you nuh blow
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Tell dem Vegas say so
Me wan' you skin yuh teeth and mek me seet
If you sure from you born seh you never dweet
You a no freak, one man you keep
And him yet complain say yuh deep
You mek yuh vow, you nah answer to yo
And a one man a sample yuh chow chow
Knit up yuh eyebrow, mek a guy know
Seh him fi move him blow-wow-wow-wow
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Just mek a boy know you nah blow
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Mek a boy know you a no pappy show
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Just mek a boy know you nah blow
Heads high, kill dem wit di no
Tell dem seh Vegas say so
And sing a long
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Haldane Wayne Browne, Clifford Smith
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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It's elfsucc
Doesn't matter where you came from, if you're here you have good taste
Ali Merhi
NYC loving it for decades
Ali Merhi
Lol indeed
Simp4 D
uk!!!
anrrina carvajal
Costa Rica 😁👋🇨🇷🏝⛰
James Banks III
Tell em dat Vegas said so .....
Sara Black
The hook of this song just popped in my head this morning and is now an earworm.been so long since I heard it that I wasn't sure I had the right words.put heads high in YouTube and here I am.
I love it! You have to move your body to this! Still can't work out the lyrics though😁
William Ruto TV
Vegas was and still is a legend in Kenya.. This song used to play in every barbershop and neighbourhood parties. Good times man
Joseph Kimani
God bless you umetupeleka baze yenyewe
LARRY ACHIYA
@Lil Myrz your, not our