Vybz Kartel (born Adidja Palmer, Jan. 7, 1976) is a Jamaican dancehall deej… Read Full Bio ↴Vybz Kartel (born Adidja Palmer, Jan. 7, 1976) is a Jamaican dancehall deejay.

He was born at Kingston's Victoria Jubilee Hospital, and was one of six children. Originally from Waterhouse, Kingston, he was raised in the Waterford district in the community Portmore, Jamaica. Adidja attended Calabar High School in Kingston but was expelled as a teenager. Determined to continue his education, he completed his studies at a tutorial technical school.

He was exposed to a wide variety of music from a tender age by two uncles who were themselves aspiring musicians. Every weekend he was treated to new musical offerings, on his uncle's old component set, ranging from Sam Cooke to country and western ballads to Ninja Man, who became one of his musical heroes.

At 10 his favorites included artists as diverse as Ninja Man, Papa San, Charlie Chaplin, Will Smith and KRS-1, all of whose lyrics he would study word-for-word, performing them later for friends.

He decided he wanted to be a deejay and began writing his own lyrics when he was 11. Eager to flaunt his skills, Adidja and his friends frequented the weekly Gong Talent Show at the Coney Amusement Park on the outskirts of Kingston. To their chagrin, they were always gonged off when they got a chance to perform.

Undeterred by his weekly failure to impress the talent show audience, Adidja decided to hone his skills and concentrate on winning over his own community of Waterford until he was ready for bigger things. With that goal in mind, on weekends he would practise on neighborhood sound systems Soul Signal and Electric Force.

In 1993, Adidja recorded his first single, "Love Fat Woman," for Alvin Reid's One Heart Label under the name Adi Banton, a name he chose in tribute to a role model, Buju Banton. He recorded several more tracks for local producers, perfecting his craft.

In 1996 he and two friends, Mr. Lee and a singer called Escobar, decided to form a group. One night, after watching a movie about Pablo Escobar and his infamous cartel, Adidja came up with a name for his trio: Vibes Cartel.

Vybz Kartel's new role as Killer's protege caught the attention of the public and led to a meteoric career rise, first as a ghost-writer for Bounty, Elephant Man and other members of the Scare Dem Crew, followed by collaborations with Bounty Killer, such as "Gal Clown" and "Girls Like Mine (Liquid Riddim)."

He came into his own with early hits like "Gun Clown," "Guns Like Mine (Trafalga Riddim)," "Badman (Panty Raid Riddim)," "Bus Mi Gun Like Nuttn," "Most High (Mexican Riddim)" and "War Organizer (Clappas Riddim)." He also had a string of successful collaborations with Wayne Marshall, including "New Millennium (Mad Antz Riddim)," "Why (Krazy Riddim)" and "Why Again (Good To Go Riddim)." This unprecedented debut led to Vybz Kartel being crowned 2002 Deejay of the Year at Stone Love's 30th anniversary, a feat unmatched by any new artist in dancehall.

Kartel has--aside from incredible rhymes and subtle, clever pop culture references--a unique lyrical flow all his own. It is to be noted that Kartel rarely does dance "chunes" along the lines of Elephant man or Beenie Man. Nevertheless, he has already had several high-profile collaborations with international hip-hop and pop stars, and is being touted as the next big thing in dancehall.

In terms of singles sold, he has had the second-best year on the 2003 reggae charts, outsold only by Elephant Man, and has released two albums this year for UK label Greensleeves. He was featured twice on the Def Jamaica project, and nominated for Source, VIBE and UK MOBO awards. His MOBO nominations, along with those of Beenie Man, Elephant Man and Sizzla, were subsequently withdrawn over concerns of homophobia, a common issue with dancehall reggae in general.

His video for "New Millennium/Why," with Wayne Marshall, though decidedly low-budget, has seen play on MTV. His underground following is so large that a bootleg version of, in his own words, "a very, very low budget film" made in 2001 has begun circulating. He has two albums, several mixtapes and a prolific library of singles.

In 2005, Vybz and Bountkiller fell out after Vybz preformed a song with Di Angel, Beenie's former girl, "Yuh Know Yuh Baby Father." Vybz walked out of the Alliance. Aidonia also left, because he took Vybz side, falling out with Busy Signal and making the song "Adid A Mi Daddy Who Wa Vex Wan Vex." It was said Vybz took side with Beenie by showing up at his wedding. Vybz said Beenie was his artist and would not and that's as far as it went. Afterwards, he and Movado which led to throwing of words through songs like "Movado di Failla," "Them Start War and Dead" and "Them a Pu@#* Pon di Battle." But this mis happas only made Mr.Palmer express his war side.

Vybz is the head of the territorial gangland in Portmore known as the Gaza and Mavado is the same for the Gully. Due to their feud a physical war arose between people in the two areas. Fans loyal to each artist have taken part as well. Their fan base in the youths has been seen, as entire schools claiming to be Gully or Gaza supporters have been known not just in Jamaica but in other Caribbean countries such as Trinidad to break out into physical war resulting in stabbings and street fights.

Following the 2009 Summit of the Americas the Jamaican government called a meetings between Vybz Kartel and Mavado calling on them to end the war. Since its conclusion both artists have turned away from war songs and focused on different topics, Kartel on women and Mavado on uplifting the people, although both still make songs of all types.

Following differences with record label Greensleeves, Vybz Kartel changed his name to Addi Di Teacha near the end of 2006. All new material he produces will be released under this name. Greensleeves will continue to release his older, unreleased material under the name Vybz Kartel.

He now owns the label Portmore Empire, founded in 2007, on which releases new deejays' music. To clear up why this was done he had an interview with Antony Miller. "If I had join Moffia House, I would be taking side which I said I would not do," he said.

He owns a rum called STREET VYBZ as well as a condom line called DAGGERING.

Recently, he collaborated with artists like D.I. aka Daniel and Di Angel--Beenie man's former wife. But that's another story...

In 2011 Kartel has recently come under fire for bleaching his skin, something that is frowned upon in Jamaican culture and even Kartel spoken against it in past songs. He has come under even more fire for his rumored involvement in devil worship with a satanic group known as the Illuminati, which is known to have other popular musicains such as Jay-Z, Kanye West, Rihanna.

Work It Out
Vybz Kartel Lyrics

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Bout exercise
Me and di gal dem a sexcercise
Stephen
Every gal waa
Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we, fuck we

Cock it and bruk we
Every gal waa

Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we, fuck we

Cock it and bruk we
Frontway and backway
Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we

Cock it and bruk we
Every gal waa
Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we, fuck we

Sexcercise time

Come cock up
You left foot now gal

Cock up
You right foot now gal

Open it
Like a book now gal

And tip pon you 2 foot
Fi d jook now gal

Wen you feel it go in
Slide to the left

Then quint di pussy
Slide to d right

No 69
No kriscross

You can kiss it
But watch you lip gloss

Gal, sexercising
Wen cocky rising
Work out

Gal, sexercising
Wen cocky rising
Work out

Gal a mek noise in a my gym
Gal alone
Me nah invite no hydrin

Old woman, young gal d teacha obliging
In a my gym
Fatty get slim wen she want to

Slim gal pussy get di grip that it ought to
Granny look young like somebody fi talk to
Like18 year old

Gal

Set like plane a tek off
You crash land
No bother drop this time

Pussy fi warm up
Before practise time
A nuh backshot today

Back flick this time
Chaw chaw which part?
That nah go work

Wen me sexcercise
Me seh it nah go work
Mr seed dig it first

But all wen fi him gal buk me
She seh she waa
Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we, fuck we

Cock it up and bruk we
Every gal waa
Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we, fuck we

Cock it and bruk we
Frontway and backway
Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we

Cock it and bruk we
Every gal waa
Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we, fuck we

Sexcercise time

Come cock up
You left foot now gal

Cock up
You right foot now gal
Open it

Like a book now gal
And tip pon you 2 foot
Fi d jook now gal

Wen you feel it go in
Slide to the left
Then quint di pussy

Slide to d right
No 69
No kriscross

You can kiss it
But watch you lip gloss

Gal, sexercising
Wen cocky rising
Work out

Gal, sexercising
Wen cocky rising
Work out

Gal a mek noise in a my gym
Gal alone
Me nah invite no hydrin

Old woman, young gal d teacha obliging
In a my gym
Fatty get slim wen she want to

Slim gal pussy get di grip that it ought to
Granny look young like somebody fi talk to
Like18 year old

Stephen

Every gal waa
Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we, fuck we

Cock it and bruk we
Every gal waa
Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we, fuck we

Cock it and bruk we
Frontway and backway
Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we

Cock it and bruk we
Every gal waa
Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we, fuck we

Sexcercise time

Baby!

Overall Meaning

In Vybz Kartel's song Work Out, the artist merges the concepts of working out and sex to create a one-of-a-kind "sexcercise" experience. He begins by stating that he and the women he's with aren't into typical exercise; instead, sex is their workout. They proceed to engage in sexual acts, with every woman wanting to "fuck we" and "cock it and bruk we" (meaning to engage in sexual positions such as doggy style and reverse cowgirl).

The artist then instructs the women to "open it like a book now gal" and "tip pon you 2 foot fi d jook now gal." The lyrics continue with explicit details of sexual movements and positions, emphasizing the fact that sex can be a form of exercise. Kartel also mentions that there are no age limits to sexercise, as even old women and grannies look young and want to engage in sexual activities. The song ends with a plea for his partner to join him for more "sexcercise time."

Overall, Work Out sends a clear message that sex can be a form of exercise and should be embraced as such. It speaks to the idea that people should be free to engage in sexual activities in their own way and that there should be no shame in it.

Line by Line Meaning

Bout exercise
We're going to have some sexercise.

Me and di gal dem a sexcercise
I'm having sexercise with the ladies.

Stephen
Not sure what this means.

Every gal waa Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we, fuck we Cock it and bruk we
Every girl wants to have sex with us, so we should take advantage of that opportunity.

Frontway and backway Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we Cock it and bruk we
We can have sex however the ladies want it.

Come cock up You left foot now gal Cock up You right foot now gal Open it Like a book now gal And tip pon you 2 foot Fi d jook now gal
Move your body and get ready for some sexual activity.

Wen you feel it go in Slide to the left Then quint di pussy Slide to d right
When you feel me inside you, move your body in a certain way, sliding to the left and then to the right.

No 69 No kriscross You can kiss it But watch you lip gloss
We won't be doing any 69 or complicated positions, but you can kiss it if you want, just be mindful of your lip gloss.

Gal, sexercising Wen cocky rising Work out
Girl, let's exercise sexually, especially when my penis is erect.

Gal a mek noise in a my gym Gal alone Me nah invite no hydrin
These girls are making noise while having sex with me in my private gym. I don't need any extra people there.

Old woman, young gal d teacha obliging In a my gym Fatty get slim wen she want to Slim gal pussy get di grip that it ought to Granny look young like somebody fi talk to Like18 year old
Women of all ages come to me for sexercise, including fat girls who want to get slim and slim girls who want to improve their sexual performance. Even elderly women come to talk to me like they're 18 again.

Mr seed dig it first But all wen fi him gal buk me She seh she waa Fuck we, fuck we, fuck we, fuck we Cock it up and bruk we
Mr Seed had sex with a girl before me, but when she saw me, she wanted to have sex with me too. So let's have sex in any preferred position.

Baby!
I'm not sure what this means.

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: A PALMER, STEPHEN MCGREGOR

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