Prince Fatty Supersize
Surrounded by his crack team, super reggae producer and veteran industry engineer, Mike Pelanconi, stepped into the studio once more under his Prince Fatty moniker to make one of the finest modern albums of the genre. Fresh from mixing Lily Allen’s multi-million selling debut, he set about adding the same trademark dub science to his own group of top-flight musicians and singers.
Vocals came from legends like Little Roy, Winston Francis, Alcapone, and Horseman. Many he’d known for years, working reggae studios as a kid. And playing came courtesy of the slick fingers of Bubblers from the Ruff Cut Band, and Style Scott from the Roots Radics, glueing everything together.
The cherry on top was roots revivalist, Hollie Cook, daughter of Sex Pistol Paul Cook, and final front woman for post-punk outfit, The Slits.
Each musician fit Fatty’s setup like a glove, as he worked the dials and expertly tempered the pressure levels.
Musically they recontextualised classics from Jamaican trio the Mighty Diamonds, flipped funk numbers by Curtis Mayfield, and added new life to golden era hip-hop bangers by Cypress Hill and the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard.
