New Music: Natty
A London-based Reggae artist with a major label deal and a support slot on tour with Brit music darling Adele? That’s Natty, one of MTV UK’s big tips for 2008, as highlighted in their Spankin’ New For 2008 poll.
His music is a sweet blend of reggae, soul and urban influences all delivered acoustically with his band. The music weaves “between playful love odes and socially conscious compositions”, and Natty was the only new artist to be included on the NME Love Music/Hate Racism compilation.
I love his understated goals, almost as laid back as the music:
“I want to slightly alter the complexion of western music. Not in the way hip-hop has done, nothing too dramatic you know. Just a little bitâ€
Anyway, if you want to check out some of Natty’s music, try his MySpace page or the excellent live performance of Badman over on the MTV Overdrive website.
It’s be nice to see something a bit more interesting like this in the charts. Here’s a live performance I dredged up on YouTube:
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Natty was amazing live, I saw him in Cornwall and loved him! The support called FIN was great to, I hope he supports Natty when i see him live again. Natty is my favorite artist of 2008 for sure! Jess x