Eek A Mouse Biography - Artistopia Music

Eek-a-Mouse (born Ripton Joseph Hylton, November 19 1957, Kingston, Jamaica) is one of Jamaica's premier reggae stars, and one of the early artists to be described as a "singjay".Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) "The Rough Guide To Reggae, 3rd edn.", Rough Guides, ISBN 1-84353-329-4 He is reputed to have performed more than 200 shows in a year in The United States, The Netherlands, Germany, the UK and the West Indies.

Career

Born in Kingston, Jamaica as Ripton Joseph Hylton, Eek-a-Mouse began his foray into reggae music when he was in college, releasing two roots reggae singles released under his own name, which were produced by his mathematics tutor, Mr


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. Dehaney, and showed a heavy influence from Pablo Moses.Thompson, Dave (2002) "Reggae & Caribbean Music", Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-97930-655-6 After working on a string of sound systems for the next few years, and issuing a few more singles, he changed his stage name in 1979 to "Eek-a-Mouse", the name of the racehorse he always bet on, and a nickname his friends had known him by for some time.Larkin, Colin (1998) "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", Virgin Books, ISBN 0 7535 0242 9Greene, Jo-Ann "Eek-A-Mouse Biography", allmusic, Macrovision Corporation He began recording for Joe Gibbs in 1979, having a hit straight away with "Once a Virgin", now showing the influence of Ranking Joe, and this was soon followed with "Wa-Do-Dem" (produced by Douglas Boothe), and "Modelling Queen", which began an association with Linval Thompson, who produced his debut Bubble Up Yu Hip album. By the end of 1980, he had linked up with producer Henry "Junjo" Lawes, with whom he had big hits in 1981 with the likes of "Virgin Girl" and a recut "Wa-Do-Dem". In 1981, he was the star of the Reggae Sunsplash Festival, cheering audiences still mourning over the death of reggae icon Bob Marley. His association with Lawes led to a string of successful singles and albums, and in 1982 his hits included "Wild Like a Tiger", "For Hire and Removal", "Do You Remember", and "Ganja Smuggling". The same year he released his second album, Wa Do Dem. The "Operation Eradication" single showed Hilton's serious side, the song inspired by the vigilante killing of close friend and fellow DJ Errol Scorcher. Skidit was released before the year was out. Further albums followed with 1983's Mouse and the Man, produced by Linval Thompson, and 1984's Mouseketeer, again produced by Lawes. He also featured on several of the live dancehall albums from the era, including the Aces International and Live at Skateland collections. In the second half of the decade his popularity begane to wane slightly, and he targeted the United States with the Assassinator album in 1985 (his first US release), produced by Anthony and Ronald Welch. He also travelled to the United Kingdom to record The King and I the same year, the album targeted at the rock crossover audience to which he had begun to appeal to. His 1988 album Eek-A-Nomics saw him begin to establish himself with an international audience, spawning a club hit with "The Freak", and he was signed by Island Records in 1989. He returned to prominence with 1991's U-Neek album, which continued the rock-oriented style, including a cover version of Led Zeppelin's "D'Yer Maker", and from which the hit single "You're The One I Need" was taken. He went through a period of relative quietness before returning in 1996 with the Black Cowboy album.

Eek-a-Mouse is a regular at Sunsplash and often teams up with reggae duo Michigan & Smiley. An album was issued of his performance in 1983. He was also featured on nu metal group P.O.D.'s album Satellite, lending his vocals to the rock-reggae track "Ridiculous." He can also be heard on OPM's album, ForThemAsses, on the track "Perfect Day." Eek-a-Mouse recorded a song with Hip-hop recording artist Ditch called "smoke it up" which is featured on Ditch's new cd Public Intoxication.

He also has a performance in the 1991 gangster movie New Jack City playing a drug-dealing Rastafarian, Fat Smitty, who comes to a shockingly grisly end.

Discography

Bubble Up Yu Hip (1980) Greensleeves
Wa-Do-Dem (1981) Shanachie
Skidip! (1982) Shanachie
The Mouse and the Man (1983) Shanachie
Assassinator (1983) RAS
Live At Reggae Sunsplash (1983) Sunsplash (with Michigan & Smiley)
Mouseketeer (1984) Greensleeves
The King and I (1987) RAS
Eek-A-Nomics (1988) RAS
U-Neek (1991) Mango
Black Cowboy (1996) Explicit
Eeeksperience (2001)
Mouse Gone Wild (2004)
Eek-A-Speeka (2004)

Compilations

Mouse-A-Mania (1987) RAS
The Very Best Of (1989) Greensleeves
Ras Portraits (1997) RAS
The Very Best Of Vol.2 (2003)
Most Wanted (2008) Greensleeves

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