Oh No It's Red Rat!

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So annoying - I'm sure I couldn't stand a whole album - and yet there's something about his wheedling tone that keeps the tunes in my skull. Classic or dud?

― Tom, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

(Is this about RAT RAPPIN'? "Potty??? TOILET!!!!!" ect?)

― Sarah, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ha ha you have not yet been introduced to the delights of RED RAT I see.

― Tom, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh NO! Big brat, that Red Rat! Love him in small doses.

― Andy K, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

in that Stoltzkoff book on dancehall he's mentioned as aiming for the kids market in Jamaica with his juvenile rhymes. there's a funny track about waiting to go to the toilet, but can't remember the name. Tight Up Skirt is good

― michael, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No Tom I haven't, but Michaels last post gives me an idea. WHOT IS THIS OF WHICH YOU SPEAK?

― Sarah, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't know much about him myself. He's a dancehall star, quite poppy, with a kind of highish voice (for a the genre) and his catchphrase is to go "Oh NO!". He's really annoying but I've found myself liking some of his tracks anyway.

― Tom, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Red Rat bio on the Greensleeves site

― michael, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

bizarrely he's also got blond bunches, a look which i'm not sure will take off

― michael, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

He gets right on my tit end, but in a classic way. 'Bruk Mi Ducks' is good, I think, especially when it goes into a bizarre James Brown impersonation.

― PM, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

the song on 500% dynamite (i think that was red rat) was singularly annoying. and not good annoying.

― jess, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

my sista loves tha ratster - i prfer elifant man

― a-33, Thursday, 21 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

five years pass...

http://www.rootz.net/redratcd.jpg

― am0n, Saturday, 11 August 2007 22:31 (eighteen years ago)

I was really hoping yelling out "Oh nOOOOOOooo" on the dance floor would catch on, after Emilys and I were doing it one night and ended up getting caught on a spot where the music drops out and suddenly it's just the beat and you and your friend making idiots out of yourselves in a completely inexplicable fashion.

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 12 August 2007 19:19 (eighteen years ago)

I definitely loves his "Oh Noooo!" shouts. I wonder how this new disc is.

― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 12 August 2007 21:36 (eighteen years ago)

not new. from 2000

― am0n, Sunday, 12 August 2007 21:58 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah he's kind of disappeared. I like his first record a lot.

― Alex in SF, Sunday, 12 August 2007 22:13 (eighteen years ago)

Too bad. He could come back and do a cover of Annie's "Chewing Gum" though.

― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 18 August 2007 21:39 (eighteen years ago)

he still gets on riddims every now and then. enough for an album a year at least i'd reckon? maybe every two years.

― r|t|c, Saturday, 18 August 2007 22:00 (eighteen years ago)

Maybe three years, either way his profile's pretty low these days.

― Alex in SF, Saturday, 18 August 2007 22:13 (eighteen years ago)

Pro LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 19 August 2007 04:37 (eighteen years ago)

nine months pass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0YKPJGdYGI

― am0n, Monday, 19 May 2008 05:03 (eighteen years ago)

Oh no. :(

― Doctor Casino, Monday, 19 May 2008 11:55 (eighteen years ago)

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