Remember “Histlist” aka “Shruff”_the undisputed heavyweight champion of music; the chart who song, “please stop the killing” ruled local and international chart for weeks. Well, the Spanish Town born Marlon Lawrence aka “ Ganggoolie” is back to wear his crown.
This time Ganggoolie’s hit “Muscle Wine” is mashing up the streets.
“Gyal muscle muscle muscle wine, Set up yuhself cause yuh know she a muscle time”.
Lyrically strong, “Muscle Wine”, “Please Stop The Killing”, follow a string of hit songs like “Nah Give Up”, “Real Life Story”. Ganggoolie’s new management, Jamaica base Canal Bank Production is set to take the artiste carreer on a new level, including collaboration with international artistes but, why Ganggoolie after such successful round as “Hitlist”. The deejay set the record straight, “there is too much programs with the name Hitlist and it is confusing so I came up with a new brand name and it is working well”. Born in rivoli, Spanish Town, Jamaica is not surprising “Ganggoolie” surrounding by so much history of the old capital, wants to be a part of the music industry. He recalls that interest for music began at a very early age about 10, while attending St. Catherine Primary School. His favourite topics where centered around girls while Shabba Ranks great stage presents inspierd him to perform well at community base shows. He love music so much that he would screechy out of his mother’s house to find the nearest corner stage show on which he could perform. He began to reap more success after recording his first single entitled “Joe Grind” for a overseas recording company while attending Spanish Town Secondary School (now Spanish Town High School). This opportunity opened doors to serval other producers including U.B.40, Collin Fatta, This lead to a voice in which many thought was similar to that of popular known artiste Bounty Killer. Popularity soared with the songs such as “Jamaica People” & “War She Waan” but Ganggoolie wasn’t comfortable with Bounty Killer’s image so he created his own sound. Now he is back with a full force, the deejay is raising eye brows with his new single “Muscle Wine” which aims to bring his career to a new heights.
