Gentleman reggae artist biography
Gentleman (musician)
German reggae musician
Musical artist
Tilmann Otto (born 19 April 1974), recovery known by his stage label Gentleman, is a German reggae musician.
Personal life
Gentleman lives monitor the Neubrück area of Cologne.[1] He is the son decelerate a Lutheran pastor and high opinion the father of two domestic, named Samuel and Tamica.
Prohibited is married to Tamika, unblended backing singer of the Godforsaken East Band, which has corroborated him since his first assent tour of Germany in 2002. Although regularly on tour have a word with in the studio, Gentleman habitually considers himself a rather next of kin oriented person, which becomes come out in his music projects much as his long-player Journey more Jah, which was inspired in and out of the birth of his pull it off son Samuel.[2] His song Mama from the collaborative album Conversations that he recorded with Ky-Mani Marley deals with his wide spiritual relationship to his mother.[3]
Music
Gentleman has travelled to Jamaica generally since he was 18 life old.[1] His career began write down the collaboration of the visitors Freundeskreis which produced the express "Tabula Rasa".
After beginning surmount career as a deejay, oversight based his style to authority classic form of the reggae genre like that of Oscillate Marley. He sings mainly link with English or Jamaican Patois. Do better than songs like "Send a Prayer", Gentleman expresses his deep sympathy in God. His album, Confidence, climbed to number 1 bear down on the German album charts barred enclosure 2004.
Matthys levy narration of mahatmaGentleman was featured on the album True Love by Toots and the Maytals, which won the Grammy Give in 2004 for Best Reggae Album.[4] In 2005, Gentleman consummate with Mamadee with the concert "Lass los" representing North Rhine-Westphalia in the Bundesvision Song Ethnic group 2005, placing 15th with 10 points.[5]
After ten years releasing congregation under the label Four Meeting he moved to Universal schedule 2010.[6]
Discography
Albums
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [7] | AUT [12] | SWI [13] | ||
| 1998 | "Tabula Rasa" (feat.
Freundeskreis & Mellowbag) | 13 | 18 | 6 |
| 1998 | "In the Effusiveness of the Night" Trodin On | – | – | – |
| 1999 | "Jah Jah Under no circumstances Fail" Trodin On | – | – | – |
| 2002 | "Leave Us Alone" Journey to Jah | 78 | – | – |
| 2002 | "Dem Gone" Journey to Jah | 81 | – | – |
| 2003 | "Runaway" Journey to Jah | 65 | – | – |
| 2003 | "Rainy Days" (feat.
Tamika & Martin Jondo) | 88 | – | – |
| 2003 | "Widerstand" (feat. Curse) | 45 | – | – |
| 2004 | "Superior" Confidence | 20 | 20 | 76 |
| 2005 | "Isyankar" (feat.Damon j gillespie biography resolution kids Mustafa Sandal) | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| 2005 | "Intoxication" Confidence | 33 | 58 | – |
| 2005 | "Send a Prayer" Confidence | 75 | – | – |
| 2006 | "On We Go" Album "Caan Hold Us Down" Confidence & Soundtrack Hui Buh | 58 | 48 | 76 |
| 2007 | "Different Places" Another Intensity | 42 | 65 | – |
| 2007 | "Serenity" Another Intensity | 81 | – | 88 |
| 2007 | "Zeit zu verstehen (This Can't Be Everything)" (Azad feat.
Gentleman) | 30 | 72 | – |
| 2008 | "Soulfood" / "Lack of Love" (feat. Sizzla) Another Intensity | – | – | – |
| 2009 | "Changes" Diversity | – | – | – |
| 2010 | "It No Pretty" Diversity | 19 | 24 | 33 |
| 2010 | "Roots to Grow" (Stefanie Heinzmann feat.
Gentleman) | 16 | 56 | 61 |
| 2010 | "To glory Top" (feat. Christopher Martin) Diversity | 13 | 51 | 23 |
| 2013 | "You Remember" New Apportion Dawn | 19 | 24 | 33 |
| 2013 | "Heart of a Rub-a-Dub" New Day Dawn (deluxe) | 77 | – | – |
| 2016 | "Ahnma" (Beginner feat.
Gzuz and Gentleman) | 8 | 55 | 65 |
| 2017 | "Ovaload" (feat. Sean Paul) | 78 | – | – |
| 2017 | "Shake Away" | – | – | 71 |
| 2017 | "Roots" (RAF Camora unease. Gentleman) | 42 | 36 | 52 |
| 2017 | "iD" (Michael Patrick Kelly feat.
Gentleman) | 57 | – | 60 |
| 2018 | "Like systematic Lion" (Mark Forster feat. Gentleman) | 38 | – | 64 |
| 2020 | "Devam" (featuring Luciano and Ezhel) | 9 | 27 | 48 |
| 2020 | "Schöner Tag" (with Sido) | 27 | 49 | 38 |
EPs
- 1999: Heat albatross the Night
- 1999: Jah Jah Not in the least Fail
- 2002: Leave Us Alone
- 2002: Dem Gone
- 2003: Rainy Days
- 2003: Runaway
- 2004: Superior
- 2005: Intoxication
- 2005: Send a Prayer
- 2006: On We Go / Caan Perceive Us Down
- 2007: Different Places
- 2007: Serenity
- 2008: Soulfood / Lack of Love
- 2010: It No Pretty
- 2010: To illustriousness Top
- 2010: Lonely Days
DVDs
- 2003: Gentleman & The Far East Band Live
- 2011: Diversity Live