April 23, 2007 @ 1:56 pm
NEXT: Collie Buddz
Blazing from Bermuda to Jamrock and Beyond
The first time Collie Buddz set foot in Jamaica, the 25-year-old Bermudan dancehall singjay rolled to ladies' night at Club Asylum in New Kingston. While he stood at the back of the local hotspot, the selector put on Collie's "Mamacita" and challenged the crowd to guess what the artist looked like. "People was talking about, 'He's a Rastaman' or 'He's a Chineyman,'" Collie remembers with a laugh. But when the pale-faced lyricist stepped on stage? "Everybody gone mad."
Unsurprisingly, Dino Delvallie, the veteran A&R rep who signed Collie (real name: Colin Harper) to Sony, had a similar reaction. "Eminem and 50 Cent's attorney [Theo Sedlmayr] said he had a white reggae artist who was hot," says Dino, who has since left Sony to manage Collie. "Being Jamaican, I was ambivalent at first. But when we met, his accent was mad thick, and the first song he played was something that he wrote and produced. I was on the floor."
Collie landed the deal even though his breakthrough, "Come Around," an old-fashioned ganja anthem built from a Zap Pow horn sample, was still a year away. "If you're making decent music then people don't really watch the color," says Collie. "But I definitely have a tiny bit more to prove than somebody else might."
So how did a youth who looks like David Beckham end up sounding like Buju Banton? Born in New Orleans, Colin and his family lived in Toronto until he was 4, when his father died. Collie and his brother Matthew then moved to their mother's native Bermuda, where they were raised. Matthew established a reggae sound system called Herbalist Supreme. Collie, who earned a degree in audio engineering, soon fell into the family business and began recording.
Approval has come quickly for Collie - he's received crucial co-signs from Massive B and David Rodigan, and a "Come Around" remix featuring Busta Rhymes is currently on the radio - but he says his own goals are humble. "I wanna leave my mark in the reggae industry," he says "I'm not looking to be too big with it - just a respected artist in the industry." For Mr. Buddz, finally the respect come around.
From VIBE's May 2007 issue, on stands now!
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Comments
1.
stevey says:
collie buddz is performing at the new york-tokyo music festival on sept 22nd in central park.
he's already startin a revolution in america :)
http://music.newyork-tokyo.com/
September 10, 2007 at 9:25 pm
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serg says:
nuf respect buddz especially after the first cd leaked out and you bounced back and fliped de whole script on everyone i had heard alot of your songs a few years back and always said if you had the oppertunity you were gonna blow and you did exactly that keep it up d whole of bermy is listening to you evenmy mama and she that every sunday church woman
August 7, 2007 at 3:13 pm
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Trishanna says:
Bless 2 u Collie! I can't get enough of ur songs dese days I bangin out "wild out" dat song for really hott.I was by a traffric light and while banging out the song aofficer cam a started tellin us all kinds of tings 4 plying d sond loud.He said "wat kind of words is that u all playing!"
August 7, 2007 at 2:49 pm
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Suzette says:
I am proud of Collie! I am Bermudian myself and It doesn't matter the color as long as you know the truth and are signing something that is truthful and worthy.
August 2, 2007 at 1:21 pm
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Trishanna says:
Big up 2 u collie!!!Stil luvin u an d music.Bring em out,can't wait 4 nex hits.Luv Yuh Hott Bermy
July 30, 2007 at 11:51 pm
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Cita says:
You're black or White ; Just do you're ting ... Life to short , do what u have to do now ; "GET PAID " ... !!
July 30, 2007 at 7:42 am
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Trishana says:
Luv Yuh!!! Collie ur part of my everyday plans,I listen2 ur songs everday and look at d vidoes.I don't tink dat I can get it better!!!Keep up d gud work.BLESS and much TRINI Luv
July 27, 2007 at 3:38 pm
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Gt Mon says:
Nough respect fo Collie. Him been blessed with mad talent. Me neva knew wha him look like neither, not that it matter at all! looking forward fo hearing more big hits from him.
July 19, 2007 at 6:58 am
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JENNIFER says:
YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BERMY IN AN UPROAR WITH YOUR NEW CD. WHILE DRIVING HOME UP SOUTH SHORE PLAYING IT TODAY(PERHAPS TOO LOUD )WE PASSED A GUY WORKING NEAR THE REEFS HOTEL WHO GAVE US DOUBLE THUMBS UP AS HE SANG THE WORDS AND DANCED WHILE WE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. IT MADE OUR DAY TO SEE HOW HAPPY HE WAS FOR THOSE FEW MINUTES AND HOW IN GENERAL YOU'RE BRINGING US TOGETHER WITH YOUR CONSCIOUS MUSIC.YOU DONE GOOD
July 6, 2007 at 10:35 pm
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Nivia says:
i absolutely love collie buddz..the accent..the look..the look again..lol..the cd is fire..that white boy is doin his thing..n im lovin every second of it..keep makin me happy collie..*Bermy* all day..
July 3, 2007 at 5:48 pm
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Robin Logan says:
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June 18, 2007 at 1:31 pm
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Robin says:
COLLIE BUDDZ!!!
I LOVE YOUR MUSIC:]
IM SO ADDICTED TO THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE:]
I LISTEN TO YOU EVERYDAY..ALL DAY..LOL
I'M FROM BELIZE...AND ONE DAY I'M GONNA MEET YOU...
AND WERE GOING TO GET MARRIED...LOL...NO FORREAL...
IM 17 YRS. OLD..AND MY MOM ALREADY APPROVES OF OUR MARRAIGE..LOL
I LOVE YOU!!!
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Mizz N@ki@ says:
Buddz I luv you and ur music it is so tough never heard nothing like it. Its very unique mah favorite song is "Come Around"! 1 love and Respect
You definitely brought out raggae and it will go down in history!!!
May 25, 2007 at 1:09 pm
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Tanya Jones says:
Collie Buddz we are so proud of all of your efforts. Nuff Respect & Love.
From BermieGirl
May 22, 2007 at 12:19 pm
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Jennifer says:
Collie Buddz will definitely leave his mark within the reggae industry. He's gon be big no matta what.
April 28, 2007 at 2:53 am
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Arawak49 says:
big up to Coolie!The next big thing in the dancehall business since Sean Paul,trust me!Bullet,Bullet,Bullet!
April 23, 2007 at 11:52 pm