By Teino Evans, Staff Reporter
( L - R ) M.A.D., of The Colony. - Contributed, Divine Evil, one of the members of The Colony, a rap group managed by Gramps of Morgan Heritage. - Contributed, They call him the 'Beast'. - File
It's official! local rap group The Colony has been signed to Morgan Heritage's Dada Son Entertainment Record Label and is managed by Gramps.
The group, formerly called the 'Holocaust', was virtually unknown to much of public. But they claim that despite lack of opportunity, they are determined to make their mark not only locally, but also on the international stage, especially now that they are in the 'Heritage fold'.
"Di likkle time wi know Gramps wi have more hope than any of the rest of our other managers gave us in the past," Gad said.
The five-member Colony, which comprises Dominic Hall a.k.a. 'M.A.D.'; Andrew Innis, a.k.a. 'D.V. Us Demented; David Gad Rogers, a.k.a. 'Gad The Savage; Germaine Ranglin, a.k.a. 'Beast'; and Glendon McGlashing, a.k.a. 'Divine Evil', say they are really a part of a broader picture and describe their music as "natural and organic."
"Colony is really a sub-division of 13 Tribe, which is basically a production company and individuals making their own waves in the music world, but our style different. Eclectic is a good word because we do everything and blend to anything, " M.A.D. said.
The group of friends who hail from areas like Spanish Town and Kingston 6 (K6) say they sing their songs with meaning and feeling and each new day spawns a different vibe.
"The song dem is all about feeling an wa di spirit or di riddim tell wi fi do. Most a di times wi jus go inna di studio an within a hour wi done. We bring a hard-core vibes but still gi tune weh yuh can bop to," Gad said.
For The Colony, many of their first attempts have reaped some amount of success, as they recall their first single and first major performance as a group.
Multi-talented
"The first single we released was called Caan Get Enough. It was on Hype TV and it was in the top 10 and it even got us some shows because we opened for Cash Money and Clipse (foreign rappers) at a show at Cinema 2 couple years ago called Xposure," M.A.D. said.
The members of The Colony, along with their production company, have also been dibbling in a number of other areas in music. They recently produced the 'El Toro' rhythm, which features Kiprich's Liquer.
In addition to that, Gad, who is also into filming and videography, has assisted in producing songs for Richie Spice, Ward 21 and Leftside and Esco. They have also done audio advertisements for Reggae Sumfest, Quad, Appleton and other entities.
The big question, however, is, how does a multi-talented group like Colony lack popularity?
"We just don't get the recognition that we deserve. Put it this way, everybody play our music but they don't know that a we actually do it," M.A.D. said.
Currently, The Colony is working on producing and releasing a couple of singles for the summer and are hopeful to appear on some shows during the Christmas season.
"The song dem is all about feeling an wa di spirit
or di riddim tell wi fi do. Most a di times wi jus go inna di studio an within a hour wi done, we bring a hard-core vibes but still gi tune weh yuh can bop to."
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