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Adrian Thaws (born January 27, 1968), better known as Tricky, is a rapper and musician from England who is important in the trip-hop scene (despite loathing the tag) and remains influential on the british scene more generally.
He is noted for an asthmatic whispering lyrical style that is half-rapped, half-sung. As a producer and a musician he is known for having an aversion to perfection preferring to build up a dark, rich and layered sound. Culturally, Tricky bridges white and black Britain particularly in his fusion of rock and hip-hop, high art and pop culture. He drew his influences from rap (Public Enemy) to post-punk (he covered a Siouxsie and the Banshees’s song Tattoo).
Throughout his work, Tricky blurs the normally clear sexual definitions found within hip hop. Despite the heavy influence he drew from American hip hop in his debut album, Maxinquaye, he fights against typical sexual representations by, for example, dressing as a woman on the side sleeve of his album cover. Within many of his tracks he blends elements of varying types of music, and use his lyrics to create a much more ambiguous and blurry reality of sexuality.
Tricky was in Massive Attack and appeared in the movie The Fifth Element as well as the music video forParabola by Tool. He has collaborated extensively with other artists on tracks on his various releases, including Bjork, Alanis Morrissette, Cyndi Lauper, Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante and Flea (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Martina Topley-Bird, and Alison Goldfrapp of Goldfrapp also many others.
He is noted for an asthmatic whispering lyrical style that is half-rapped, half-sung. As a producer and a musician he is known for having an aversion to perfection preferring to build up a dark, rich and layered sound. Culturally, Tricky bridges white and black Britain particularly in his fusion of rock and hip-hop, high art and pop culture. He drew his influences from rap (Public Enemy) to post-punk (he covered a Siouxsie and the Banshees’s song Tattoo).
Throughout his work, Tricky blurs the normally clear sexual definitions found within hip hop. Despite the heavy influence he drew from American hip hop in his debut album, Maxinquaye, he fights against typical sexual representations by, for example, dressing as a woman on the side sleeve of his album cover. Within many of his tracks he blends elements of varying types of music, and use his lyrics to create a much more ambiguous and blurry reality of sexuality.
Tricky was in Massive Attack and appeared in the movie The Fifth Element as well as the music video for
Parabola by Tool. He has collaborated extensively with other artists on tracks on his various releases, including Bjork, Alanis Morrissette, Cyndi Lauper, Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante and Flea (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Martina Topley-Bird, and Alison Goldfrapp of Goldfrapp also many others.
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Maxinquaye
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A Ruff Guide
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Blowback
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greeniscolor wrote:
kam tu mi.
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iamjustkidding wrote:
i loved everything tricky has done, EXCEPT for that damn "Girlfriends" show. he played a musician (big surprise) but a stereotypical one at that who couldn't be faithful to one of the girlfriends......the only decent looking one at that. please don't judge me on the fact that i know this. it was late. i was smoking pot.
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ZRFS wrote:
Mixed Race is one of his best!
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zmase wrote:
just discovered this artist: http://www.last.fm/music/Zaturn+Valley and their tumblr with free music! http://zaturnvalley.tumblr.com/
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sheepishkate wrote:
Tricky is my god!!!! Saw him live once! Hope to see you again! Happy Bday on Jan27!
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ojigbe wrote:
happy birthday!
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Wonaldo wrote:
Play a game about trip-hop music! http://www.purposegames.com/game/trip-hop
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rmfalx wrote:
pacani vashe mogut
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cacoethes_ wrote:
ahueennooo. mogete [3]
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Altair2010 wrote:
You've promised me poems!
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SeptemberLolita wrote:
feel good!
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UrHomie wrote:
round.
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Argamocrypt wrote:
I own the cd too, but mine says "Around"
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Dustache wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Tricky/+images/55267721
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jae__moon wrote:
@gui_x: "Round"... coming from someone who actually owns the cd.
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Effori wrote:
ahueennooo. mogete [2]
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Alec_Trevelyan wrote:
PNG of current picture with much better colours, the way it was meant to be displayed
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Zatoichi667 wrote:
tricky makes depression taste goooood
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gui_x wrote:
round or around???????????
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lewi91 wrote:
mixed race is quite good, but too short!
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Create Britain Basement Session
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No. 5 on the Billboard Dance Chart
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Time to Dance Video
10 Oct 2011 | from www.trickysite.com
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astars_koval, Art_Ramone, H3RM1T2G3 and 6 other people added Tricky to their libraries. 55 minutes ago
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RasInka tagged Tricky with melancholy, urban and other voices. yesterday evening
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GH05TR1DER, Kryczus, bluenic- and 2 other people added Tricky to their libraries. yesterday evening
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dronSSD tagged Tricky with downtempo and trip-hop. yesterday evening
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bukowskimylove, lankymike410, wairalarama and 16 other people added Tricky to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
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eucaine wrote about Tricky in Favorite Albums of 1995. Sunday evening
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eucaine wrote about Tricky in Favorite Albums of 1996. Sunday evening
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MsJapko, Katy_fm, justjason123 and 25 other people added Tricky to their libraries. Sunday evening
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Chameleon_Boy tagged Tricky with downtempo, electronic and trip-hop. Saturday evening
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