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From "Reggae Lexikon - Rastas, riddims, roots & reggae - Von Ska bis Dancehall - Die Musik, die aus Jamaika kam." (German)
(thanks to Hymie for text and translation)

Rebel MC,

born in Tottenham, UK as Mike West.

Rebel MC released his first single under the moniker "Micron", but he got to be known as Rebel MC - with "a hypnotic mixture of Hiphop, Ska, Reggae and Dancefloor beats with dedicated, critical lyrics" (PR). He had his first hits with the band Double Trouble: "Just Keep On Rockin'" and "Street Tuff".

In the early ninetees the musician started his solo career. Rebel MC was a member of the anti-rassistic PAPO movement.

Further hits: "Better World" (1990), "Tribal Bass" (1992) and "The Wickedest Sound" (1992).

In 1992 he toured Germany for the first time.

Rebel Music (1990), Black Meaning Good (1992).

From the "D'n'B Rough Guide" [tx 2 Hymie for this one]

Congo Natty / Rebel MC

One of Jungle's unsung heroes, Michael West began his career as Rebel MC with Brit rappers Double Trouble and the bubblegum pop hit "Street Tuff". After leaving Double Trouble in 1990, he released Black Meaning Good (1991), an album that featured ragga stars like Barrington Levy, Tenor Fly and Dennis Brown crooning and toasting on top of reggae-House riddims. Word, Sound and Power (1992) was a further exploration of roots electronica that mashed up Techno, House, reggae, ragga and hip-hop. Forming the Tribal Bass label, Rebel MC released "Tribal Bass" (1992) and the Demon Boyz' "Dett" (1992) and "Jungle-ist" (1993) which were Hip-House tracks borrowing a vibe from the Yard that heralded the emergence of Jungle.

The X-Project label followed shortly with the "Old School Ting" (1993) single. As Conquering Lion, West, with help from DJ Ron and Jumping Jack Frost, released the sound system mash-up "Lion of Judah/Innah Sound/Dub Plate Special" (1993). With vocals from Supercat and more gun shots than a Sam Peckinpah flick, Conquering Lion's massive "Code Red/Phenomenon" (1994) caught the attention of 4th & Broadway who re-released the track along with "Rastaman/Word, Sound and Power/Code Black" (1995).

Moving back underground, West started the Congo Natty label with Black Star's "Champion DJ" (1995). With tearing breaks that sought to link Jungle's bottom end with roots reggae's militancy and dancehall toasting from Top Cat, "Champion DJ" was a dancefloor anthem that created the Congo Natty blueprint. Sweetie Irie and Tenor Fly followed Top Cat out of the dancehall on to the Junglist dub plate on Black Star's "Get Wild" and "Alaska Ride" (both 1995). Tribe of Issachar continued setting dancefloors alight with the enormous "Junglist" (1996) which featured vocals from Peter Bouncer. With vocals from Bounty Hunter, Lion of Judah's "Emperor Selassie I" (1996) was not only one of the label's biggest records, but its most effective combination of roughneck and roots.

DJ Kane's brilliant mix of Black Star's "Radical" (1997) was based around a killer KRS-One loop, while Tribe of Issachar's "Wardance" (1997) set a new standard of rawness for the label. The jump-up jeremiads continued on Lion of Judah's tearing "Exodus/ Mystic Vibration" (1998) which sampled both Bob Marley's "Iron Lion Zion" and Martin Luther King on top of one of the most invigorating basslines ever. "Jungle Souljah/Rasta Music" (1998) was less intoxicating, but remixes of Tribe of Issachar's "Fever" and "Junglist" (both 1998) rode samples of Craig Mack and Public Enemy into jump-up heaven.

Tune: Conquering Lion "Code Red" 4th & Broadway/X-Project, 1994 Sirens, gun shots, dub basslines, rude boy vocals, scatter-shot breakbeats, what more could you ask for?

From MTV UK:

The '80s popster turned proto-jungle revolutionary was born Michael West in 1965 in London. He formed "Double Trouble" in the early '80s with Michael Menson and Leigh Guest, releasing the ska-pop hit "Street Tuff." Rebel MC later gained fame in England as a pop/rapper, but by 1991 he had released "Black Meaning Good", an album that presented jungle with hardcore techno married to dub basslines and ragga toasters such as Barrington Levy and P.P. Arnold. His 1992 singles "Rich Ah Getting Richer" and "Humanity" also showed the new direction. "Code Red" -- released as Conquering Lion -- became an outright jungle smash in 1994, bringing the jungle movement to the British masses.

From Yahoo:

Rebel M.C. - Biography
b. Michael Alec Anthony West, 27 August 1965, Tottenham, London, England. After leaving his Double Trouble partners (Michael Menson and Leigh Guest), famed for 1989's UK Top 5 bubblegum ska hit 'Street Tuff', London-based former electronics student Rebel MC forged a successful career as a solo artist. Double Trouble scored minor hits with 'Love Don't Live Here Anymore' and 'Rub-A-Dub', without their former leader. Originally considered the UK's answer to M.C. Hammer, the Rebel's sound mutated into a dark hybrid of techno beats, ragga rhymes and roots harmonics that predicted the subsequent rise of jungle. Heartfelt music with a solid Rastafarian message, it was learned, no doubt, from his earlier stints on the live reggae circuit, having set up the Beat Freak sound system with jungle innovator DJ Ron. On Black Meaning Good he was joined by Tenor Fly, Barrington Levy, P.P. Arnold, and Dennis Brown, the more political agenda emphasized by its sleeve dedication to: 'scapegoats of the British judicial system'. Several UK hit singles followed, including 'Wickedest Sound' and 'Tribal Base'. 'Rebel Music', meanwhile, was remixed by Pasemaster Mace of De La Soul. Recorded with Little T, 'Rich Ah Getting Richer' was an excellent social commentary rant with dub synchronized, orchestral mixes. The son of a semi-pro cricketer, West helped start the People Against Poverty And Oppression Movement, and joined with Musicians Against The War in the days of the Gulf conflict. More lastingly, he helped establish his own Tribal Bass label, working with home-grown UK rap talent including the Demon Boyz and others. His own recorded output, meanwhile, moved ever further towards jungle.