He started his MCing career on
pirate radio station Crush FM, broadcasting in
Gloucester,
South West England during the early 1990s. He met Roni Size in 1994 and began MCing for the
Full Cycle crew. When the Bristol collective formed the live band Reprazent, Dynamite shared vocal duties with singer, Onallee. Their debut album
New Forms won the
Mercury Music Prize in 1997. Dynamite's role was enhanced for Reprazent's second album, the hip-hop influenced
In the Mode (2000).
Solo work Following this, Dynamite collaborated with a range of artists including
The Nextmen,
High Contrast,
Caspa,
Netsky,
DJ Skitz,
Scratch Perverts,
Andy C and
DJ Zinc, releasing a solo album
The World of Dynamite (2004). In 2006, a
remix CD,
Big Man Talk was released on the Strong Records label (featuring samples from
Enya and
Kanye West). A third album,
Styles Galore was set to follow in 2006.
Other works Dynamite MC hosts a two-hour 'Smooth Grooves' show on
Kiss 100 every Monday night at 9:00pm (
GMT), as well as hosting the
Fresh 40 R&B and dance
chart across some of the
UK's commercial radio stations on Sunday afternoons. The track "Bounce" is featured on the soundtrack of ''
Madden NFL '07. "Bounce" and "After Party" also feature in the video game, Need for Speed: Carbon''. He recently worked with
Camo & Krooked for their song "Stand Up" (Camo & Krooked vs Friction feat. Dynamite MC), with
Netsky on a track titled "The Whistle Song" for Netsky's album,
2, and with
Dyro on "Against All Odds". ==Discography==