'Nah-nee-nee-woh-oh, zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no-nah-nee-nee-woh-oh, zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no...'
Transcribed, that looks like a load of complete and utter nonsense. But when you hear the eccentric ragga-infused ramblings of UK Apache on Shy FX's seminal junglist anthem Original Nuttah - it makes perfect sense.
Produced in 1994, when Shy FX was amazingly just 16 years of age, this record is one of the finest examples of music from jungle's golden era.
The record begins with a sample taken from the film Goodfellas, with Ray Liotta explaining the virtues of 'respect', before an eery siren noise (sampled from the Cyprus Hill track I Wanna Get High) sounds the arrival of the 'new name mon - the original nuttah'.
The part-Indian MC delivers a bizzare yet infectious mix of ruffneck patois, cockney and bhangra vocal stylings. When Shy FX drops a massive digi-dub style bassline, and a frenetic breakbeat, the result is quite simply murderation.
Original Nuttah mashed up dance-floors throughout the underground rave scene and then went on to break into the British pop charts - thrusting both Shy FX and the jungle sound into the limelight. The tune's success even warranted the production of this rather humorous music video.
Fifteen years on, Original Nuttah is still on high rotation and Shy FX keeps the fire burning with his excellent record label Digital Soundboy.
Naram
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nice words bro! def still on high rotation- buzy az- just az i was readin dis my flatmate mixin in the other room droped it-
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