Adrian Thaws (born January 27, 1968), better known as Tricky, is an English rapper and musician important in the trip-hop and british music scene (despite loathing the "trip-hop" tag). 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). He 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
1 | Valentine | False Idols |
2 | Puppy Toy | Knowle West Boy |
3 | Car crash | Vulnerable |
4 | Time To Dance | Mixed Race |
5 | Antimatter | Vulnerable |
6 | Baligaga | Knowle West Boy |
7 | Every Day | Mixed Race |
8 | Search and survive | Vulnerable |
9 | What is wrong | Vulnerable |
10 | Where I'm from | Vulnerable |
11 | Black Steel | Maxinquaye |
12 | Ponderosa | Maxinquaye |
13 | Council Estate | Knowle West Boy |
14 | Ghetto Youth | Pre-Millennium Tension |
15 | Come To Me | Mixed Race |
16 | Passion of the Christ | False Idols |
17 | Slow | Knowle West Boy |
18 | Sex Drive | Pre-Millennium Tension |
19 | Far Away | Knowle West Boy |
20 | Nothing's Changed | False Idols |