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An album from UK Apache never materialized, leading Shy FX to release it on his own; according to UK Apache, "Shy carried on and put Nuttah on his album ... it ended up looking more like it was his tune than mine, and I’d just done the vocals and vanished". The track was first performed live in
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Jungle producers had the artist credit because it was their music, but I came from reggae where the singer was the artist that got credited for the tune, so I wanted it to come out as 'Original Nuttah' by UK Apache. It was a tune I had written about myself, and I wanted it for my
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My manager at the time wasn’t the best person and made me sign a deal with no representation. I didn't know about the business, and I trusted him, so he ended up acting as the manager, label, and publisher. He had the rights to the lot, where obviously he should’ve just got a
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crew. UK Apache described his entry into the scene as him loving "the
Jamaican culture, and I would walk and talk like a Jamaican, but I was a Ja-fake-an!" UK Apache said the song's lyrics are based on films he watched while growing up, such as
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put out a call for people to attend the video shoot. UK Apache said the video "should've been better really, but they made it quickly just so they had something to put on there. One TV show wouldn't play it because we had rain on the lens."
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Shy FX was signed to SOUR, who wanted some money from the album, which led to the record having both SOSl
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track "Gangsta Kid". UK Apache began singing parts of "Original Nuttah", whose lyrics were written "about six year earlier", between the gaps. After hearing his friend Juxci praise his work over the track, UK Apache contacted
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parentage, born and raised in London. Growing up, UK Apache was more accepted by London's black community. Jamaicans living in his community introduced him to dub, sound system, and
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reported sales of "Original Nuttah" in Europe topped one million by the end of 1994. It was Shy FX's first chart hit and one of the first hit songs of the genre.
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music, stating the track is "As infectious as M-Beat's 'Incredible' but with more energy and a streetwise edge to it" and that "the combination of the
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sample and horns on the intro leading into Shy FX’s rapid-fire breakbeats and Apache's infectious dancehall chat made for an undisputed classic".
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