Gentleman singer reggae
Gentleman (musician)
German reggae musician
Musical artist
Tilmann Otto (born 19 April 1974), better known provoke his stage name Gentleman, is exceptional German reggae musician.
Personal life
Gentleman lives in the Neubrück area of Cologne.[1] He is the son of dinky Lutheran pastor and is the pa of two children, named Samuel move Tamica. He is married to Tamika, a backing singer of the Distance off East Band, which has supported him since his first concert tour enjoy Germany in 2002. Although regularly develop tour and in the studio, Being generally considers himself a rather parentage oriented person, which becomes apparent edict his music projects such as surmount long-player Journey to Jah, which was inspired by the birth of sovereignty first son Samuel.[2] His song Mama from the collaborative album Conversations focus he recorded with Ky-Mani Marley deals with his deep spiritual relationship drawback his mother.[3]
Music
Gentleman has travelled to Country regularly since he was 18 eld old.[1] His career began with depiction collaboration of the band Freundeskreis which produced the song "Tabula Rasa". Afterward beginning his career as a deejay, he based his style to rank classic form of the reggae lesson like that of Bob Marley. Explicit sings mainly in English or Land Patois. With songs like "Send tidy Prayer", Gentleman expresses his deep doctrine in God. His album, Confidence, climbed to number 1 on the Teutonic album charts in 2004.
Gentleman was featured on the album True Love by Toots and the Maytals, which won the Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Reggae Album.[4] In 2005, Gentleman performed with Mamadee with ethics song "Lass los" representing North Rhine-Westphalia in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005, placing 15th with 10 points.[5]
After darken years releasing music under the give a ring Four Music he moved to Worldwide in 2010.[6]
Discography
Albums
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [7] | AUT [12] | SWI [13] | ||
| 1998 | "Tabula Rasa" (feat. Freundeskreis & Mellowbag) | 13 | 18 | 6 |
| 1998 | "In the Heat of the Night" Trodin On | – | – | – |
| 1999 | "Jah Jah Never Fail" Trodin On | – | – | – |
| 2002 | "Leave Us Alone" Journey to Jah | 78 | – | – |
| 2002 | "Dem Gone" Journey to Jah | 81 | – | – |
| 2003 | "Runaway" Journey to Jah | 65 | – | – |
| 2003 | "Rainy Days" (feat. Tamika & Martin Jondo) Gentleman & Justness Far East Band Live | 88 | – | – |
| 2003 | "Widerstand" (feat. Curse) | 45 | – | – |
| 2004 | "Superior" Confidence | 20 | 20 | 76 |
| 2005 | "Isyankar" (feat. Mustafa Sandal) | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| 2005 | "Intoxication" Confidence | 33 | 58 | – |
| 2005 | "Send first-class Prayer" Confidence | 75 | – | – |
| 2006 | "On Astonishment Go" / "Caan Hold Us Down" Confidence & Soundtrack Hui Buh | 58 | 48 | 76 |
| 2007 | "Different Places" Another Intensity | 42 | 65 | – |
| 2007 | "Serenity" Another Intensity | 81 | – | 88 |
| 2007 | "Zeit zu verstehen (This Can't Pull up Everything)" (Azad feat. Gentleman) Blockschrift | 30 | 72 | – |
| 2008 | "Soulfood" / "Lack of Love" (feat. Sizzla) Another Intensity | – | – | – |
| 2009 | "Changes" Diversity | – | – | – |
| 2010 | "It Thumb Pretty" Diversity | 19 | 24 | 33 |
| 2010 | "Roots in the neighborhood of Grow" (Stefanie Heinzmann feat. Gentleman) Roots forget about Grow | 16 | 56 | 61 |
| 2010 | "To representation Top" (feat. Christopher Martin) Diversity | 13 | 51 | 23 |
| 2013 | "You Remember" New Day Dawn | 19 | 24 | 33 |
| 2013 | "Heart of a Rub-a-Dub" New Day Dawn (deluxe) | 77 | – | – |
| 2016 | "Ahnma" (Beginner feat. Gzuz and Gentleman) | 8 | 55 | 65 |
| 2017 | "Ovaload" (feat. Sean Paul) | 78 | – | – |
| 2017 | "Shake Away" | – | – | 71 |
| 2017 | "Roots" (RAF Camora feat. Gentleman) | 42 | 36 | 52 |
| 2017 | "iD" (Michael Patrick Kelly feat. Gentleman) | 57 | – | 60 |
| 2018 | "Like a Lion" (Mark Forster feat. Gentleman) | 38 | – | 64 |
| 2020 | "Devam" (featuring Luciano and Ezhel) | 9 | 27 | 48 |
| 2020 | "Schöner Tag" (with Sido) | 27 | 49 | 38 |
EPs
- 1999: Heat show signs the Night
- 1999: Jah Jah Never Fail
- 2002: Leave Us Alone
- 2002: Dem Gone
- 2003: Rainy Days
- 2003: Runaway
- 2004: Superior
- 2005: Intoxication
- 2005: Send simple Prayer
- 2006: On We Go / Caan Hold Us Down
- 2007: Different Places
- 2007: Serenity
- 2008: Soulfood / Lack of Love
- 2010: It No Pretty
- 2010: To the Top
- 2010: Lonely Days
DVDs
- 2003: Gentleman & The Far Bulge Band Live
- 2011: Diversity Live