Dynamite MC (born Dominic Smith, 7 October 1973) is an English rapper and MC. He originally gained prominence in

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, working with Roni Size & Reprazent, but has also released hip hop material.

Career

He started his MCing career on

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station Crush FM, broadcasting in

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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

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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,

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, releasing a solo album ''The World of Dynamite'' (2004). In 2006, a

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CD, ''Big Man Talk'' was released on the Strong Records label (featuring samples from

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). 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

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stations on Sunday afternoons. The track "Bounce" is featured on the soundtrack of ''

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''. "Bounce" and "After Party" also feature in the video game, '' Need for Speed: Carbon''. He recently worked with

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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

Albums

*''The World of Dynamite'' (2004) *''Big Man Talk Mixtape'' (2006) *''Big Man Talk 2'' (2009) *''Big Man Talk 3'' (2011)

Singles

*"Switch" (1994) *"After Party" (1998) *"Hey DJ" (Kamanchi feat. Dynamite MC) (2002) – UK No. 85 *"Hotness" (2003) – UK No. 66 *"Ride" (2004) – UK No. 54 *"No More" – UK No. 26 *"Bounce" *"What!" (2008) *"Here We Go" (DJ Fumiya feat. Dynamite MC) (2010) *"Kawaii" (feat. Missill, Aluna Francis and

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) (2011) *"Prototype" (2018)

References

External links

Official Dynamite MC Myspace

Strong Records website

Discography at rolldabeats.com

Discography at Discogs
1973 births English drum and bass musicians Black British male rappers Musicians from Bristol Living people {{hiphop-bio-stub