Skibadee

MC Skibadee, real name Alfonso "Skibatree" Bondzie,^[1] is a Drum and Bass MC musician from London.

Biography

He started on City Sound Radio around 1993, and by early 1995 Skibadee was featured regularly at events such as Thunder & Joy, Johnson & Johnsons, Spirit of the Jungle, Ballroom Dance at the Blackpool Tower and his regular spot on City Sound Radio alongside Djs Pro-D and Cyrus on the Live & Direct show. By the end of 1995 Skibadee was resident for all Kool FM, Fever, T & J, Malachite, Electrybe, NJC, Designer label Ball, Chorley FM and Innersense. Along with his gym partner, MC Det, Skibadee launched a new project called 2Xfreestyle in late 1997, which involved putting a Drum and Bass tempo over a Hip-Hop beat, therefore creating a doubletime effect. He would often perform this style with its innovator Stevie Hyper D (deceased).^[2]

The single and subsequent video 'Inside Me' was a success and after being accepted on MTV. and The Box. In 1999 Skibadee received the first of 3 the Knowledge Awards for best MC, and three Accelerated culture awards.^{[citation needed]} Since 2000, Skibadee began collaborating with MC Shabba D, also known as 'Shabba D' or 'Shabby' which has now become Drum and Bass partnership S.A.S, Skiba and Shabba.^{[citation needed]}

It cannot be avoided though that Skibba's career lowlight must rank as his break from Drum & Bass/Jungle to "MC" on "In The Summertime" by Mungo Jerry v Bluestone Ft. Skibadee.

In 2006 he won the 1Xtra award for best MC, in 2007 he won best MC southwest Drum n Bass award.^{[citation needed]} In 2008 and 2009 Skibadee won best Lyrical MC and best Hype MC in the national Drum and bass awards and 2010 is the third year in a row as the best Crowd Hyper MC as well as the Stevie Hyper D Lifetime Achievement Award.^[3]

More recently, Skibadee had formed a new clique with MC Funsta and MC Harry Shotta, calling themselves the Uncontrollablez aka UNCZ, their DJ is the Kool FM resident DJ RuffStuff.^{[citation needed]}

Skibadee has now been confirmed as having left UNCZ to pursue a solo career.^[4]

Discography

References

External links

• Skibadee on Facebook
• www.rolldabeats.com/artist/mc_skibadee
• The Jungle Drum and Bass MC Hall of Fame
• uncz.co.uk