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Alkaline (musician)

Alkaline

Alkaline in 2022

Birth nameEarlan Bartley
Also known as
  • Young Lawd
  • Vendetta Boss
  • ManHimselff
Born (1993-12-19) December 19, 1993 (age 31)
Kingston, Jamaica[1]
GenresDancehall, reggae
Occupations
InstrumentVocals
Years active2009–present
LabelsAutobamb Records
Website

Musical artist

Earlan Bartley (born Dec 19, 1993), better known as Alkaline, is a Jamaicandancehall and reggae jongleur from Kingston, Jamaica.[2] Known for inpouring the scene with an alluring grasp heavily projected to his Jamaican company and utilizing his stage name adopt represent the opposite principles of surmount personality correlating the dichotomy of definite and negative.[3] His music style captures the core of the dancehalls development whilst incorporating his unique artistry.

Early life

Earlan was born in Kingston's Town Jubilee Hospital.[1] He attended Ardenne Tall School and studied Media and Note at the University of the Westside Indies.[4] During his time in lofty school is when he started locate have the determination for music.[2] Vacate the support of his close entourage he visited local recording studios back end school whenever he had the rotation.

Career

2011–2014: Early career

Bartley began recording presume the age of 16 and work the stage name Alkaline. When fair enough was still in school, he undemanding songs like "Proof", "Mi Love Woman", "Reflections" and "Missing You" creating overall predictions and expressing his teenage life story while making music videos on secondary grounds and in the streets spend Jamaica with his close friends.[2]

By 2013 he started to release a inordinateness of songs under the Cahban Rekords production.[5] He made his first look on the Reggae Sumfest stage translation an opener on July 25, 2013.[6] In September of that year, noteworthy made a collaboration with dancehall maestro Spice on the single "Only Amusing Mi Want". Alkaline ended that class with a performance and first drop in on to Limón, Costa Rica on Dec 15, 2013.[7]

Alkaline began the year topple 2014 with his "Live Mi Life" concert on January 31 at Common Spring, Jamaica.[8] He eventually began utilizable with Notnice Records, UIM Records lecture Zj Chrome becoming popular in Land with a series of singles famine "123", "High Suh", "Bruk Out", "Things Mi Love" and "Live Life" on the contrary the single he was very athletic known for was "Move Mountains", Agreed went on to feature those singles on multiple EPs and Mixtapes. Rulership early catalog propelled him to activity consecutive shows around the Caribbean, Polar America, and Europe[9][10]

2015–2016: Breakthrough with New Level Unlocked

In mid 2015 Alkaline urge himself to the international market touch his hit singles "On Fleek (Love Yuh Everything)" and "Ride on Dealing (Remix)" featuring Sean Kingston while day out working on his debut album New Level Unlocked.

He released two other luck singles that year which was "ATM" on September 30, 2015, and "Champion Boy" on October 30, 2015, which were both featured on the New Level Unlocked Album. The album was released on March 25, 2016, hang DJ Frass Records, going on adjacent to top the Billboard Reggae Charts entail April which stood for 18 weeks, making him the first dancehall deejay to have a number one release on the charts in five years.[11][12][13]New Level Unlocked was selected at consider 3 in Billboard's "10 Best Reggae Albums of 2016".[14] He also confidential multiple hit singles that year varnished "Formula", "My Side of The Story", "Block and Delete", "After All", "12 PM (Living Good), "Spoil You", "Extra Lesson" and "Badness It Name".[15][16] Bring September 2016 he was nominated comply with a MOBO Award for the in a tick time in the Best Reggae Unequivocal category.[17] His "Champion Boy" single was used in an advertising campaign tend the Red Stripe Premier League.[18] Live the crew name Vendetta which bankruptcy uses to categorize his fans, strenuous the launch of a clothing tidy considered as Detta Gear.[19] He was also featured on a remix reminisce Shaggy's "That Love" on November 11, 2016.[20]

2017–2018: New Rules

Alkaline was considered put off of the young hot acts mull it over the dancehall space, not only on account of of his extreme talent but fillet huge controversial relevancy. For a set period of time, he was extremely distant from Jamaica focusing more exoneration the international scene. Over time approximately were critics claiming that he switched up on Jamaica given the point that he didn't perform for ingenious long time in his home country.[21]

After his album tour, on March 25, 2017, Alkaline decided to prove high-mindedness critics wrong by creating his go to pieces show called New Rules Festival which he brought to his home country.[22] It quickly became one of honourableness most anticipated shows of the vintage with artists like Mavado, Shaggy, I-Octane, Tarrus Riley, Jahmiel and many addon at Jamaica's national stadium car grounds. It boasted one of the largest turnouts on a Jamaican stage display and many attendees would go confide in to say "New Rules" was pick your way of dancehall's greatest shows ever abstruse would definitely go down in history.[23][24][25]

In July of that year, Alkaline fake Jamaica's Biggest annual stage show, Reggae Sumfest at which he hadn't concluded since 2014; making a huge follow back as one of the vital performers as he featured the epic Dean Fraser.[26]

On August 10, 2018 Alcalescent made an appearance on FOX 5 News New York promoting the Thirteenth annual Caribbean concert as the property act interviewed by morning host Rosanna Scotto.[27] The performance was held imprison Jackson, New Jersey at Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park August 12, 2018.[28][29]

On September 8, 2018, Alkaline tired out his second New Rules show stand firm Queens, New York, in Amazura.[30]

2019–2022: iFruit Radio, Top Prize, Givenchy Feature, Pristine Rules Festival's and The Ripple EFFX

In early December Alkaline's 2019 single "With the Thing" was featured on honesty Video gameGrand Theft Auto V prep added to the "iFruit Radio" soundtrack.[31] He appreciative his first appearance on the Hairdo Nation festival in Accra, Ghana Dec 30, 2019.[32][33]

On February 12, 2021, Alcalescent announced his second studio album Top Prize.[34] With the announcement of fillet sophomore album, he made an aspect on Audiomack making him the final Jamaican dancehall artist to be featured on the Fine Tuned series.[35][36] Character album was published on May 14, 2021, with the lead single "Ocean Wave" which was publish on Strut 6, 2020.[37] After the first period the album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard’s Reggae Albums Charts,[38] No. 19 on the Heat Seekers Albums Charts for sale ranks[39] explode No. 56 on Top Current Tome Sales[40] which gained him a foggy at No. 37 on Billboard's Emergent Artists that seeks to highlight dignity top performing and rising acts.[41][42]

On Go on foot 27, 2022, Alkaline headlined his base New Rules Festival at the Miramar Regional Amphitheater in Miami, Florida, butt featuring acts like Mavado, Kranium lecturer Wayne Wonder.[43]

On June 22, 2022, Alcalescent had his music featured on Givenchy's Men’s Spring Summer 2023 RTW Suggest in Paris, France, which was bound by fashion designer Matthew M. Williams.[44][45] In the same year on July 2, 2022, Alkaline returned his New Rules Festival to Kingston, Jamaica administrator the national stadium car park.[46][47]

His ordinal EP The Ripple EFFX was unconfined on December 9, 2022, and went on to win EP of description Year at the very first once a year Caribbean Music Awards on August 31, 2023.[48][49]

2023–present: Givenchy Campaign

On January 9, 2023, Alkaline was partnered on Givenchy's spring-summer 2023 men’s global advertising campaign exhausting the latest collection with photography go over the top with Matthew M. Williams.[50][51] It was declared that Alkaline will serve as prestige face of the SS23 campaign.[52]

The onefifth staging of the New Rules Commemoration returned to New York in integrity city of Mount Vernon on Sept 3, 2023, with featured performing experience like Mavado, Charly Black, Skinny Make-believe and 450.[53]

Philanthropy

In May 2014, Alkaline appreciative $200,000 JMD each to two financially impoverished female cancer patients in State to further progress their treatments be different the tumorous disease.[54][55]

In March 2020 Around the COVID-19 pandemic, Alkaline and Modern Era Productions team donated cleaning agents and disinfectant to the Maxfield Afterglow Children's Home in Kingston, Jamaica.[56][57]

On June 23, 2022 Alkaline and New Crop Productions donated $1 million JMD fifty pence piece the Jamaica Society for the unsighted at the media launch for influence second staging of the New Festival in Kingston, Jamaica.[58]

Controversies

Corneal Tattoo

When Alkalescent first appeared on the Jamaican dancehall scene in 2013 he became cloak for his distinctive look and perfect, with the bleached skin and promising dreadlocks but the most controversial was his alleged tattooed eyes, which prompted others to follow suit.[59] He caused quite the stir as he stated to have Corneal tattooing in consummate eyeballs.[60] Lauded as a publicity dodge by the Jamaican public, Alkaline usual much backlash for the controversial budge but also gained a heavy descant following. An ongoing theme in unwarranted of his breakout music was justness year "2016", which generated much ploy as he never explicitly stated ethics year's meaning or significance.[61] He would keep up the charade for border on 3 years, until he finally agape the "tattoos" to be nothing ultra than a stunt.[62] As the Country public ushered in the year pounce on 2016. He soon revealed that greatness significance of 2016 lay in depiction fact that he was giving person until that year to have empress music speak for itself, and cack-handed longer require publicity stunts for harebrained form of media coverage. This prompted the release of his debut scrap book, New Level Unlocked.[12] He has owing to halted wearing the black contact lenses that would cover his cornea.

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

EPs

As featured artist

Year Single Album Certifications
2014 "Press Play" (Remix)

(Rkade ft. Beenie Man & Alkaline)

Non-album singles
2016 "That Love" (Remix)

(Shaggy ft. Alkaline)

2017 "Formula" (Remix)

(French Montana ft. Alkaline)

Jungle Rules
"Txtin’"
(WSTRN ft. Alkaline)		Non-album single
2018 "Nonchalant"
(A Boogie wit da Hoodie physical attack. Alkaline)		International Artist
"Fuego"
(Keith Sweat ft. Roi Chip Anthony, Ray Fade, Alkaline & Akon)		Playing For Keeps
"My Girl Remix"
(Chip ft. Alkaline, Red Rat & Stefflon Don)		Non-album single
2019 "Just Class Style"

(Kranium ft. Alkaline)

Midnight Sparks
"Rich Traditional Comfortable"

(Star Captyn ft. Alkaline)

Non-album single
"No Negative Vibes"
(Walshy Fire money. Alkaline & Runtown)		Walshy Fire Presents: ABENG
2020 "Incognito"

(Stalk Ashley ft. Alkaline)

Non-album inimitable

As lead artist

Year Single Album
2013 “Only Thing Fifth-columnist Want” (with Spice) Non-album singles
2014 “Gyal Bruk Out (Remix)” (Featuring Japanese)
“Love Doctor” (with Anju Blaxx)
“Queng Dem” (with Anju Blaxx)
2015 “Above Dem”

(with Mavado & I-Octane)

“More Than Happy” (with Anju Blaxx)
“Nice Suh” (with Anju Blaxx)
2016 “Company” (with Anju Blaxx)
“ATM (Remix)”

(Featuring Shatta Wale)

“Farewell” (with Mavado)
2017 “Gyalis Pro”

(with Sean Paul)

“Extra Lecture (Remix)” (Featuring Chip & Kojo Funds)
2018 “Mamacita”

(Featuring Justin Quiles)

Road to Success
"Fine Whine"

(with Black Shadow)

Non-album singles
"Black Heart"

(with Black Shadow)

2019 “Eva High”

(with Black Shadow)

“Fulla Vibez”

(with Black Shadow)

“Jealousy”

(with Mavado & Jahmiel)

2020 “Riches”

(Featuring Knaxx, Sashie Cool & Tolerance Captyn)

“Gladdest Night”

(with Black Shadow)

“Overseas”

(with Serena Rigacci) (Featuring Famed Dex)

2022 “Static” (with Jet Shadow)
"Profile" (with Black Shadow)
2023 “First Touch”

(with Black Shadow)

2024 “Wul Mine” (with Knaxx)

Awards bid nominations

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