Dominique Mc Zulu Rowland
Widely celebrated for his experimental take on Reggae vocals, MC ZULU (Dominique Rowland) boasts a fan base that crosses many genres. He is credited with crafting his own unique style of Dancehall delivery, which not only plays on the random nature of “Reverse 16th” notes, but according to the artist himself, must make lyrical and phonetic sense.
At first Zulu drew heavy criticism, then enthusiastic praise for his assertions that he could display the same rhetorical deftness of Rap while maintaining the authenticity and worldliness of Reggae. He would eventually gain widespread acceptance with the rise of the global, electronic dance music scene.
Avant garde producers from various countries would mesh their instrumentals with Rowland’s unusually timed a cappellas to form a new, cutting-edge hybrid; and although many had interacted with Reggae vocalists prior to that, it was MC Zulu’s radical free ranging approach that allowed even the casual observer to remark, that a new style of music was being created.
