Father Bentley Reggae Vibes
WITH THE MOST HAUNTING & MEMORIABLE NAME IN THE REGGAE DANCEHALL INDUSTRY.FATHER BENTLEY HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS THE HOUSEHOLD PREMIER MIXTAPE ARTIST.WITH ASTOUNDING TALENT & KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC FATHER BENTLEY HAS COMBINE THE MOST LISTENABLE SERIES OF MIX TAPE WITH THE ABILITY TO SELECT JUST THE RIGHT TUNES TOGETHER, QUITE OFTEN IMPROVING UPON THE ORIGINAL TUNES. WITH HIS SERIES OF MIXES, DANCEHALL STYLES, EASY MIX, COLLECTION SERIES & INTERNATIONAL CULTURE FATHER BENTLEY HAS CLAIM IS POSITIONS ON TOP OF THE DANCEHALL MIXTAPE WORLD.
IN 1988 FATHER BENTLEY START IS COLLECTION OF CASSETTES AT A EARLY AGE WHILE GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF KINGSTON AND THE ADJOINING COMMUNITY OF ST. ANDREW WHERE HE CAME FROM. AS A YOUTH INSPIRED BY CASSETTE PETER FROM UPTOWN & HECTOR FROM DOWNTOWN KINGSTON HE USE TO GO TO THE DANCES WITH THE ELDERS AND HELP THEM TO RECORD THERE MUSIC AND THAT’S HOW HE GOT A LOT OF HIS COLLECTIONS AND FROM THAT HIS REPUTATION & RESPECT GREW.
IN 1992, FATHER BENTLEY WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL ABROAD AND CAME TO NEW YORK WHERE HE LINK UP WITH A ELDER FROM IS COMMUNITY IN JAMAICA WHO OWN A MUSIC STORE WHERE HE START SPINNING OR DJ. ON HIS SOUND CALL STINGRAY INT’L FROM STATEN ISLAND NEW YORK. HE USE TO DJ. IN THIS CLUB CALL CLIMAX AND WHERE HE FIRST GOT HIS DJ. NAME DADDY BENTLEY AND WHILE BUILDING A NAME IN STATEN ISLAND FOR ABOUT TWO YEAR HE WENT INTO A COMPETITION WITH SOME OF THE DJ’S IN THE COMMUNITY & CAME OUT ON TOP & FROM THAT THEY CHANGE IS NAME TO FATHER BENTLEY.
THE FIRST RELEASE TAPE WAS IN 1994, EASY MIX VOL.1 & THE NAME EASY MIX CAME ABOUT BY THE SOFT GROOVING & EASY CATCHING SONGS. FATHER BENTLEY MOVE TO BROOKLYN IN LATE 1994 WITH IS POISED IN THE MUSIC & DECIDE TO EXPAND IS TALENT WHERE IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF HIS JOURNEY. BROOKLYN WASN’T AN EASY TASK BECAUSE YOUR NAME OF TO BE OUT THERE TO GET RECOGNITION AND I DIDN’T HAVE ANY NAME IN BROOKLYN SO I OF TO START OVER AGAIN AND BUILD FROM SCRATCH. WHILE BUILDING OVER MY CAREER I LINK UP WITH MY FRIEND BACK HOME IN JAMAICA WHO DOING THE MUSIC AND START GETTING MY TAPES PRE-RELEASE BEFORE ANYBODY GET THEM IN NEW YORK BECAUSE I SEE THAT’S THE ONLY WAY I’M GONNA BUILD MY NAME COME ORIGINAL & EXCLUSIVE AND FROM THAT ONWARD I PICK UP THE PACE ON NEVER LOOK BACK.THEN HE START MAKING DANCEHALL MIX LIKE 1998 BUT WAS JUST BEHIND THE SCENE AND VVD ENTERTAINMENT WAS MOSTLY UP FRONT DOING ALL THE MIX CD’S WHILE HE CONCENTRATE ON THE CASSETTE TAPES.
TRULY ONE OF THE MOST NEWLY SOUND IN THE BUSINESS BENTLEY INTERNATIONAL COME AROUND IN 2002 PLAYING THE FIRST DANCE IN CAMDEN NEW JERSEY AND WITH SOME OF THE BIG ACT LIKE KING ADDIES IN NEW YORK. BABYFACE REUNION IN THE
WAREHOUSE WITH A FEW DUBS THAT’S WHERE HE GOT IS BREAK FROM WHEN MATERHORN START PICKING ON HIS SOUND WHEN HE PLAY THE BAD BOUNTY KILLA ALONGSIDE THE NINJAMAN SPECIAL AND MAKE A STATEMENT SAID NO SOUND PLAY BOUNTY & NINJAMAN LIKE THIS AND IT TOOK THE INTERNET BY STORM AND NEVER FELL OFF FROM THERE WITH MOSTLY TOURS ALL OVER THE WORLD JAPAN, EUROPE, AFRICA, CARRIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA. THE SOUND EXPANDS SO RAPIDLY THAT MORE DJ’S GOT HIRED IN THE CAMP AND THEY STILL IN A BUILD
ING PROCESS TO TAKE ON THE WORLD.
WITH HIS LOYALTY FOR THE REGGAE MUSIC FATHER BENTLEY IS POISED TO CONQUERING THE WORLD WITH HIS HAUNTING MIX TAPES, SOUND SYSTEM, PRODUCING CAREER THAT IS IN PROCESS RIGHT KNOW AND HIS NEWLY RECORD LABEL OUT BENTLEY
ENTERTAINMENT.WITH THE MOTTO THAT BRING ME TO WHERE I’M RIGHT KNOW I’M GONNA LEAVE IT FOR THE TRUE FANS WHO WANNA BE IN MY FOOT STEP. THOUGH I A THOUSAND TIMES MAY FAIL. I WILL RISE AGAIN...I WILL SUCCESS ATTAIN.
THOUGH LUCK & WRONG & SORROW SEEM TO THE VICTORY....THERE IS A
DEEP FAITH, A VERY VERY DEEP ETERNAL FAITH,THAT WILL NOT DIE IN ME
HAIL RASTAFARI.