That's a real old topic, Dave. Think we had discussions about Gentleman a looong time ago on the good ole V.

Hmm, Gentleman... His Patwa is I think mostly perfect, the sound of the Fareast Band is pure fyah. Still there's something, and I can't put my finger on it, I don't like about Gentleman. I think it has somehow to do with his attitude.

You know that I am no fan of the "Humbleness Mania", as an artist in my opinion must promote and make noise to be recognized in this small overcrowded world. But somehow the style of how Gentleman presents himself makes me not like this man REALLY. The picture you attached somehow shows exactly the attitude I don't like about that guy.

About his singing- / chattingstyle? Hmm, the only thing worth mentioning at Gentleman music is the Fareast Band to me. I find Gentleman's vocal skills quite boring. There's nothing I haven't eared many many times by other Reggae-Vocalists. Sometimes he has some good lyrics, but then again those lyrics show a bit of Bonoism (named by me after the U2 singer Bono). Bonoism is that kind of lyrics that allways say "WE are the xyz and WE must do zyx". Bonoism is brought to life by people who live in relative wealth and what makes it ugly is, that the Bonoists allways talk about, what those who are not wealthy should do. Bonoism is widely accepted and appreciated in germany, german music, german movies etc. pp. as the germans love to "hug the struggelers" to get past their WW2-Trauma

There's this "I got pain in my ass"-voicestyle that goes thru all Gentleman songs. I got to know that some people try to immitate Bob Marleys voice (!!!) by singing like somebody kicked in heir ballz and they want to avoid to scream. Generally the guy more or less successfully tries to immitate "the best of Reggae". To me it will ever come like an immitation.

Listen to some Hans Soellne once you get the chance. This guy is real.