The Kemist | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Genres | Reggae, Dancehall, Trap, Hardstyle, Hip Hop, Dubstep, Moombahton |
| Occupation(s) | Deejay, producer, recording artist, songwriter |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | Universal Music, Republic Records [1] |
| Website | iamthekemist |
The Kemist, [2] is a Jamaican-American deejay, producer, recording artist and songwriter [3] signed to Universal Music Group. [1] His sound is a fusion of reggae and dancehall with electronic dance music. [4]
Errol "Kemar" Thompson, professionally known as The Kemist, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. [4] His mother, Marcia Griffiths , is considered the Queen of reggae music [5] and his father, Errol Thompson Snr, is an acclaimed Jamaican broadcaster, social speaker and musician. [3]
Kemar attended Wolmer's Boy's High School where he participated in rap battles during lunchtime and from there started making beats and selling tracks to friends. [2]
In 2012, Kemar and Mike Thompson formed the production duo Black Lion, [4] whose credits include Mash It Up, Slippery When Wet and I Love Sax.
The Kemist's first release as a vocalist was Assets, a collaboration with Yellow Claw and Tropkillaz that was released on Diplo's label, Mad Decent [6] on 12 October 2013.
In 2018 The Kemist signed with Universal Music Group. [2] On 2 November 2018 they released his first single Body Can't Lie featuring Nyanda via 21 Entertainment / Republic Records / Universal Music Canada. [1]
| Year | Title | Tracklist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mayhem [7] | Mayhem 7.0 (feat Dj BrainDeaD & Nyanda) | 21 Entertainment / Universal Music |
| On You | |||
| Body Can't Lie (feat Nyanda) | |||
| Control You feat (Kalibandulu & Johnny Roxx) |
| Year | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Body Can't Lie (feat Nyanda) | Body Can't Lie [8] | 21 Entertainment / Universal Music |
| Big Dreamers (with Salento Guys and Paki & Jaro) | Big Dreamers [9] | Total Freedom | |
| Rebels of a Nation (with LNY TNZ & Ruthless) | Rebels of a Nation [10] | Spinnin' Records | |
| Mayhem (with Dj BrainDeaD feat Nyanda) | Mayhem [11] | Tropic Electric | |
| 2017 | Rumors (Dj BrainDeaD Remix) (feat Konshens & Alx Veliz) | Rumors (The Remixes) [12] | Tropic Electric |
| Rumors (Noise Cans Remix) (feat Konshens & Alx Veliz) | |||
| Rumors (dEvolve Remix) (feat Konshens & Alx Veliz) | |||
| Rumors (Pink Panda Remix) (feat Konshens & Alx Veliz) | |||
| Rumors (English Version) (feat Konshens & Alx Veliz) | Rumors [13] | ||
| Rumors (Spanish Version) (feat Konshens, Goyo & Alx Veliz) | |||
| Drop it Like That (with KD Soundsystem) | Drop it Like That [14] | Be Rich Records | |
| Drop It Like That (Perk Pietrek Remix) (with KD Soundsystem) | |||
| Drop It Like That (Zeskullz & The Dual Personality Remix) (with KD Soundsystem) | |||
| 2016 | Incredible (with Dj BrainDeaD) | Incredible [15] | Good Enuff |
| Wild Like A Jungle (with KD Soundsystem feat Esco & Chedda) | Wild Like A Jungle [16] | Tropic Electric | |
| 2014 | Come For Free | Xleration Riddim – Single [17] | Tropic Electric |
| Year | Title | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Boomshakalak | Mr. Black & Diego Miranda feat The Kemist | Boomshakalak - Single [18] | Revealed Recordings |
| 2017 | Party General (Mightyfools Remix) | LNY TNZ & DJ Punish feat The Kemist | LNY TNZ* – Fvck Genres EP (Remixes) [19] | Barong Family |
| Haide (Greek Version) (Phoebus Remix) | Helena Paparizou feat. The Kemist | Haide (Greek Version) (Phoebus Remix) - Single [20] | Universal Music | |
| 2016 | Party General | LNY TNZ & DJ Punish feat The Kemist | LNY TNZ* – Fvck Genres EP [21] | Barong Family |
| We Don't Care (Dirtcaps Remix) | LNY TNZ feat The Kemist | We Don't Care (The Remixes) - EP [22] | lnytnz.com | |
| We Don't Care (Riot Ten Remix) | ||||
| We Don't Care (Out of Cookies Remix) | ||||
| We Don't Care (Dirrty Berry Remix) | ||||
| We Don't Care | We Don't Care - Single [23] | |||
| Fired Up (Radio Version) | LNY TNZ & Ruthless feat The Kemist | Fired Up (Remixes) [24] | Barong Family | |
| Fired Up (Haterade Remix) | ||||
| Fired Up (Kayzo Remix) | ||||
| Fired Up (Skellism Remix) | ||||
| Fired Up (Tropkillaz Remix) | ||||
| Fired Up (Dirtcaps Remix) | ||||
| Sexy Girls | DJ LBR feat The Kemist | Sexy Girls - Single [25] | Space Party | |
| Sexy Girls | DJ LBR & Papa London feat The Kemist | Sexy Girls - Single [26] | Music Media Consulting | |
| Bust it Up | Willy Joy feat The Kemist | Bust It Up - Single [27] | Good Enuff / Mad Decent | |
| 2015 | Pull It Up | Wiwek feat The Kemist | Jungle Terror EP Vol.2 [28] | Barong Family / Spinnin' Records |
| Fired Up | LNY TNZ & Ruthless feat The Kemist | Fired Up – Single [29] | ||
| Figure 8 (Tropkillaz VIP Remix) | Tropkillaz feat The Kemist | Figure 8 (Tropkillaz VIP Remix) - Single [30] | SPA / Elemess | |
| 2014 | Boss It Up | Dirtcaps feat The Kemist | Boss It Up – Single [31] | |
| Figure 8 | Tropkillaz feat The Kemist | WHAAA!!! E.P. [32] | SPA / Elemess | |
| Mash It Up | Black Lion & The Wizard feat Kat Dahlia, Nyanda & The Kemist | Black Lion Reggae Invasion Vol. 1 | Tropic Electric | |
| Invasion | Dirtcaps feat The Kemist | Invasion – Single [33] | Bad Manor | |
| Blazin | ChildsPlay feat The Kemist & Nyanda | Blazin – Single [34] | ||
| F**k Up The Club | Black Lion feat The Kemist | F**k Up The Club – Single [35] | Tropic Electric | |
| 2013 | Assets [6] | Yellow Claw (DJs) & Tropkillaz feat The Kemist | Amsterdam Twerk Music | Mad Decent / Jeffrees |
| Year | Title | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | "You Got Me Good (Tu Es Ma Go)" | Muss feat. Nyanda | You Got Me Good – Single [36] |
| "I Love Sax" | Nyanda | I Love Sax – EP [37] | |
| 2013 | "Slippery When Wet" | Slippery When Wet – EP | |
| "Cool & Deadly" | F.eU DJ & Nyanda | Cool & Deadly – EP [38] | |
| "Boom & Rave" | Black Lion feat. Mr. Vegas & Nyanda | Boom & Rave – EP [39] |
| Year | Title | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Growing Pains (The Kemist Remix) | Alessia Cara | Growing Pains (Remixes, Pt. 2) - Single [40] | Def Jam Recordings |
| Lions (Skip Marley vs The Kemist) | Skip Marley | Lions (Skip Marley vs The Kemist) - Single [41] | Island Records | |
| Cautious (The Kemist Remix) | Tyler Shaw | Cautious (The Kemist Remix) - Single [42] | Sony Music | |
| 2017 | Stay (The Kemist Remix) | Zedd & Alessia Cara | Stay (Remixes) - EP [43] | Interscope Records |
| FAB. (The Kemist Remix) | JoJo feat Remy Ma | FAB. (The Remixes) [44] | Atlantic Records | |
| 2016 | Dancing Kizomba (The Kemist Remix) | Alx Veliz feat. Nyanda | Dancing Kizomba (The Kemist Remix – Single) [45] | Universal Music |
| Dancing Kizomba (The Kemist Remix)[Spanish Version] | Dancing Kizomba (The Kemist Remix – Single)[Spanish Version [46] | |||
| No Apologies. (The Kemist Remix) | JoJo feat. Wiz Khalifa & Nyanda | No Apologies. (Tropical Remix) [47] | Atlantic Records | |
| Bloodclaut Song (The Kemist & MVL$ Remix) | Future Fambo | Bloodclaut Song (The Kemist & MVL$ Remix) - Single [48] | Tropic Electric | |
| Faces & Lighters | Brian Cross feat. Vein, IAM CHINO & Two Tone | Faces & Lighters (The Kemist Remix) [49] | Sony Music |
| Year | Title | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | "One More Time" | The Kemist & Nyanda | Black Lion Reggae Invasion Vol. 1 |
| 2014 | "Tun Up" [50] | The Kemist |
| Year | Title | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | "Punani" | Black Lion feat The Kemist, The Wizard & Dionne Renée | Black Lion Reggae Invasion Vol. 1 |
| "Hip-Nosis" | Black Lion feat The Kemist & Esco | ||
| "Quati Wut" | The Wizard feat The Kemist |
| Year | Title | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | "Cinnamon Roll" [51] | Nyanda feat. Dionne Renee | Black Lion Reggae Invasion Vol. 1 |
| "Footprints" [52] | Nyanda feat. Assassin | ||
| 2014 | "I Won't Take You Back" | Nyanda | "Xleration Riddim" – Single [53] |
| "Superman" | Arash feat (feat. Nyanda) | Superman | |
| "Ma Bala" | |||
| 2013 | "Club Saved My Life" | Wally Lopez feat Brick & Lace & J Balvin | Follow Me! [54] |
| Year | Video Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | "We Made It" [55] | Steven van der Vorm |
| "Control You" [56] | Alex Ceausu | |
| "On You" [57] | ||
| 2019 | "Mayhem 7.0" [58] | |
| 2018 | "Body Can't Lie" [59] | Michael Garcia |
| "Lions" [60] | Dameon Gayle | |
| 2017 | "Big Dreamers" [61] | Matteo Consales |
| 2016 | "We Don't Care" [62] | Lny Tnz |
| 2015 | "Fired Up" [63] | |
| 2014 | "Mash It Up" [64] | The Governor |
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