Paul Scott Levy (born 28 April 1971), also known as General Levy, is an English ragga deejay, regularly employed on studio tracks by drum and bass DJs. He is best known for the track "Incredible" which he recorded with M-Beat. A remixed version of this reached number 8 on the UK Singles Chart in 1994.
General Levy was born in Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal, London on 28 April 1971. He is of Trinidadian descent. Levy's formative years were spent in Harlesden and Wembley in the London Borough of Brent in northwest London. Levy's musical influence was developed in the area, collecting dancehall tapes, beginning in 1981. At the age of 12, General Levy began writing lyrics and went on to form his first sound system with friends, two years later, named Third Dimension.
General Levy's first major releases were with the independent record label Fashion Records, who signed a distribution deal with London Records for the re-releases of the tracks he had recorded. He had earlier releases with the record producers Lloydy Crucial and Robbo Ranx (later of BBC 1xtra), but these were mainly tracks that were hits on the underground dancehall scene. General Levy was ostracized by the UK jungle scene in 1994, due to mis-reported comments he made relating to his collaboration with M-Beat on "Incredible". He had claimed in an interview with The Face that "I run jungle at the moment". This controversy has since died down and he is now being cited as one of the 25 UK MCs "who changed the game".
Links to Peel[]
Peel played his track, 'Brand New Pace' on his shows in the spring of 2000, but never played any further material from the artist. He also never played any tracks from M-Beat in the early 90's who collaborated with General Levy.
Shows Played[]
- 15 March 2000: Brand New Pace (7") Ajang
- 23 March 2000 (Radio Eins): Brand New Pace (7") Ajang
- 04 April 2000: Brand New Pace (7") Ajang
- 09 April 2000 (BFBS): 'Brand New Pace (Compilation LP-Reggae Artists Vol. 11)' (Bakchich)