There he touches on economic and social disparities, he expresses a desire to do better; but there is also an intangible element that let's you know, no one else would write the song this way. Maybe it's his sense of humor, but there's an underlying vulnerability that makes his music altogether palatable.

MC Zulu the performer does not give himself over fully to the positive, or negative element. Even at his most idealistic, he is still making leering allusions to the ladies at the party. At his most gangster, while involved in a hypothetical shootout with the authorities, he is still praying out loud, "...Tell mama not to shed no tears because I did my best."

The subtleties in his writing style, often punctuated with overt harmonies (another method typically uncharacteristic of dancehall) seem to employ the technique of providing insightful details, while leaving enough to the imagination. 

It is this essential, forgotten method of character development, which gave the Reggae performers we loved in the past their authenticity.

In recent times, most of the music world has busied themselves with attempts to replace this with an impossible street credibility. The results of such exploits have proven to be altogether unimaginative, and utterly tragic, usually for the artists themselves.

Zulu lives to tell yet another tale of hot girls dancing on the table, with such stark clarity that somehow you know, he must have seen a great deal in his life.

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Pseudonyms / Lyrical References:
Zulu Riddim Killah / Bad Man Zulu / Zulu Man / Digital Screw / Whitelabel Menace / Zulu Star / MC ZULU / Zulu Massive / Zulu D. Rowland

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Miscellaneous Collaborations:
Beat Science / Kool Keith / Black Silver / Griffen / DJ C / Freak / Don Yute / Bionik / Earatic Static / Aceyalone / Rubber Room / The Drastics / Ghislain Poirier / David Last / Kush Arora

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Selected Discography:

1999 - Free Radicals
2001 - Whitelabel Menace I 
2003 - Whitelabel Menace II 
2005 - Riddim Killah
2006 - Spread The Word
2007 - ZULU Acappellas vol. I
2008 - Gods And Robots 



Vinyl Releases:
2003 - Cop That / Striptease, Baby - 12 inch
2005 - Push w Aceyalone - 12 inch
2006 - Animal Attraction w DJ C - 7 inch
2006 - Ransom The Senator w DJ C - 12 inch
2007 - Body Work w DJ C - 10 inch
2008 - Darling... w DJ C - 12 inch

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Press / Quotes

" This impressive, extremely well-produced album laces pounding hip-hop beats with ethereal background strings and atmospheric enhancements interwoven over Zulu's impeccable flow ."
- Global Rhythm -

" Bask in the glorious sound of Zulu doing vocal somersaults while the tune's 'Jump Up and Bounce' rhythm pulses with kinetic energy" 
- Textura / Grooves -  

"MC Zulu launches into "Go Ballistic." The beats head off in a more syncopated direction and before you know it, the room is bouncing to soca."
- AOL Music News -

"Many of the songs are distinctly un-PC - and 4 of them have quite a few FCC violations - but dear lord these are the phattest riddims I've heard in ages... Zulu also has quite a vocal range"
- KZSU-

"...as the show-stealing Chicago MC Zulu urges here, the best antidote is to "fight the pressure with bass and treble."
- EXCLAIM -

"Nintendo hits punching straight through a tightly-stitched, ruff riddim, with tuff delivery by Zulu crosscut with his singing abilities, sounding rough and sincere like Dervin from the Equals."
- Textura -