Ua haki maoli ʻo Kevin Lyttle i nā palapala honua me ka hit Turn Me On, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma 2003. ʻO kāna ʻano hana ʻokoʻa ponoʻī, ʻo ia ka hui ʻana o R&B a me hip-hop, i hui pū ʻia me kahi leo hoʻohiwahiwa, lanakila koke i nā puʻuwai o nā mea pā a puni ka honua.
He mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Kevin Little i makaʻu ʻole e hoʻokolohua i ka mele.
Lescott Kevin Lyttle Coombs: ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio
Ua hānau ʻia ka mea mele ma Kepakemapa 14, 1976 ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kingstown, ma ka mokupuni ʻo St. Vincent, aia ma ka Caribbean. ʻO Lescott Kevin Lyttle Coombs kona inoa piha.
Ua ala ke aloha o ke kāne i ke mele i ka makahiki 7, i ka hele ʻana me kona makuahine. A laila ʻike mua ʻo ia i nā mea hoʻokani pila alanui a kāhāhā i kā lākou talena.
ʻAʻole kūʻē nā ʻohana i kona makemake i ke mele. He haʻahaʻa loa ka waiwai o ka ʻohana, ʻaʻole hiki ke kūʻai i nā mea kani maikaʻi. Eia naʻe, ua hōʻike ke kanaka i ka paʻa o ke ʻano, a ma ka makahiki 14 ua kākau ʻo ia i kāna haku mele mua.
ʻO ka moeʻuhane o kahi kahua nui, me nā ʻaha mele mua i hana ai ke kanaka ma kona mokupuni hānau ma nā hanana kūloko. I ia mau lā, ua ʻike maikaʻi ʻia kāna hana e ka lehulehu. Ma hope o ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka hoʻomohala hou ʻana, e ʻimi ana ʻo Kevin i nā ala e hoʻokō ai i kāna mau hoʻolālā.
Ke ʻimi nei ʻo ia i kahi ala e mālama ai i ke kālā a hoʻopaʻa i kāna album ponoʻī. Ua hoʻololi ke kanaka i nā ʻoihana he nui, ua hoʻokō ʻo ia i DJ ma ka lekiō, ʻoiai e hana ana i nā hana kuʻuna.
ʻO ke mele mua a Kevin Lyttle a me ka album nona iho
Ma hope o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā kālā i ka makahiki 2001, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i ka pā mua Turn Me On. Mahalo i ka pā, ua loaʻa i ka mea mele ke kaulana honua. Mai ia manawa mai, ua hoʻomaka ka hana hoʻomohala, ua nui nā huakaʻi i hele a loaʻa kahi kūleʻa kūpono.
Ma hope o ka ʻaelike me Atlantic Records, ua paʻi ke mele i nā palapala ma US, UK a me ʻEulopa ma luna. I ke kauwela o 2004, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album studio mua a ka mea pena, Turn Me On.
Ma ka helu ʻAmelika, ua komo koke ʻo ia i ka ʻumi kiʻekiʻe, e loaʻa ana ke kūlana o ka "album gula". I ka makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻopaʻa ka mea mele i ʻelua mau mele. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohālikelike i ka kūleʻa o ka album a ʻaʻole i hiki i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ma ka pahu pahu.
ʻO Kevin Little ka inoa pono'ī a me ka lua album
I ka wā o ka huakaʻi hele ma 2007, ua noʻonoʻo ka mea pena i ka hana ʻana i kāna lepili ponoʻī, i ʻole e kaupalena ʻia e nā kiʻi a me nā koi o nā mea hana. ʻO ka hopena, ʻo ia ka hui hoʻopaʻa leo ʻo Tarakon Records, nāna i hoʻokuʻu i ka lua album o ka mea mele Fyah (2008).
ʻO ka mea hou aʻe, ʻo Anywhere, i loaʻa i nā hopena koʻikoʻi, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma 2010 me ka mea hoʻokani mele ʻAmelika ʻo Flo Rida. A laila ua hoʻopau ʻia nā huakaʻi luhi e nā hoʻopaʻa leo ʻana i ka home studio. Ua ʻike ʻia kekahi mau mele, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā mea pena kaulana e like me Jamesy P, a me Shaggy.
ʻO ke mele, i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ʻelua o kāna mau mea punahele - ka waiʻona a me nā kaikamahine, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Hot Girls & Alcohol. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke mele mele i ka hopena o 2010 a lilo koke i mea paʻi, e puhi ana i nā hale pō a puni ka honua. Hōʻike piha loa ia i nā kālena leo a pau o ka mea hoʻokani.
ʻEkolu album I Love Carnival
Ua hoʻopaʻa ka mea mele i ke kolu o ka album studio ma 2012. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo I Love Carnival. Ua hui pū ʻia nā mele mele a me kekahi mau duets, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kekahi me ka pop diva Pelekane kaulana ʻo Vikyoria Itken.
Ua lōʻihi loa nā mele o kēia album ma nā lekiō like ʻole ma USA, Great Britain a me ʻEulopa, e hoʻopiha ana i ka pūʻali koa lehulehu o nā mea pā o ka mea pena.
Ma kahi kokoke i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ho'āʻo ka mea mele e hōʻoluʻolu i kāna "fans" me nā mele kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe. No laila, i ka makahiki 2013, puka mai ʻo Feel So Good, a laila puka mai ʻo Bounce.
ʻAʻole i piʻi kēia mau mele i ka piko o nā pakuhi, akā naʻe, ua lilo lākou i mau pae koʻikoʻi i ka hana a ka mea hoʻokani pila.
Ua hui pū ʻia kahi papa hana huakaʻi paʻa me ka hana studio a me ka hui pū ʻana me nā hoa hana. ʻO ka mea kūikawā, ua hōʻailona ʻia ʻo 2014 no ka mea mele ma ka hui pū ʻana me Shaggy.
Ua hiki ke kaulana o ka mea leo leo i kekahi pae. Ua hoʻomaka ka hana ʻana i nā remix ma kāna mau haku mele, e hoʻokō ana i ka kūleʻa pāʻoihana, e hoʻokūkū ana i nā palapala o nā lekiō.
Ua hana ʻia kēlā ʻano hoʻokolohua e kahi hui kaulana ʻAmelika e hana ana i ke ʻano o ke mele uila, me ka hana ʻana i kahi uhi uhi o ka pā mua loa o ka mea pena Turn Me On. Ua kapa ʻia ke mele Let Me Hold You a kaulana i nā pāʻina a me nā hale pō no ka manawa lōʻihi.
ʻO ke ola pilikino o Kevin Little
ʻAʻole makemake ka mea mele e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kona ola pilikino. He kāne ʻohana hoʻohālike ʻo ia, ʻo Jacqueline James ka inoa o kāna wahine, a ke hānai nei lāua i keiki kāne. ʻOiai ke noho nei ka mea pena a me kona ʻohana ma Florida, ua manaʻo mau ʻo ia ʻo St. Vincent kona home.
