Patrice Bart-Williams
Encyclopedia
Patrice Babatunde Bart-Williams (born July 9, 1979 in Kerpen
, North Rhine-Westphalia
), better known as Patrice, is an Afro-German reggae
artist. He also often uses his second name: Babatunde (Yoruba: return of the father), which his parents gave him since Patrice was born on the same day that his grandfather died. His music is influenced by Jimi Hendrix
and Bob Marley
. Patrice is biracial, being the son of a German mother and the Sierra Leonean writer-activist Gaston Bart-Williams.
Kerpen
Kerpen is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia. Germany. It is located about 30 kilometers southwest from Cologne.-Division of the town:...
, North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
), better known as Patrice, is an Afro-German reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
artist. He also often uses his second name: Babatunde (Yoruba: return of the father), which his parents gave him since Patrice was born on the same day that his grandfather died. His music is influenced by Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
and Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
. Patrice is biracial, being the son of a German mother and the Sierra Leonean writer-activist Gaston Bart-Williams.
Albums
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | ||||
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| 2000 | Ancient Spirit | - | – | – | – | – |
| 2002 | How Do You Call It? | - | - | 69 | 68 | – |
| 2003 | Silly Walks Meets Patrice | - | - | - | 158 | – |
| 2005 | Nile | 4 | 5 | 12 | 51 | 50 |
| 2006 | Raw & Uncut - Live in Paris | - | - | 97 | 81 | - |
| 2008 | Free-Patri-Ation | 12 | 20 | 15 | 16 | – |
| 2010 | One | 22 | 58 | 54 | 18 | - |
Others / Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
IT Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
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| 1998 | Lions (EP) | - | – | – |
| 2000 | Everyday Good | - | - | - |
| 2000 | You Always You | - | - | - |
| 2002 | Up In My Room | 99 | - | - |
| 2003 | Sunshine | - | - | 10 |
| 2003 | Music | - | - | - |
| 2003 | Moonrise | - | - | - |
| 2004 | Truly Majestic | - | - | - |
| 2005 | Soulstorm | 65 | 60 | - |
| 2008 | Clouds | 64 | 75 | - |
| 2008 | Another One | 83 | 68 | - |