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Adam F built a stellar reputation in the hip-hop world as a musician and a producer upon emerging in the late '90s. Many in the hip-hop and rap communities believed he had the potential to become a master producer like Dr. Dre. By age 15, F was a fan of of early U.S. hip-hop and British electronica acts. His melodic sensibilities were sharpened by his love of Lalo Schifrin, Quincy Jones, Bob James, and jazz fusion in general. F developed his skills as a keyboardist and, by the early '90s, he was studying the drum'n'bass foundations of hip-hop, electronica, and techno. He signed to EMI in the U.K. and his 1998 debut album, Colours, featured the Top 20 hits "Circles," "Brand New Funk," and "Music in My Mind." Colours won a Music of Black Origin (MOBO) award in the U.K. as best album. After an 18-month tour with a live band, F proceeded to further trek the globe as a DJ for other artists like Goldie and Jumping Jack Frost. Some of his demos made their way to Def Jam Records, who passed them on to LL Cool J. The rapper immediately loved F's tapes, and he had Adam F. produce "The G.O.A.T." on 2000's G.O.A.T. Featuring James T. Smith: The Greatest of All Time, his first number one album in the U.S. Soon, F started working with the likes of Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott and Lady Luck. Re-focusing on his own career, he spent 18 months recording his 2001 album, KAOS, which includes his own version of "The G.O.A.T." and the anthem "Smash Sumthin'," featuring Redman. The recording of KAOS was also filmed for a documentary. Following that album, Adam F. teamed with Redman for a few sessions, putting his distinctive stamp on 2002's Malpractice. Early the next year, a drum'n'bass/hip-hop fusion project saw the light of day, with Adam F.'s collaborations with LL Cool J, Guru, Redman, and many others remixed by artists like Roni Size and Dillinja.
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Adam F or Adam Fenton (born 8 February 1972, Liverpool, England) is an English jungle and drum and bass DJ, and film actor.
Career
An early album was the techstep effort, Metropolis/Mother Earth, released in 1997 on the Metalheadz record label. His other early successes were the tracks "F-Jam" and "Circles" (the latter breaking into the Top 20 in the UK Singles Chart). In 1998 he won a MOBO award for his debut album, Colours. In 2001, he found success in the field of hip hop, primarily with his ground breaking collaborative musical effort, KAOS - The Anti-Acoustic Warfare, working alongside artists such as LL Cool J, Redman and De La Soul. In 2002, Adam created the score for the feature film Ali G Indahouse starring Sacha Baron Cohen for Working Title Films.
He is founder and co-owner of the UK independent record label, Breakbeat Kaos, which released Pendulum's platinum selling album, Hold Your Colour; he is also co-owner of the drum and bass website, Dogs on Acid.
In early 2007, under the guidance of Hollywood talent manager Stacey Castro, Adam entered the world of acting and was immediately cast in his first film role, the British indie crime thriller The Heavy. In December 2007, Adam also co-starred in a British feature film, Cuckoo, a thriller about sound and lies, co-starring Richard E. Grant and Laura Fraser, directed by Richard Bracewell.
Family
His father is the pop singer and actor, Alvin Stardust.
