‘Remix King’ Elephant Man recreates 1960’s classic

Elephant Man once again proved why he's dubbed the 'King of Remix' as his recent seductive cover of American singer Connie Francis' ' Pretty Little Baby' has excited fans with the 90's dancehall vibe he brought to it.

His version, titled Pretty Baby, has left tongues wagging about his ability to seamlessly remake songs into his own.

"The fans been asking for some a dis and it's just creativity, same like when I did [my 2011 hit] Too Bad Mind [which copies the gospel track Hear My Cry Oh Lord]. Suh it's just creativity and giving fans in the dancehall space different genres of music," Elephant Man told THE WEEKEND STAR.

"Wid Pretty Baby mi just a show dem versatility and supmn weh you grow up pon and supmn weh yuh wudda relate to if it come across back inna di dancehall space di right way by putting di right lyrics dem towards it and talking about di ladies. To me, a woman run dancehall - from yuh a talk di tings dem fi di girl dem and yuh a seh di right ting dem, yuh good," he said.

"All yuh affi duh a just bring it cross di dancehall space di right way because I'm mixing di singing wid di deejaying and di ladies love it. I even went and I remake the Pretty Little Baby riddim and seh wi a gi di fans dem supmn different, yuh zeet - di ole Elephant Man is back, shizzle! Good to go!" he uttered with a laugh.

Francis' 1962 original has since made a viral resurgence on social media platforms with several creatives, content creators and artistes adding their own unique twist and originality to the track just weeks prior to the singer's untimely death.

However, Elephant Man's dancehall version, with a seductive but raunchy melodic flow, has been an anthem since the visuals were released two weeks ago. But in the heat of all the excitement around his viral moment, he expressed condolences to the Francis family.

"Yuh know I did the song di Monday and she passed away the Wednesday and when I mixed it to release it the Wednesday, I saw everybody posting pictures with her and saying she passed away and I'm like 'What?'. It was very sad - like a bittersweet moment fa me. Suh to her family, I seh condolences but fadda God a show seh she gone but she's not forgotten. She's a great, great artiste and yuh can see di mark because she leave it pon di whole a wi. But mi affi give har credit fi mek Elephant Man come and a share a part of her marvellous work wid wi dancehall community," he said.

Recently, Elephant Man also did a version of Moliy's Shake It To The Max when he dropped the track Dancing To The Max which also received a flood of reactions from fans.

"What captivated me about that why I do the remix was the dancing because nobody was talking about di dancing, everybody just doing it. Skillibeng guh pon it and guh ' Badman shi love,' Shenseea a seh ' Caribbean Gyal' and Moliy a tell yuh fi ' Shake it to di max'. But me a seh ' Yuh nuffi fear wi juss waah buss a dance'. I was talking about the dance she [Moliy] put out there. It was so viral and creative but nobody did nothing about it," he said, adding that he couldn't allow his "creative idea to go to waste".

With his supporters lauding him once again as 'The Remix King' he expressed deep gratitude to them for always trusting his creativity.