Tricky often features vocally in his own productions and Chris Corner provided vocals for late albums with his group Sneaker Pimps.

He often composed specifically for the style and skills of these individuals, such as " Jeep's Blues " for Johnny Hodges, " Concerto for Cootie " for Cootie Williams, which later became " Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me " with Bob Russell's lyrics, and " The Mooche " for Tricky Sam Nanton and Bubber Miley.

The more abstract Autechre and Aphex Twin around this time were releasing early records in the " intelligent techno " or so-called intelligent dance music ( IDM ) style, while other Bristol-based musicians such as Tricky, Leftfield, Massive Attack and Portishead were experimenting with the fusion of electronic textures with hip-hop, R & B rhythms to form what became known as trip-hop.

The Wild Bunch signed a record deal and evolved into Massive Attack, a core collective of 3D, Mushroom and Daddy G, with significant contributions from Tricky Kid ( soon shortened to Tricky ) and Hooper on production duties, along with a rotating cast of other vocalists.

Although Tricky stayed on in a lesser role, and Hooper again produced, the fertile dance music scene of the early ' 90s had informed the record, and it was seen as an even more significant shift away from the Wild Bunch era.

He received the nickname ' Tricky Kid ' and at 18 he became a member of the Fresh 4, a rap group built from The Wild Bunch.

In fact, the Maxinquaye album review by the Rolling Stone magazine read, " Tricky devoured everything from American hip-hop and soul to reggae and the more melancholic strains of 80s British rock.

In the song " Tricky Kid " from Pre-Millennium Tension, he wrote " As long as you're humble / Let you be the king of jungle.

The album features vocals from Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell on " Time of Your Life " and Shifty Shellshock of Los Angeles rock and rap band Crazy Town on " Starry Eyed Surprise "; Ice Cube on " Get Em Up "; and Tricky and Nelly Furtado on " The Harder They Come ".

track " It's Tricky " from their 1986 album Raising Hell.

* Tricky Dicky ( 1976-93 )-cover star from 1979 until 1986.

Fox rescues Prince Tricky, a young dinosaur of the EarthWalker tribe, from the Sharpclaw tribe.

* Tricky Dicky's Mission Impossible, a character from the children's television show, ZZZap !.

In 1997 the band changed their name to Tricky Means, and from that point until 1999 their style was thoroughly worked upon and ultimately was drastically changed, acquiring strong emphasis on the keyboard melodies and relying on an easily distinguishable rhythm line maintained both by the bass and the guitar.

* " Aftermath ", by Tricky from Maxinquaye

* " Excess ", a song by Tricky from the album Blowback

To prevent the planet from breaking up further, Fox must restore the Spellstones to the temples, with the help of the Queen's son, Prince Tricky.

The label had releases from artists such as Agent 23, Tricky Dick and Blueprint 76.

* Excerpts from the 31st edition of The Secret Guide to Computers & Tricky Living

They recorded a debut album that included production from Howie B, Tricky, Cutmaster Swift, DJ Mek and Sam Scuttery-Eye ; they were then dropped by Island Records, who kept the rights to the album but did not release it.

Tricky again appeared on the album, rapping on the tracks " Karmacoma " ( whose video was directed by Jonathan Glazer, and which featured a sample from The KLF's " Dream Time in Lake Jackson " at the 2: 00 minute mark ) and " Eurochild " ( which featured samples from Startled Insects ' " Cheetah " and Liquid Liquid's " Lock Groove ( In )").

Far from restricting themselves to the Jamaican scene, ( in which they have played for virtually every prominent Jamaican musical artist from Beenie Man to Sean Paul to Peter Tosh, Black Uhuru, Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Ini Kamoze and others ), they have played with and produced artists such as Ben Harper, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones, Grace Jones, Joan Armatrading, Gilberto Gil, Joe Cocker, Matisyahu, Serge Gainsbourg, Simply Red, Michael Franti, Sting, Khaled, Mey Vidal, Tricky, Doug E. Fresh, Carlos Santana, Sinéad O ' Connor, and others.

He featured on the song " Evolution Revolution Love ," from the 2001 Tricky album Blowback.

Culturally, Tricky blends different styles, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop culture.

Throughout his work, Tricky blurs the normally clear sexual definitions found within hip hop.

Tricky, a major trip hop artist.

After the success of Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky albums in 1994 and 1995, a new generation of trip hop artists emerged with a more standardized sound.

* Trip hop artist Tricky released an album named Angels with Dirty Faces.

The three rapping members ( without Prince Paul ) released a collaborative EP titled " The Hell EP " with UK trip hop artist Tricky in 1995.

" It is important to note that Tricky paid tribute to early hip-hop artists whose music was, and still is, influential in the hip-hop scene.

Other musicians, and at least one comedian, who have sung Numan's praises in recent years include Beck, Grant Nicholas, Tricky, Damon Albarn & Matt Sharp, Jarvis Cocker, Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, Noel Fielding and Afrika Bambaataa, who spoke of the influence Numan's music had on the fledgling American DJ scene: " In the late 70s and early 80s Gary had the rhythms that DJs wanted to get hold of and people waited for his records on the dance floor.

Simmons joined Kid Rock's 2008 Rock N Roll Revival Tour, performing " It's Like That ", " It's Tricky ", " You Be Illin '", " Run's House ", " Here We Go ", " King of Rock " and " Walk This Way " with Kid Rock.

The Wild Bunch and its associates included at various times in its existence the MC Adrian " Tricky Kid " Thaws, the graffiti artist and lyricist Robert " 3D " Del Naja, and the DJs Nellee Hooper, Andrew " Mushroom " Vowles and Grant " Daddy G " Marshall.

Tricky also released his debut solo album, Maxinquaye, in 1995-to great critical acclaim.

Within a year Tricky had released two more full-length albums which were considered even more challenging, without finding the same popularity as his Bristol contemporaries Massive Attack and Portishead.

This may be partly due to the fact that several acts were inspired by post punk bands ; Tricky and Massive Attack both covered and sampled songs of Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Cure.

Tricky opened his second album Nearly God by a version of " Tattoo ", a pre-trip-hop song of Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Tricky ( born Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws, 27 January 1968 ) is an English musician and actor.

Tricky was born in Knowle West, Bristol, England to a Jamaican father and a mixed-race Ghanaian-English mother.

In an interview, Tricky said: " Prison was really good.

Some time later she came to his house, and mentioned to Tricky and Mark Stewart that she could sing.

Tricky showed " Aftermath " to Massive Attack, but they were not interested.

Tricky left Massive Attack to release his debut album, Maxinquaye.

The album was a massive success and Tricky was catapulted to international fame, something he was notably uncomfortable with.

Tricky was able to do so much with his music by incorporating different musical genres in his sound, but ultimately making sure he made the overall product his own.