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Timber-Lee, now 26, who grew up in Mandeville, says she fell in love with dancehall because of its fresh, fast-paced and often humorous lyrics. "Like when people like Elephant Man used to sing about 'gyal from yuh know di shoes wha yuh have on a yours' and I really started to listen and wonder if I could catch that. Then I used to just listen and practise and my friends would be like 'yuh know yuh sound just like Kartel?' Then I was at 'Fully Loaded' in 2000 and heard the clash between Matterhorn and Fire Links and yow, it bad so till I even went and got the CD and learnt the whole CD. Then that's what got me into it hardcore. Then I went back to Miami to FIU and while I was there I just wrote a song about me and my friends and that was Prada and Gucci," she said.
Timber-Lee Heaven brings glamour to her dancehall game.
You have to be brave to hang around Miss Timber-Lee Heaven. You always have to be prepared for her to launch into an unexpected deed, not to mention be on the lookout for her sometimes brutal honesty.
'Timmy', as she is often called, is not unfamiliar with starting a conversation with a complete stranger, doing so as though she were picking up where she left off a few minutes earlier, and is always cracking a joke. It doesn't appear as if she's doing it to 'set you at ease'; instead, it's just who she is.
It's this daredevil personality, coupled with 'in your face' lyrics, that created a buzz on the dancehall scene some years ago, starting with Prada and Gucci, Boom Wine and, more recently, Bubble Like Soup.
Much later, quite by chance, she met Kunley of Ward 21 at Vendetta Studios. Timber-Lee demanded the then stranger assist her in writing a song. That turned out to be Bubble Like Soup, but after completing it she wasn't happy with the results and decided to keep the song to herself. Some time passed and she recorded the song for her god-brother, DJ Bambino. Even then she still didn't like it, saying it didn't fit the rhythm and even after asking Bambino for permission to voice Bubble Like Soup for Ward 21, which she did - surprise, surprise, she still didn't like the results. "It's just my personality. I will always hear the things that I think are wrong with it, even though people will tell me that the songs are good," Timber-Lee said. She even had a falling out of sorts with Kudley over it. Then he made her listen to the finished product and with the excitement of her best friend, who said "it sell off!", Timmy was finally convinced. It took Bubble like Soup one year to finally spill over unto the public.
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