Admiral Tibet

Admiral Tibet (sometimes Tibett), also known as "Mr. Reality" (born Kenneth Allen, Freehill, Saint Mary, Jamaica, 1960), is a Jamaican dancehall singer known for his "cultural" lyrics. His stance of lyrics was made in the song "Reality Time" from the album of the same name, which included the lyrics "Reality time, culture time, we want no slackness". He has been described as "the most consistently conscious singer of his age". Allen described how he got his nickname: "I was going primary school and my cousin, both of us were sitting together looking into an atlas, and saw the name 'Tibet'. My cousin took it as a mockery and seh 'Tibet! Tibet!' and it stuck." He recorded several more albums in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He appeared at the Reggae Sunsplash festival in 1989.

His hit "Serious Time" was later issued in remixed Discomix form with contributions from two-time Grammy winner Shabba Ranks and Ninjaman, signalling a reconciliation between the two deejays who had been bitter rivals for some time.

His voice has been described: "at its best has a convincing, vulnerable quality entirely suited to sufferers' laments."

Discography Come into the Light (1987) Live & Love The Time is Going to Come (1988) Puppy War in Babylon (1988) RAS Two Good to be True (1990) Blue Mountain (with Thriller U) Reality Time (1991) Digital B/VP Separate Class (1991) Digital B/VP Excitement (1995) Musidisc Weeping & Mourning (1997) Melodie Time Is Going to Come (1999) Rhino Try To Reach The Top (2000) Brick Wall Things That You Do (2000) TP Fire Fire Burning (2002) Heartbeat (with Michael Rose) Determination (2003-01-03) Humal Time Alone Will Tell (2003) Artists Only Running from Reality (2006) Super Power Gone nowhere(2015) EarlyDays Records, France