Gentleman

Tilmann Otto (born 19 April 1974), better known by his stage name Gentleman, is a German reggae musician.

Personal life Gentleman lives in the Neubrück area of Cologne. He is the son of a Lutheran pastor and is the father of two children named Samuel and Charly. He is married to Tamika, a singer which has supported him since his first concert tour of Germany in 2002. Although regularly on tour and in the studio, Gentleman generally considers himself a rather family oriented person, which becomes apparent in his music projects such as his long-player Journey to Jah, which was inspired by the birth of his first son Samuel. His song Mama from the collaborative album Conversations that he recorded with Ky-Mani Marley deals with his deep spiritual relationship to his mother.

Music

Gentleman has travelled to Jamaica regularly since he was 18 years old. In 2005, Gentleman performed with Mamadee with the song "Lass los" representing North Rhine-Westphalia in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005, placing 15th with 10 points.

After ten years releasing music under the label Four Music he moved to Universal in 2010.

Discography

Albums Year Title Chart positions GER AUT SWI NED FRA 1999 Trodin On 59 – – – – – 2002 Journey to Jah 14 19 21 – – – 2003 Gentleman & The Far East Band Live 15 10 34 – – – 2004 Confidence 1 1 4 – – – 2007 Another Intensity 2 5 2 72 75 – 2010 Diversity 1 2 2 – 146 37 2011 Diversity Live – – – – – – 2012 Live Your Life (with Richie Stephens) – – – – – – 2013 New Day Dawn 6 10 8 – – – 2014 MTV Unplugged 8 14 14 – – – 2016 Conversations 8 6 4 – – – 2017 The Selection 14 17 22 – – – 2020 Blaue Stunde – – – – – – 2022 Mad World – – – – – – 2026 Gratitude – – – – – –

Singles Year Title Chart positions GER SWI 1998 "Tabula Rasa" (feat. Freundeskreis & Mellowbag) 13 18 6 1998 "In the Heat of the Night"Trodin On – – – 1999 "Jah Jah Never Fail"Trodin On – – – 2002 "Leave Us Alone"Journey to Jah 78 – – 2002 "Dem Gone"Journey to Jah 81 – – 2003 "Runaway"Journey to Jah 65 – – 2003 "Rainy Days" (feat. Tamika & Martin Jondo)Gentleman & The Far East Band Live 88 – – 2003 "Widerstand" (feat. Curse) 45 – – 2004 "Superior"Confidence 20 20 76 2005 "Isyankar" (feat. Mustafa Sandal) 6 11 4 2005 "Intoxication"Confidence 33 58 – 2005 "Send a Prayer"Confidence 75 – – 2006 "On We Go" / "Caan Hold Us Down"Confidence & Soundtrack Hui Buh 58 48 76 2007 "Different Places"Another Intensity 42 65 – 2007 "Serenity"Another Intensity 81 – 88 2007 "Zeit zu verstehen (This Can't Be Everything)" (Azad feat. Gentleman)Blockschrift 30 72 – 2008 "Soulfood" / "Lack of Love" (feat. Sizzla)Another Intensity – – – 2009 "Changes"Diversity – – – 2010 "It No Pretty"Diversity 19 24 33 2010 "Roots to Grow" (Stefanie Heinzmann feat. Gentleman)Roots to Grow 16 56 61 2010 "To the Top" (feat. Christopher Martin)Diversity 13 51 23 2013 "You Remember"New Day Dawn 19 24 33 2013 "Heart of a Rub-a-Dub"New Day Dawn (deluxe) 77 – – 2016 "Ahnma" (Beginner feat. Gzuz and Gentleman) 8 55 65 2017 "Ovaload" (feat. Sean Paul) 78 – – 2017 "Shake Away" – – 71 2017 "Roots" (RAF Camora feat. Gentleman) 42 36 52 2017 "iD" (Michael Patrick Kelly feat. Gentleman) 57 – 60 2018 "Like a Lion" (Mark Forster feat. Gentleman) 38 – 64 2020 "Devam" (featuring Luciano and Ezhel) 9 27 48 2020 "Schöner Tag" (with Sido) 27 49 38

EPs 1999: Heat of the Night 1999: Jah Jah Never Fail 2002: Leave Us Alone 2002: Dem Gone 2003: Rainy Days 2003: Runaway 2004: Superior 2005: Intoxication 2005: Send a Prayer 2006: On We Go / Caan Hold Us Down 2007: Different Places 2007: Serenity 2008: Soulfood / Lack of Love 2010: It No Pretty 2010: To the Top 2010: Lonely Days

DVDs 2003: Gentleman & The Far East Band Live 2011: Diversity Live