Young British sound engineer Mike Pelancoli was first exposed to reggae as a teenager wandering the bustling West Indian markets of Shepherd’s Bush on hot summer days. Amid stalls selling produce, housewares, and trinkets, Jamaican soundmen would set up shop, filling the air with reggae. Before long, Pelancoli was helping engineer reggae sides at London’s Lion Studios, where he rubbed elbows with reggae luminaries like Roy Shirley, Yellowman, and Little Roy. In 2005, Pelancoli cut a bubbling roots-style reggae instrumental called “Nina’s Dance” under the name Prince Fatty. The tune was part of a promotion for the California-based clothing brand Stussy and was an instant underground success. A series of similar singles followed in the wake of “Nina’s Dance," and a Prince Fatty full-length, Survival of the Fattest, emerged in 2008. Supersize is Prince Fatty’s second proper full-length and his most focused by far. With the help of a formidable roster of reggae veterans (including many pals from his Lion Studios days, like Little Roy and Winston Francis), Prince Fatty tackles a compelling mix of reggae standards and original tunes.