他的首次錄音成品是一首幽閉恐怖的單曲"Nothing's Clean"出現在1991年為慈善籌款的拼盤"The Hard Sell"中。同年,作為massive attack的主要成員兼代言人,Tricky在樂隊的首張輝煌的專輯"Blue Lines"中創作演唱了kamacoma, Five man army等三首歌曲,接下來在1994年tricky在Protection里又多了2首,但他並沒成為樂隊的核心。
這個工作成果於1994年露面,當時Trip hop這個詞還沒有出現。 "Aftermath"是慢板的、催眠的、裊繞於心的Hip Hop、Blues的風格,緊接著Ponderosa則醉人地嘟囔著"我喝酒直至酩酊大醉,我抽菸直至神智不清",最後被搖搖欲墜直至高潮。他的第一張專輯Maxinquaye(以它的母親Maxine Quaye命名),於1995年正式發行。這張沒有得到許多評價的唱片居然很快成了英國唱片排行榜的第二名,在一次全國民意投票中,這張唱片也獲得了最佳的評價。當時每個沉浸於音樂音樂的人都在談論Massive Attack和Portishead,但這張專輯讓每個人都大吃一驚,在麻醉的錄音效果和直白的節奏下面,隱藏著Tricky的妄想狂、幽閉症、恐懼和性衝動,tricky和martina以他的音樂風格方向和她的那種無辜的魅惑力合力構造了一種清晰的催眠式聲音。隨即Tricky在全英國大紅大紫,他的部分作品也被許多諸如Bjork的大牌藝人翻唱。當年秋天,他又和美國的硬核rap組合the Gravediggaz合作出版了《Tricky Vs. the Gravediggaz》並以Starving Souls這個名字發表了單曲"I Be the Prophet"。
Originally, Tricky was a member of the Wild Bunch, a Bristol-based rap troupe that eventually metamorphosed into Massive Attack during the early '90s. Tricky provided pivotal raps on Massive Attack's groundbreaking 1992 album, Blue Lines. The following year, he released his debut single, "Aftermath." Before he recorded "Aftermath," he met a teenage vocalist named Martina, who would become his full-time musical collaborator; all albums released under Tricky's name feature her contributions.
Tricky signed a contract with 4th & Broadway in 1994. The contract contained a clause which allowed him to release side projects under different names, in addition to regular Tricky releases. "Ponderosa" and "Overcome" were released over the course of 1994; that same year, he made a cameo on Massive Attack's second album, Protection. Tricky's debut album, Maxinquaye, appeared in the spring of 1995. Not only did the album receive overwhelmingly positive reviews when it was released, but it entered the U.K. charts at number two, despite the total lack of daytime radio airplay. Throughout 1995, Tricky was omnipresent in the U.K., collaborating with and remixing for a wide variety of artists, including Björk, Luscious Jackson, and Whale. In the fall of 1995, he released Tricky Vs. the Gravediggaz, a collaboration with the American hardcore rap group, as well as a single called "I Be the Prophet," which was released under the name Starving Souls. At the end of the year, Maxinquaye topped many year-end polls in Britain, including Melody Maker and NME.
In February of 1996, Nearly God — an album featuring Tricky's collaborations with artists as diverse as Terry Hall, Björk, Alison Moyet, and Neneh Cherry — was released, again to strong reviews; the album was released in the U.S. six months later. After completing the second full-fledged Tricky album, he relocated to New York City early in 1996, where he began working with underground rappers. An EP called Grassroots was released in the U.S. in September. Two months later, Tricky's official second album, Pre-Millenium Tension, was released. Again, Tricky received positive reviews, though there were a few dissenting opinions.
In addition to his three releases of 1996, he remixed artists as diverse as Elvis Costello, Garbage, Yoko Ono, and Bush. Tricky's next full-length solo effort, Angels With Dirty Faces, appeared in 1998, followed a year later by Juxtapose, a collaboration with Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs and DMX's Grease. In 2001, Tricky returned with the Mission Accomplished EP, which was released by Epitaph's subsidiary label Anti. Blowback, his first for Hollywood Records, appeared later that June and included various collaborations with Hawkman, Live's Ed Kowalczyk, and Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis and John Frusciante.
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Vulnerable、A Ruff Guide、BlowBack、Juxtapose、Angels With Dirty Faces、Pre-Millennium Tension、Nearly God、Maxinquaye等。