Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Soul II Soul were a British act that emerged from London at the end of the 1980s . The group initially attracted attention as a sound system, playing records at house and street parties (where their clothing style - dubbed "Funki Dred" - quickly made a splash, inspiring them to start a line of clothing). Founded by Jazzie B and featuring a changing roster of other musicians - notably Nellee Hooper, Simon Law, Phillip ''Daddae'' Harvey and Caron Wheeler - Soul II Soul''s experiments in music-making of their own resulted in the dub plate "Fairplay," which secured them a deal with Virgin Records.