Skibu joined Humal Records (an independent label based in Birmingham, UK), in summer 1998. His first tune with Humal was Your Smile, a tribute to his late Mother who used to tell him "Don't give up, keep on trying." He heeded her advice to the letter and you can hear the echoes of this message in Your Smile. Both Your Smile and God Almighty were released on single by the end of the year, with copies being pressed at Tuff Gong in Jamaica after assistance was enlisted from Jam Style's Homer Harris, the man who discovered Luciano and Sizzla. By July 1999, Skibu's 15-track debut album Surround Me With Love was ready for final mixing, and his latest singles It's Not Enough and Call On Me were receiving rave reviews. On it's release on the Humal label in November 1999, *Surround Me With Love was hailed as the year's most refreshing debut album, and was widely praised for its many outstanding qualities.