I can not sleep. Might as well make myself useful. It's 4:30 am, Wednesday morning. I'm thinking about eating the leftover spaghetti in the fridge from yesterday. But it's kinda yucky sauce. Oh, I know I could add some spices and fix it up, but, well, it's 4:30 am in the morning for cryin' out loud. How you gonna expect me to get up and start cooking. Ha. Instead I'll work on my boyish figure and starve a little while longer.
Onward to the Reggae Review!
The first CD in my collection up for review is one of my favorites.
Of course, if your not into reggae- none of these reviews will mean anything to you- and frankly, your stupid for reading a review blog on a type of music you don't like.
This CD is so good that I scratched it up from use and had to re-buy it, which I gladly did.
On Out | Here Records, comes a compilation from Africa.
1. Peter Miles - Owange - Ugandan dancehall star
2. East African Reggae Bashment Crew - Africa unite - Kenyan Duo Necessary Noize & Ugandan Reggae Star Bebe Cool
3. 994 Crew - Bad boy - Mauritanian dancehall crew
4. Tiken Jah Fakoly - Tonton d'America - Reggae Star from Ivory Coast
5. Leo Muntu - Wachita over - Popstar from Zambia
6. Dully Sykes - Handsome - Tanzania Bongo Flava Star
7. H2O ft. Zubz - African - Jo'burg's Township Hiphop Duo H20 ft. Zubz, the last letter
8. The Danfo Drivers - Sensimillia - Mad Melon & Mountain Black representing Lagos biggest ghetto Ajegunle
9. Necessary Noize - Bless my room - Kenya's first Lady Nazizi & The Lovechild Wyre are Necessary Noize
10. Baay Sooley ft. Carlou D & Country Man - Wouty Zion - Senegals Reggae Artist known to be part of Positive Black Soul
11. Bantu ft. Positive Black Soul - One Vibe One Flow pt.2 - B.A.N.T.U: Brotherhood alliance navigating towards unity
12. Alif - Wooyo - Dakar female rap trio
13. Rebellion the Recaller ft. Suns of Light - We must Rebel - Gambian Reggae Star ft Gambian based Production Team
14. Sydney Salmon & The Twelve Tribe of Israel Band - Shashamane on my mind - Jamaican born reggae singer Sydney Salmon repatriated to Ethiopia
15. Teba - Gatyeni
The Original Social Worker Teba representing the cape flat Gugulethu
The Original Social Worker Teba representing the cape flat Gugulethu
16. Small Axe ft. Robert Slay - Love somebody
17. Batman Samini ft. Gogome - Lambori - Best of All Time BATMAN Samini the ghanaian raingod
18. Dread Maxim - Jah Fire outro - Senegalese reggae Singer
From the first track to the last, it scorches with complex rhythms, mellow melodies, interwoven vocals, all giving a fresh sound not typically heard on what is often available in this genre.
Tracks 1-3 are upbeat and require dancing
Track 4 has a smooth and deep melody.
Track 7 has a haunting vibe, even as it breaks out into straight rap.
Track 11 embodies the overall feel of this comp. While the you are dancing to the most accessible rhythm ever created, your are enchanted and mesmerized by the complex melody that lingers in your head, long after the last note has faded from your speakers.
Final Vote: *****Get it. Now.
Maximum Pressure Records put out a comp from Philip Fattis Birrell's label, Xterminator, of modern roots reggae that include notable artists such as Sizzla, Luciano, Ini Kamoze, Coco Tea and Capleton.
Rough Inna Town Track List
1.Rough Inna Town — Luciano & Coco Tea
2.Life's Road — Sizzla
3.Love Jah And Live — Luciano
4.Jah Kingdom — Luciano & Capelton
5.Harvest Time — Chezidek
6.Who Is Laughing — Sizzla & Ninjaman<
7.Gunzalis — Luciano
8.Gunzalis Dub — The X-Terminator Crew
9.Hill and Gully Ride (Remix) — Ini Kamoze
10.Many Have Fallen — Mikey General
11.Rebel With A Cause — Luciano, Josey Wales and Charllie Chaplin
12.As For Now — Sizzla
13.Trod In The Valley — Jah Cure
14.How U Livin' — Ini Kamoze
15.Psalms 24 — Mutabaruka & Luciano
16.We Pray Jah — Malachi & Turbulence
17.We Will Make It — L.M.S.
18.Repatriation Dub — The X-Terminator Crew
Final vote: ****if it's your thing you should definitely have this already.
The third is my favorite of the three.
Final vote: **decent
Final Vote: *** if it's your thing, it's worth getting
Rough Inna Town Track List1.Rough Inna Town — Luciano & Coco Tea
2.Life's Road — Sizzla
3.Love Jah And Live — Luciano
4.Jah Kingdom — Luciano & Capelton
5.Harvest Time — Chezidek
6.Who Is Laughing — Sizzla & Ninjaman<
7.Gunzalis — Luciano
8.Gunzalis Dub — The X-Terminator Crew
9.Hill and Gully Ride (Remix) — Ini Kamoze
10.Many Have Fallen — Mikey General
11.Rebel With A Cause — Luciano, Josey Wales and Charllie Chaplin
12.As For Now — Sizzla
13.Trod In The Valley — Jah Cure
14.How U Livin' — Ini Kamoze
15.Psalms 24 — Mutabaruka & Luciano
16.We Pray Jah — Malachi & Turbulence
17.We Will Make It — L.M.S.
18.Repatriation Dub — The X-Terminator Crew
Final vote: ****if it's your thing you should definitely have this already.
Finally, if your new to conscious dancehall, I have a few decent comps in my collection that are worth picking up. These are great introductory compilations to the genre's most popular artists.
The Kings of Zion series on Jet Star.
Final vote: **decent
Young Lions, also on Jet star.
Final Vote: *** if it's your thing, it's worth getting
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