| Perry, Lee "Scratch" / Master Piece |
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| Album: | Master Piece | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Perry, Lee "Scratch" | Added: | Nov 2012 | |
| Label: | Born Free Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-11-11 | Pull Date: | 2013-01-13 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jan 13 | Jan 6 | Dec 30 | Dec 23 | Dec 16 | Dec 9 | Dec 2 | Nov 25 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 04, 2013: | The Doldrummer Master Piece | 4. | Jan 05, 2013: | New World Disorder Mr. Upsetter (Funky Mix) | |
| 2. | Jan 11, 2013: | The Songsmith Show Mr. Upsetter (Dancehall Fusion Mix) | 5. | Dec 31, 2012: | Uncle Steve's Dance Party Mr. Upsetter (Funky Mix) | |
| 3. | Jan 10, 2013: | Franxisco Brouillard Must Stash Mr. Upsetter (Dancehall Fusion Mix) | 6. | Dec 27, 2012: | Franxico Brouillard Must Stash Mr. Upsetter |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2012-11-11 | ||
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Lee Scratch Perry – Master Piece Reviewed by Sadie O., 11/11/12 Dub/trance/etc (lots of etc – some tracks switch up completely several times, then there are different remixes of the same song…) As far as I can tell, it’s a producer named Born Free from Switzerland doing remixes of a Scratch EP (“employing some of the techniques of the Mad Professor”), featuring his own added, very stoned vocals on a couple of tracks. 10 tracks, 5 songs. Doesn’t sound promising, but some of the tracks are very good indeed. No FCCs detected. 1. 4:13 *jazzy piano, vague R&B female vocals… very subdued and slow swingy groove with only a hint of dub and not particularly Reggae, but Scratch can pretty much chat over any chune and give it soul… 2. 8:58 **totally dubbed up horn intro, then midtempo swingy one-drop riddim. Just when I’m totally loving it, switches to sad acoustic guitar and violins – what? Then some scratching, and uptempo rock steady! I like all the switching up, but I’m not totally down with every style switched… No Scratch apparent. 3. 11:45 ***dubby horn intro, swingy one-drop, Scratch chanting. False ending a bit over halfway through, back with electronic pulses and percussion. Trance-y, dubby, nice. 4. 4:27 ****fade-in to bouncy boopy electronic hip-wiggler, Scratch nonsense vocals and very stoned commentary by the producer. Cool riddim. 5. 4:19 ****same formula, but snarly electronics 6. 3:41 ****same formula, funky syncopated percussion. Goes ineplicably mellow at end. 7. 3:18 *this version starts all mellow with the stoned commentary up front. Gets better, but no reason to play this instead of one of the above versions. 8. 5:08 **Scratch preaches over electronic thump, then rather nebulous and cinematic production. Interesting. 9. 3:28 YECCH. Are you kidding me? 10. 2:24 *jazzy piano, female backing vocals, Scratch chanting, more electronics than track 1. | ||
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