Rose, Mykal / Showdown Inna Bloody Town
Album: Showdown Inna Bloody Town   Collection:Reggae
Artist:Rose, Mykal   Added:Jul 2013
Label:Foreign Key Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2013-07-14 Pull Date: 2013-09-15 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Sep 8 Sep 1 Aug 18 Aug 11 Aug 4 Jul 28 Jul 21
Airplays: 1 1 1 2 2 3 2

Recent Airplay
1. Sep 15, 2013: New World Disorder
Youths Of Oakland
4. Aug 11, 2013: New World Disorder
Youths Of Oakland
2. Sep 01, 2013: New World Disorder
Gunfighter (Ethio-Beat Version)
5. Aug 10, 2013: Music Casserole
Dubfighter
3. Aug 25, 2013: New World Disorder
Dubfighter
6. Aug 04, 2013: New World Disorder
Gunfighter (Ethio-Beat Version)

Album Review
Sadie O.
Reviewed 2013-07-14
Mykal Rose – Showdown Inna Bloody Town
Reviewed by Sadie O., 7/14/13
Reggae, and I guess you’d call some of this “post-dancehall”. Mykal Rose is better known as Michael Rose, former lead singer of Black Uhuru. Still has vocal inflections and lyrical focus on decrying inner city violence. 4 tracks, 4 dubs/remixes, all good.
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1. 4:24 **funky midtempo riddim with a smidge of Blaxploitation. Rather laidback feel, given the subject. Nice bass and horns.
2. 4:13 ***dramatic midtempo skank with prominent syndrum, fine vocals.
3. 5:11 ****slow skank with lots of mildly woobly sounds, bemoaning violent times.
4. 4:23 ****remake of the Black Uhuru hit “Youths of Eglington” with focus on Bay Area… Yikes! Downtempo, swingy, dubby.
5. 4:37 *****vocal intro, dub version of the funky riddim from track 1. Really good!
6. 3:56 ***dub of track 3. Moody and nice. Sweet backing vocals singing “bloody, bloody town” particularly incongruous…
7. 4:26 ***Hip Hop remix of track 1, rather downtempo with electronics and scratching.
8. 4:24 *****remix of track 1, focus on the Blaxploitation/crime movie soundtrack element of the riddim. No vocals, but the music is great. Awesome bass sax solo.

Track Listing
1. Gunfighter   5. Dubfighter
2. Dutty Road   6. Bloody Dub
3. Bloody Town   7. Gunfighter (Kca-1 Remix)
4. Youths Of Oakland   8. Gunfighter (Ethio-Beat Version)