| Rose, Mykal / Showdown Inna Bloody Town |
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| Album: | Showdown Inna Bloody Town | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Rose, Mykal | Added: | Jul 2013 | |
| Label: | Foreign Key Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| 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 |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2013-07-14 | ||
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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. No FCCs detected. 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 |
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| 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) |