Ghetto Priest / Vulture Culture |
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Album: | Vulture Culture | Collection: | Reggae | |
Artist: | Ghetto Priest | Added: | May 2003 | |
Label: | On-U Sound (Usa) |
A-File Activity |
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Add Date: | 2003-08-25 | Pull Date: | 2003-10-27 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
Week Ending: | Oct 5 | Sep 7 | Aug 31 |
Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Sep 09, 2007: | Raymundos stunt double Dungeon | 4. | Oct 26, 2005: | BubbaDubba Strange Cargo | |
2. | Mar 15, 2006: | The Dub Space Masters of Deception | 5. | Sep 29, 2003: | Told You So! Dungeon | |
3. | Feb 15, 2006: | The Dub Space Strange Cargo | 6. | Sep 04, 2003: | Civil Society Strange Cargo |
Album Review |
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Gabe Reviewed 2003-08-18 | ||
Heavy reggae grooves from Adrian Sherwood and the On-U gang, and what could well be the core of the next On-U gang – Bubblers Ogilvie on drums and Marley Wright on guitar and soulful, conscious vocals. Priest has sung with African Head Charge, Asian Dub Foundation, and others. Some of this is digi-dub with vocals (lots of electronic – and maybe a bit lifeless – riddim tracks) and some borders on metal (particularly the aggressively noisy guitar parts). The rest runs from roots to R&B to dancehall. 1. Aw, this is almost pleasant with its tropical, loping rhythm … but wait, the lyrics are about being in a dungeon, albeit metaphorical 2. Shards of distorted guitar bring this alive; chunky rhythm 3. Priest hands the mic to deep-voiced Simon Bogle for a ragamuffin recital over a slick bassline and cool slide guitar 4. An upbeat rhythm, lyrics about the slave trade 5. Eh … 6. Slower, lazy rhythm 7. Soulful, slow 8. Passably funky fast groove 9. Simple riddim, fast-talking rap, goofiness, and dub FX 10. What, my third eye? “Visionary … enlightenment.”; feel-good vibe 11. Overlapping, breakbeat-ish rhythms but dull vox 12. Urge to “rise up” … so more conscious lyrics over an easy groove; the pipe/whistle is a nice touch |
Track Listing |
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1. | Dungeon | 7. | Minds | |||
2. | Masters of Deception | 8. | Show Them | |||
3. | Dry Bone | 9. | Boom Fire | |||
4. | Strange Cargo | 10. | Visionary | |||
5. | Earthquake in Heart of Rome | 11. | Come Now | |||
6. | System of the Lost Cause Man | 12. | Rise Up |