| Various Artists / Culture Dem 2 |
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| Album: | Culture Dem 2 | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Sep 2006 | |
| Label: | Luster Kings Productions | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-09-24 | Pull Date: | 2006-11-26 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Nov 26 | Nov 19 | Nov 5 | Oct 29 | Oct 22 | Oct 15 | Oct 8 | Oct 1 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 05, 2006: | Disorderly Favorites of 2006 Liberation | 4. | Nov 14, 2006: | New World Disorder Straight Up | |
| 2. | Nov 23, 2006: | New Thanksgiving Disorder Unity Is Strength | 5. | Oct 31, 2006: | New World Disorder Share Some Knowledge | |
| 3. | Nov 21, 2006: | New World Disorder Liberation | 6. | Oct 29, 2006: | Afro Rhythms Liberation |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2006-09-01 | ||
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[coll]: Culture Dem 2 (Lustre Kings) Reviewed by Sadie O., 9/1/06 Six roots rock reggae riddims with interpretations by almost as many singers/dancehall rappers. It’s often interesting to see the different interpretations of the same riddim by different people – and in this case there are a surprisingly high number of really great tracks. No FCCs detected. NB: The track listing on the back shows which songs use which riddim, but it is NOT the true order of the songs on the CD! Please refer to the order given in the review. Too many favorites to list, sorry! Maybe 5, 14, and 18… 1. ***4:07 Beauty Of The Beast Jah Dan Of Noble Society midtempo roots rock reggae riddim with a bit of melodica; interesting vocals –sort of chanting/rapping in harmony 2. *3:24 Breath Of Life Empress Michiboo rather overwrought, rather young-sounding female vocals about being a black woman. 3. **3:40 Free Up Jah Marcus keyboard-based midtempo bubble, high tenor male singing about freedom 4. ***4:09 Homegrown Anthony B fun dancehall-style rap about herb 5. ****4:03 Liberation Yami Bolo & Capleton terrific classic roots skank with fine singing and hot dancehall rap 6. ***3:45 Love Ina Yu Heart Spragga Benz cool syncopated riddim, great positive vibe dancehall rap 7. ***4:24 Man Of Truth Natty King & Al Pancho smooth bubble, pretty male vocals and harmonies, classic style toast 8. **4:12 Music Is Life Turbulence same smooth riddim, startlingling pretty singing from Turbulence, with rather insipid female backing vocals, unfortunately. 9. ****3:50 Never Get Me Down Jah Mason forceful and positive, with just the right amount of crazed delivery in the dancehall rap 10. **3:24 No Politics Mark Sessam smooth groove with sax, sweet singing and harmonies, interesting contrast to strident message. 11. ****4:14 See The Wicked Run Natty King swinging downtempo groove, beautiful male vocals, great sound. 12. ***4:04 Share Some Knowledge Jah Mason cool bubble, moderately lunatic dancehall rap with smooth female backing vocals. 13. ***4:07 Spread The Love Lutan Fyah & Yami Bolo syncopated riddim, sweet vocals, interesting combination of vocal styles, but I could do without the slick female backing vocals. 14. ****3:34 Straight Up Natural Black swinging downtempo riddim, fairly looned out dancehall rap about honesty – nice.. 15. ****4:14 Stress Free Lutan Fyah cool midtempo bubble, two vocal tracks, good sound 16. ****4:25 Unity Is Strength Luciano & Al Pancho cool downtempo skank, another interesting vocal combination between Luciano’s sweet singing and Pancho’s odd baritone rap. Extra star for upful message. 17. ***4:13 Welcome To Say Norrisman same riddim, pretty male singing and rather odd dancehall delivery from the same guy. Interesting… 18. ****4:28 What Will They Think Luciano somewhat upbeat riddim, great singing by Luciano, good lyrics 19. ****3:34 Who Yu Determine & Rankin' Scroo the cool syncopated riddim again, really cool dancehall rap from two artists, overly slick female backing vocals don’t kill vibe… | ||
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