| Earl Sixteen / Reggae Ambassador |
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| Album: | Reggae Ambassador | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Earl Sixteen | Added: | 01/2008 | |
| Label: | Cousins Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-01-13 | Pull Date: | 2008-03-16 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 16 Mar | 9 Mar | 2 Mar | 24 Feb | 17 Feb | 10 Feb | 3 Feb | 27 Jan |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 21, 2011: | New World Disorder Growing Budds | 4. | Apr 17, 2008: | Happy Hour Universal Love | |
| 2. | Aug 20, 2011: | New World Disorder Growing Budds | 5. | Mar 28, 2008: | New World Disorder Youths Of Today | |
| 3. | Dec 26, 2008: | Post Holiday Traumatic Stress Disorder Gangsta Paradise, Growing Budds | 6. | Mar 27, 2008: | Happy Hour Reggae Ambassador |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2008-01-14 | ||
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Earl Sixteen – Reggae Ambassador Reviewed by Sadie O., 1/8/08 Pure Roots Rock Reggae and Rastafarianism. Really lovely tenor vocals and classic sounding riddims highlight the record. Earl has been singing for years, but suddenly this record is a huge hit – topping the Reggae charts all over right now. Unlike virtually everything else on the Reggae charts right now, it doesn’t suck at all! Ha! No FCCs detected – all righteous. I like 7, 9 and 15 best. 1. 2:27 spoken exhortation with orchestral background. Chunky nyahbinghi beat after a minute or so. More of an intro than a song. 2. 3:55 **funky midtempo roots bubble. Hard times lament. 3. 2:43 **pretty minimalist bubble with prominent keyboards, armagideon time lyrics. 4. 3:05 ***minimalist skank, fun squeepy guitar effect, lovely vocals. 5. 2:57 ***strong, very downtempo roots bubble, vocal harmonies a bit reminiscent of Israel Vibration. Bun dung Babylon lyrics. 6. 3:00 **relaxed midtempo bubble about the history of Reggae. 7. 3:32 ****sweet midtempo skank with syndrum and melodica, vocal harmonies, praise of the music lyrics. 8. 2:51 **midtempo minimalist skank, pretty singing about Ethiopia as the fatherland. 9. 3:14 ****uptempo Rock Steady bounce with fine production, lament about gangland. Abrupt ending. 10. 5:00 **midtempo skank, heartfelt vocals, and a bit of whistling, cover of a Simply Red song (!) 11. 3:19 **downtempo skank, song about dancing and happiness… 12. 2:22 ***midtempo skank with a fair amount of dub, rather amusing lyrics. 13. 3:48 **nice bouncy skank, love gone wrong lyrics. 14. 3:38 **uptempo skank, slightly dubby, Jah love lyric.. 15. 5:12 ****midtempo skank, the obligatory love song to pot. Yay! | ||
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