| Various Artists / Reggae Now: Vol. 4 |
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| Album: | Reggae Now: Vol. 4 | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Apr 2008 | |
| Label: | Bogalusa Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-04-27 | Pull Date: | 2008-06-29 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jun 29 | Jun 15 | Jun 8 | Jun 1 | May 25 | May 18 | May 11 | May 4 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 24, 2008: | New World Disorder Put Down The Gun | 4. | May 31, 2008: | New World Disorder Put Down The Gun | |
| 2. | Jun 14, 2008: | New World Disorder Black Like A Tar | 5. | May 24, 2008: | New World Disorder How Do You Feel | |
| 3. | Jun 07, 2008: | New World Disorder How Do You Feel | 6. | May 24, 2008: | Disorder Lost, Disorder Found Babylon Boy |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2008-04-28 | ||
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[coll]: Reggae Now: Vol. 4 Reviewed by Sadie O., 4/24/08 Recent compilation of Reggae by some of the top current stars. The music isn’t exceptional – mostly pleasant midtempo, often a bit too commercially produced for my tastes. The vocals are all nice and vary widely in terms of interesting sound and lyrical content. Tracks 13-15 are shite love songs, but the rest are sociopolitical/Rasta and many are quite good. No FCCs detected. I lik 5, 6, 9, 12, and esp. 10 and 11. 1. **relaxed midtempo bubble, sweet singing (2 voices), rather minimalist sound. 2. **also relaxed midtempo with handdrums and organ – rather spiritual feel, hard times lyrics. 3. deep breathy spoken intro, relaxed bubble, female chorus. Nice enough male lead vocals. 4. **pretty, slightly uptempo skank, Luciano’s always attractive singing. 5. ***rather upbeat bubble, attractive male vocals. 6. ***similar riddim, fine dancehall vocals from Anthony B. 7. **slow, mellow nyahbinghi drum and jazzy sax, Jah protect lyrics, sort of a charm chant by the end. 8. **a bit random few seconds intro, then “Sizzla unplugged” – just vocals and acoustic guitar. Definitely a different sound – I think it’s pretty much extemporaneous, and with just bits of his usual crazy vocal sound. 9. ***midtempo skank, big horn section – interesting take on black pride. 10. ****rather forgettable midtempo bubble, but great dancehall vocals from one of the biggest new stars. 11. ****child chanting intro, then midtempo skank with a bit of dubby feel, the usual pretty vocal interplay from Morgan Heritage, anti-violence lyrics. Nice. 12. ***fairly strong midtempo skank, female dancehall vocals from a huge star, diatribe against money-grubbers. 13. Mellow bubble, forgettable love song. (note to singer: she’s leaving because you’re boring…) 14. Geeze, more of the same… 15. *pleasant bubble, love song, very commercial but inoffensive… 16. totally overused vocal effects – would be an ok song otherwise – back to Africa lyrics. | ||
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