| Rankin Scroo / Solid |
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| Album: | Solid | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Rankin Scroo | Added: | May 2008 | |
| Label: | Crucial Youth | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-05-11 | Pull Date: | 2008-07-13 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jul 6 | Jun 29 | Jun 8 | Jun 1 | May 25 | May 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 17, 2009: | Happy Hour Jah Bless | 4. | Jul 05, 2008: | New World Disorder Run Come | |
| 2. | Nov 13, 2008: | Happy Hour Jah Bless | 5. | Jun 24, 2008: | New World Disorder Above Dem | |
| 3. | Oct 23, 2008: | Happy Hour Jah Bless | 6. | Jun 07, 2008: | New World Disorder Jah Bless |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2008-05-12 | ||
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Rankin Scroo – Solid Reviewed by Sadie O., 5/9/08 Conscious Dancehall/Reggae by Bay Area singer and producer. Almost all of the riddims are entirely put together by Rankin Scroo himself, and although they’re interesting and mostly eminently listenable, I miss having some interplay of musicians. Vocals and lyrics are quite strong. No FCCs detected. I like 5 best, 1, 7 and 13 also quite good. 1. 4:05 ***starts with ticking and yells, then forceful dancehall. 2. 3:36 *starts with a bit of praying, then very mellow slow organ-based skank. Religious lyrics with female backing vocals. 3. 3:06 **often-used acoustic guitar nyahbinghi riddim, cool dancehall vocals 4. 4:00 tabla intro turns into bouncy midtempo skank, very commercial production. Love song. 5. 3:53 ****fine downtempo one-drop, simple but with layers of instrumentation, solid lyrics. 6. 2:56 **somewhat downtempo skank, political diatribe. 7. 3:40 ***downtempo organ-based skank with a bit of nyahbinghi drumming, some falsetto dancehall vocals a la Sizzla. 8. 4:23 **long intro, very sparse electronic riddim. 9. 3:35 execrable love song, custom made for BET, with sugar coating. 10. 3:37 *downtempo sparse dancehall, dance number, all about the girl’s body – but actually rather fun. 11. 4:07 **downtempo roots skank, Rasta lyrics. 12. 4:11 *downtempo electronic dancehall riddim, religious lyrics. 13. 5:00 ***slightly downtempo skank with bouncy syncopation, Rasta lyrics. 14. 3:50 **another sparse electronic dancehall one-drop, strong lyrics. | ||
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