| Perfect / Born Dead With Life |
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| Album: | Born Dead With Life | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Perfect | Added: | 10/2008 | |
| Label: | Irie Vibrations Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-10-19 | Pull Date: | 2008-12-21 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 14 Dec | 7 Dec | 30 Nov | 23 Nov | 9 Nov | 2 Nov | 26 Oct |
| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 13, 2008: | New World Disorder Journey (Feat. Chezidek) | 4. | Nov 29, 2008: | New World Disorder Black Seeds | |
| 2. | Dec 06, 2008: | New World Disorder Rasta Dubplate | 5. | Nov 22, 2008: | New World Disorder Rasta Dubplate | |
| 3. | Dec 05, 2008: | YA DIG RADIO 30 Pieces, Hanging Day, This City, Greg Rose | 6. | Nov 08, 2008: | New World Disorder Black Seeds |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2008-10-20 | ||
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Perfect – Born Dead With Life Reviewed by Sadie O., 10/13/08 Conscious reggae/dancehall from a major current star. Mostly roots riddims (some acoustic and drumless), combination singing/dancehall vocals, such as seems to be fashionable these days. Many lyrics fixate on injustices of the past. Too much female backing vocals for my taste – gives it a rather commercial sound, but there’s still a lot of good songs here. No FCCs detected. I like 7 and 14 and esp. 9 best. 1. 2:13 **big count-off intro, subdued downtempo folky piano riddim, funky vocals. Rather odd, really, but pleasant. 2. 3:31 **dancehall-style intro, midtempo bouncy skank, black empowerment lyrics. 3. 4:01 **uptempo roots skank, disturbing historical fantasy. Ends with sobs and recording of someone’s dying curse. 4. 4:04 **uptempo roots bubble, slavery lyrics. 5. 4:28 long “r&b” intro, uptempo bubble, duet. Too commercial BET-ish for my tastes. 6. 3:45 *pointless spoken “interview” intro, uptempo bubble, dancehall style righteousness lyrics. Decent, apart from the intro. 7. 3:34 ***thick midtempo bubble, duet with another top star. 8. 5:10 *downtempo folk guitar, anti-slavery lyrics. Gets a bit of nyahbinghi drumming halfway through. Pretty. 9. 3:22 ****slow skank with really fun vocals. Worth the price of admission! 10. 4:08 **swingy uptempo bop – almost ska. Sweetened up by female backing vocals, which I wish they hadn’t done… 11. 4:07 **bouncy uptempo bubble with syndrum, some sort of diatribe. NOT a cover of the Wailers hit. 12. 0:31 recording of someone talking 13. 3:57 starts with applause from interlude, then very slow hip hop piano riddim, two other dancehall artists –4:00 but really not dancehall at all. 14. 4:06 ***strong midtempo bubble, strength lyrics. 15. 4:00 *starts with a rant about blowing up a supermarket, then midtempo bubble, diatribe with virtually nothing to do with 9/11. 16. 4:30 solo acoustic guitar (quite pretty), shoe-gaze w/ female chorus. I don’t care for it, but a lot of you will, I think. | ||
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