| Queen Ifrica / Montego Bay |
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| Album: | Montego Bay | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Queen Ifrica | Added: | Jul 2009 | |
| Label: | Vp Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-08-02 | Pull Date: | 2009-10-04 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Oct 4 | Sep 27 | Sep 13 | Sep 6 | Aug 30 | Aug 23 | Aug 16 | Aug 9 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 27, 2021: | Alphabet Soup Lioness On The Rise | 4. | Nov 03, 2009: | Quasi Music Therapy, Farmer Flapjack guest Keep It To Yourself | |
| 2. | Jul 22, 2013: | Happy Hour Daddy | 5. | Oct 03, 2009: | music casserole Calling Africa | |
| 3. | Jul 08, 2010: | Happy Hour Daddy | 6. | Sep 26, 2009: | New World Disorder Don't Sign |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2009-08-03 | ||
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Female roots/dancehall vocalist. Some very good tracks, but also some really dicey ones. Also all over the map in terms of production – track one sounds like it was recorded around the campfire out in the brush, but some other tracks are way too commercial sounding. A couple of songs are disturbing content-wise (track 8/13 is about being abused as a child, track 9 apparently is homophobic…) That said, tracks 2, 3, 7, 10, and especially track 5 are really good. 1. 5:12 *nyahbinghi drums and chants – very, VERY roots. 2. 3:35 ***pretty midtempo skank, reality check about one of Jamaica’s more popular parishes. 3. 4:06 ***video game electronics, slow skank, no idea what she’s going on about, but it sounds pretty cool… 4. 4:19 **very commercial sounding intro, then very relaxed midtempo skank. Pretty singing about being strong… 5. 3:31 ****chatting and nyahbinghi drums, then strong midtempo march, all about rasta power. Dancehall vocals, cool minimalist riddim. 6. 3:39 sweet and a bit commercially produced slightly uptempo skank, love song. 7. 3:59 ***cool midtempo video game riddim, look before you leap lyrics. 8. 4:10 creepy! midtempo relaxed skank, song all about being abused as child. I suppose it’s good to bring this sort of thing in the open, but it’s pretty disturbing to listen to… 9. 3:47 midtempo skank, telling de bad man to gwaan wit demselfs… Actually, when I listen closely, I think it’s a homophobic song. *sigh* 10. 3:32 ***nyabingh drums and ululations, both singing and dancehall chant. 11. 4:16 midtempo skank, deep alto singing, fantasy love song. I don’t really want to know, frankly. 12. 4:34 *acoustic guitar, very slow, no beat, commercially produced, very VERY sad reality song. 13. 4:18 *track 8, the child abuse song, in Spanish (it’s less disturbing when you don’t much understand it…) The piano’s quite good on this. | ||
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