| Black Seeds, The / Solid Ground |
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| Album: | Solid Ground | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Black Seeds, The | Added: | Oct 2009 | |
| Label: | Easy Star Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-10-18 | Pull Date: | 2009-12-20 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Dec 20 | Dec 13 | Dec 6 | Nov 29 | Nov 22 | Nov 15 | Nov 8 | Nov 1 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 10, 2017: | Happy Hour Strugglers | 4. | Dec 28, 2015: | Happy Hour Rotten Apple | |
| 2. | Feb 29, 2016: | Happy Hour Make A Move | 5. | Nov 09, 2015: | Happy Hour Bulletproof | |
| 3. | Jan 04, 2016: | Happy Hour Strugglers | 6. | Mar 31, 2014: | Happy Hour Send A Message |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2009-10-14 | ||
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The Black Seeds – Solid Ground Reviewed by Sadie O., 10/14/09 Roots Rock Reggae with elements of dub and funk, from New Zealand. As so often happens these days, I love the music and am not quite as crazy about the vocals – but I give them major props for neither trying to fake a Jamaican accent nor resorting to the goddamn vocoder. So, the vocals are good and the music is great – which is better on both counts than 99% of what’s coming out of Jamaica these days, and I ain’t complaining. No FCCs that I could hear – I like 2, 7, 9, 11-15 best. 1. 4:41 **emphatic midtempo skank with a bit of dubby sound and a lot of guitar. 2. 5:30 ****downtempo finger popping skank with a lot of funk. Great sound. 3. 4:43 **a bit uptempo and very jaunty bubble. 4. 4:01 **wonderfully rootsy bubble, a bit relaxed – lyrics seem a bit hippy-cheesy to me, though. 5. 6:19 ***a bit downtempo skank with nice horns. 6. 5:23 ***uptempo, bouncy, danceable bubble. 7. 5:19 ****a hint of Kashmir in the intro… then a midtempo skank with a great bottom end to the sound. 8. 4:27 ***energetic roots bubble, a hint of Pressure Drop, breathy vocals. 9. 3:09 ****makossa! Midtempo funk. Yay! 10. 3:56 ***midtempo bubble, nice message. 11. 5:17 ****slow funk skank, great noise. 12. 5:14 ****slow, moody bubble. Dub instrumental – nice! 13. 3:41 ****bouncy midtempo soul/funk groove. Instrumental with lots of horns, and whammy bar on the guitar. 14. 3:55 ****downtempo deep dub of track 10. 15. 4:43 ****uptempo bouncy danceable dub of track 6. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Come To Me | 8. | Bulletproof | |||
| 2. | Slingshot | 9. | Afro Phone | |||
| 3. | Take Your Chances | 10. | Strugglers | |||
| 4. | Love Is A Radiation | 11. | Rotten Apple | |||
| 5. | Send A Message | 12. | The Bubble | |||
| 6. | Make A Move | 13. | Year Of The Pig | |||
| 7. | One Step At A Time | 14. | Strugglers Dub | |||
| 15. | Make A Move Dub | |||||