| Sizzla / Crucial Times |
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| Album: | Crucial Times | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Sizzla | Added: | Jan 2010 | |
| Label: | Greensleeves Records Ltd. | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-01-31 | Pull Date: | 2010-04-04 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Mar 28 | Mar 21 | Mar 14 | Feb 28 | Feb 21 | Feb 14 | Feb 7 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 04, 2010: | New World Disorder Atta Clap | 4. | Mar 25, 2010: | Abra's Airwaves Precious Gift | |
| 2. | Jul 15, 2010: | Abra's Airwaves Precious Gift | 5. | Mar 24, 2010: | Quasi Music Therapy f. Vlad the Impaler Atta Clap | |
| 3. | Mar 25, 2010: | New World Disorder Foundation | 6. | Mar 18, 2010: | New World Disorder Get Rid Ah Dem |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2010-01-25 | ||
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Sizzla Kalonji – Crucial Times Reviewed by Sadie O., 1/25/10 Roots and dancehall riddims with Sizzla’s totally nutted vocal stylings. Previously unreleased (?) tracks from the 15 year + association between Sizzla and producer Homer Harris, who gave him his name. No FCCs detected, although it would be a bit hard to tell if there were any… I like track 1 and the last four tracks best. 1. 4:07 ****sweet and swingy roots skank with ultra pretty female backing vocals, all of which makes Sizzla’s crazed screeching stand out that much better. 2. 3:34 ***relaxed skank with beeps and whoops, live up right lyrics. 3. 4:00 **relaxed midtempo skank with a bit of disarmingly sweet vocals, but don’t be fooled. Downbeat and not at all mad. 4. 3:55 ***upbeat roots bubble, positivity message. 5. 3:35 downtempo “R&B” groove, love song. Ugh. 6. 3:57 *swingy midtempo dancehall – there’s something amusing about the “jolly good time” stuff. I much prefer Sizzla when he’s off on a rant, though. 7. 3:46 **bouncy electronic dancehall bubble. 8. 4:18 ***opens with rant, then downtempo roots skank with nyahbinghi flavor, rather lovely singing (!) from Sizzla. 9. 6:01 ***mellow electronic dancehall with a hidden urgency and hints of bluesy guitar, lost of ranting. Inexplicably switches to mellow, beatless acoustic guitar for last minute+. 10. 4:20 ****electronic beat, but a funky (downtempo) one. Pure ranting from Sizzla. 11. 4:05 ****ah, this is what we want from Mr. Kalonji – midtempo, aggressive electronic dancehall and crazed ranting. So much ranting that he’s gasping for breath. 12. 3:41 ****bit of rant, then midtempo bouncy dancehall with syndrum, upbeat and positive ranting. 13. 4:01 ****bit of thanks and praise, then more swingy midtempo dancehall with syndrum, both sweet and crazy vocals. | ||
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