| Alborosie / Escape From Babylon To The Kingdom Of Zion |
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| Album: | Escape From Babylon To The Kingdom Of Zion | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Alborosie | Added: | Apr 2010 | |
| Label: | Greensleeves Records Ltd. | |||
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| Add Date: | 2010-04-04 | Pull Date: | 2010-06-06 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jun 6 | May 30 | May 23 | May 16 | May 9 | May 2 | Apr 25 | Apr 18 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 09, 2015: | Happy Hour Real Story | 4. | Sep 29, 2013: | New World Disorder Kingston Town | |
| 2. | Sep 21, 2015: | Everything A to Z week 12 Kingdom Of Zion | 5. | Mar 31, 2013: | New World Disorder Mama She Don't Like You (Feat. I.Eye) | |
| 3. | Dec 26, 2013: | World Tour Mama She Don't Like You (Feat. I.Eye) | 6. | Mar 28, 2013: | Happy Hour Global War |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2010-04-01 | ||
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Alborosie – Escape from Babylon Reviewed by Sadie O., 4/1/10 Roots rock reggae. This gruff-voiced Italian toaster has become one of Jamaica’s biggest stars – because he produces some absolutely killer roots-style riddims, and doesn’t chat slackness. This could be the renaissance of Reggae, right here. No FCCs, but some kinda dubious Jamaican slang. Yeah, there’s a lot of stars. Wonder why… 1. 3:11 ****bouncy upbeat skank, reality lyrics, huge hit for good reason. 2. 4:05 ****electronics and processed vocal intro, then somewhat downtempo one-drop with lots of syndrum, bits of classic song, gruff toast. 3. 3:38 *****very upbeat, rather downtempo syncopated riddim, duet with David Hinds, the singer of Steel Pulse, who did the original song. 4. 3:45 ***long drum flourish intro, rather downbeat riddim, introspective song with actual singing and chorus. Roots feel. 5. 3:19 ****echo-laden intro, downtempo dubbed up skank, preaching rant. 6. 4:00 ***rootsy, mellow midtempo bubble. 7. 3:54 ***slow, rather churchical-sounding roots bubble, duet with Gramps Morgan, almost a Burning Spear vibe. 8. 4:08 ***groovy, swingy roots bubble. 9. 3:59 *****uptempo, slightly bluesy rock steady riddim, sound system feel, fun lyrics, great guest vocals by I.Eye. 10. 3:42 ****start and stop intro, uptempo dancehall riddim with a bit of soca feel, total nice up de dance groove. (If you speak Jamdung, this is a bit naughty…) 11. 4:08 ***big flourish intro, slightly downtempo stepping razor vibe with dubby bits. If he doesn’t use cocaine, wonder what he does like? Hm… 12. 3:59***very slow dubby bubble. A bit of bluesy chord change midway. 13. 3:50 ***rooster cry, bit of chats, slow dance rub-a-dub style (and he’s not going to let you forget it!), dubby. Are we stoned yet? 14. 4:15 **bouncy but relaxed midtempo bubble. Seems to basically be telling women to play hard to get… 15. 4:30 ***echo-y vocal intro, downtempo dubby skank, Dennis Brown guest vocals. Borrows a bit of tune from Eek-A-Mouse. 16. 3:51 ***slow yet jaunty, somehow. Rasta religiousity, upful. 17. 3:18 ****slow roots bubble with biddly-bem-bem dancehall vocalizations. Unapologetically Sicilian. Hooray! 18. 3:50 *****slow swingy groove – rather a Robert Nesta Marley feel, and a bit of bluesy note-bending. Love the lyrics. | ||
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