| Dawuni, Rocky / Hymns For The Rebel Soul |
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| Album: | Hymns For The Rebel Soul | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Dawuni, Rocky | Added: | 07/2010 | |
| Label: | Aquarian Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-08-01 | Pull Date: | 2010-10-03 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 3 Oct | 26 Sep | 19 Sep | 12 Sep | 5 Sep | 29 Aug | 22 Aug | 15 Aug |
| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 02, 2010: | New World Disorder Freefall | 4. | Sep 23, 2010: | Sunshine . . . in the (Morning And) Afternoon Walls Tumbling Down | |
| 2. | Sep 25, 2010: | New World Disorder Road To Destiny | 5. | Sep 18, 2010: | New World Disorder African Reggae Fever | |
| 3. | Sep 25, 2010: | Music Casserole African Reggae Fever | 6. | Sep 14, 2010: | Abra's BohemianWaves Freefall |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2010-07-28 | ||
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Rocky Dawuni – Hymns for the Rebel Soul Reviewed by Sadie O., 7/28/10 Roots rock reggae from Africa. The fifth album by the “Ghanian Bob Marley”. He’s apparently been on the cusp of global stardom for the last few albums – who knows, maybe this will be the one. It’s quite commercially produced, but not in an obnoxious way – it’s a bit sweet for my tastes, but pleasant to listen to, and Dawuni sings well and has strong lyrics. No FCCs. I like track 2 and 7 best. 1. 4:41 **brief squeeps and speaking intro, then midtempo mellow bubble w/ high horn fanfares. 2. 4:30 *****starts with gorgeous (long) sample from Ladysmith Black Mambaso, then strong downtempo groove (to the tune of Cherry Oh Baby!) – good sound. 3. 5:04 mellow downtempo smooth groove with wooble sounds, love song. 4. 4:33 **slow swingy percussion, acoustic guitar, between nyahbinghi and samba – mellow, but with serious lyrics. 5. 4:45 ***midtempo afro-jazz groove with female backing vocals, commercial sounding but pleasant. 6. 5:11 ***midtempo relaxed bubble. Bits of falsetto, both male and female backing vocals. 7. 4:15 ****falsetto vocals, stuttering downtempo bubble – interesting sound. 8. 4:40 **acoustic guitar strumming, midtempo folk/nyahbinghi with choir and tinges of Spanish guitar. Very pretty, not quite sure whether it’s all religious or has political overtones. 9. 4:54 **a bit downtempo one-drop/bubble, pop production. Jaunty whistling… 10. 3:55 ***bouncy downtempo bubble with a bit of Motown feel in the falsetto vocals, positivity lyrics. 11. 4:12 *acoustic guitar and finger snaps, sort of an island groove, song about love – pleasant. | ||
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