Ranking Joe / Zion High
| Album: | Zion High | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Ranking Joe | Added: | Jul 2003 | |
| Label: | Blood & Fire Ltd. | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2003-09-22 | Pull Date: | 2003-11-24 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 30 | Nov 23 | Nov 9 | Nov 2 | Oct 26 | Oct 19 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 14, 2007: | radio experiment #9
Love Jah, Bubbling Fountain |
4. | Nov 03, 2003: | told ya so!
Slave Driver (Dennis Brown) |
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| 2. | Nov 24, 2003: | told ya so!
Bubbling Fountain |
5. | Oct 27, 2003: | told ya so!
Home Sweet Home Version |
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| 3. | Nov 17, 2003: | told ya so!
Home Sweet Home Version |
6. | Oct 20, 2003: | told ya so!
Bubbling Fountain |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2003-09-16
Reviewed 2003-09-16
Here's something worth listening to. This is basically an enhanced reissue of a classic 1980 dancehall album ("Round the World"). The difference is that five of the original source tracks for the album's grooves – songs by Black Uhuru and Dennis Brown – are now included alongside Ranking Joe's versions. Joe has a great delivery: bubbly and rapid-fire but also really smooth and lyrical. Hopefully more of his material will re-emerge on CD soon. First-rate stuff.
Try playing the sources & dubs together (4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15).
Fo's Picks: 1, 2, 4, 9, 10+11, 14
1. infectious, bubbly dub
2. great rootsy rasta jam
3. heavy echo, steady
4. classic D. Brown roots
5. nice dub twist on #4
6. laid-back sax groove
7. B. Uhuru solid march
8. relaxed & even tempo
9. niceness! floaty vibe
10. easygoing B. Uhuru
11. flows nicely from #10
12. soulful D. Brown
13. even, feels tired
14. D. Brown, heavy
15. sour vox over #14
[ Fo ] - 9/16/03
Try playing the sources & dubs together (4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15).
Fo's Picks: 1, 2, 4, 9, 10+11, 14
1. infectious, bubbly dub
2. great rootsy rasta jam
3. heavy echo, steady
4. classic D. Brown roots
5. nice dub twist on #4
6. laid-back sax groove
7. B. Uhuru solid march
8. relaxed & even tempo
9. niceness! floaty vibe
10. easygoing B. Uhuru
11. flows nicely from #10
12. soulful D. Brown
13. even, feels tired
14. D. Brown, heavy
15. sour vox over #14
[ Fo ] - 9/16/03
Track Listing
| 1. | Zion High | 9. | Carpenter | |||
| 2. | Home Sweet Home Version | 10. | Wood for My Fire (Black Uhur | |||
| 3. | Fire | 11. | Wood for My Fire | |||
| 4. | Bubbling Fountain | 12. | A Cup of Tea | |||
| 5. | Love Jah | 13. | A Fish for You | |||
| 6. | Round the World | 14. | Slave Driver (Dennis Brown) | |||
| 7. | Rent Man | 15. | Slave Driver | |||
| 8. | Rent Man Style | . |