 Zoom
 Send to Friend
Be the first to review this product!
|
|
|
|
| Artist |
Various Artists |
| Format |
CD |
| Genre |
Reggae |
| Label Name |
Greensleeves |
| Release Date |
2008 03 04 |
| Song List |
1: A No Me Dat (4:05)
2: Roots (4:06)
3: Love, Love (4:06)
4: Battlefield (4:04)
5: Caan Go Round Good (4:03)
6: Vulgarity (4:06)
7: Poverty (4:06)
8: Music Is Love (3:45)
9: Daddy (4:13)
10: Heights (4:06)
11: Ready Now (4:04)
12: It's Been a While (4:06)
13: Can't Forget (3:41)
14: '83 Riddim (3:43) |
| Style.Categories |
Contemporary Reggae |
This product CANNOT be returned once it has been opened. click here for more information on our general return policy.
In-Stock: Ships within 24 hours
Kemar "No Doubt" McGregor's "83 Rhythm" brings out the roots in the contributors that he gathers for this one-rhythm album, which gets extra points for truth in advertising: this rhythm does indeed hark back to the early '80s with its one-drop beat, spacious bassline, and cooing female backing vocals, though if it were 1983 the acoustic guitar licks would have been played by an acoustic guitar instead of a keyboard. The featured singers and chatters are a nice assortment of current stars and elder statesmen including Spanner Banner, Tony Rebel, Lutan Fyah, Richie Spice, and the ubiquitous Turbulence, though the album's finest moments arguably come from the lesser-known up-and-comers: after several pleasant but unexceptional contributions by Richie Spice, Spanner Banner, and Warrior King, the young Bobby Tenna takes things up a few notches with the melodically lovely and heartfelt "Battlefield"; I-Octane has a nice singjay flow but a tenuous grasp of pitch, and Lutan Fyah takes the rhythm into a different territory than his colleagues do, breaking it down and alternating thrillingly between singing and chatting, to brilliant effect. Queen I-Frica's "Daddy" is a chilling account of child sexual abuse, delivered in a sad but resigned voice, and it hits like a slap in the face. This isn't the most exciting rhythm to have emerged from this series, but it has certainly generated one of the more interesting programs. Recommended. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
