LUCIANO

You could say that Luciano is easy to listen too but he is by no means easy listening.

I could lie to your face and say that Luciano's Child Of A King was recorded in 1977 at Channel One Studios backed by the Revolutionaries and if you didn't know any better...you would believe me.

Luciano dropped it through VP Records in 2006 and this release benefited from the very best that technology had to offer. So meticulous and perfect in it's creation is this record that surely time won't tarnish it's brilliance. CHILD OF A KING fits so easily into either generation. This record has no expiration date. 

There is so much humanity in his soul that even tunes burdened with heavy woe are uplifted. It may be a way over used cliche' but Luciano embodies positive vibes. Sure themes are pulled directly from the pages of JAH'S words but Luciano is also no stranger to the daily newspapers and their headline reports of bloodshed that clot up the print.

Luciano warns of wars that will leave tomorrows children with no Earth to inherit. He can't turn the cheek on Black on Black crime. And for those Badmen who prey on the weak, there is no nourishment in their personal gain. Wicked practitioners of violence eventually fall victim of their own vicious cycle. You can't broker a deal with the Devil and expect to win for long. There will come a time when the Devil comes to collect what you owe him. The temptation to stick an IRS joke here is overwhelming. 

 Repatriation? There is always path leading home.

A pound of JAH THOMAS

Until legislation legalizes being under the influence of Jah Thomas's DANCE HALL STYLEE, don't drive with it booming through your car speakers, you will be stopped by the law and you will have to explain why your car is filled up with ganja smoke and yet nobody present puffed a spliff. Try talking your way out of why your eyes are bloodshot red and yet again explain that you haven't inhaled any of the intoxicating aroma of herb. 
Blame it on Jah Thomas....!

So thick and heavy was the Sensi fog during the original session back 1982 that more than twenty-five years later you can still get a contact high from the second smoke! 

So slow Rub-A-Dub all of your 5 senses from the safety of your couch.
This musical dope was grown by Jah Thomas at Channel One Studios. Harvested by the Roots Radics Band and then rolled by Scientist at King Tubbys.

MORE CHOICE...SOON

I have in the works a review of Luciano's amazing CHILD OF A KING disc. I listened intently too it in honor of Martin Luther King's Day. Different time and place...but their message is the same. I finished up that Busy Signal post reviewing his brilliant LOADED disc that I started in what seems like years ago. I will refresh it soon....

MODERN FOOL!

I am almost a half century old! Too prove I'm not a complete living fossil I downloaded some Reggae Apps to my IPad2. I'm field testing 'em now. My Lady Saw has a free app that was written a ways back and seems interesting enough. Ce'Cile has an app for her latest drop, Jamaicanization, that looks really well crafted with lots of extra goodies! The only draw back is I already have the disc downloaded from I-Tunes and the app costs $7.99. So if ya haven't bought her latest (shame on you) buy it in app form. 

Sheldon Campbell has a fan app for .99 cents that I am too cheap too pay for! For now anyway. The online magazine UNITED REGGAE has a FREE mobile device app that puts me instantly in touch with the latest Reggae news reporting. I have no excuse now. Still searching and learning my new toy.

THE JIM SCREECHY RIDDIM

I still can't figure how to preview individual tunes. We know I certainly don't know how to review tunes.
Blogger has idiot proofed loading videos from youtube. So to show off my new found skill...SPICE'S weird and wonderful take on the JIM SCREECHY RIDDIM. Damn, that tune (and video) is just absolutely ridiculous in every way!
Been a few years and I'm stilling not getting bored with it! Last count is...712,361 views.

Some big names work over this SOCA Riddim. Dancehall names like AIDONIA and BEENIE MAN. As well home turf talent like BUNJIE GARLIN and FAY-ANN LYONS.

ABOUT TIME!

Speaking of ladies...

I read somewhere that CHERINE ANDERSON is getting ready to drop a real deal full record on us! She teased the hell out of us with this short INTRODUCTION  EP. Love her ironic take on MOVIE STAR. A sly choice of tune and riddim. She started out making moving pictures as youth silly. DANCEHALL QUEEN and ONE LOVE. Required viewing. 

Eons ago way back in prehistoric 2007 she dropped a duet with Chuck Fenda. That big tune COMING OVER was a tasty appetizer and could be found nestled neatly in the middle of  Fenda's LIVING FIRE disc. All good then. Still good now...so they made male/female chemistry again this year in 2011 with the single CALL ON ME. 

Very cool that for her birthday...she gives us a gift! A mix-tape featuring a mix of old and new. Haven't heard it? Find here for free...

http://www.cherineanderson.com/

I want so much more from this singer!

DONE HER WAY

I did something rare awhile back. I bought Mi Lady Saw's MY WAY CD the day it hit stores. I always wait for the feeding frenzy to die out before moving in. But with her there was no way I was gonna idle my moments patiently away. I hopped in my car and drove to the local trendy independent. I dropped exact change. I played MY WAY on heavy rotation all day. I loved it and then mysteriously and completely empty headed, I filed it in the section reserved only for unloved orphaned discs. 

Recently...I asked myself why. Is it equal to WALK OUT or PASSION? Nope but in no way should this disc be shunned! 


I hear a lot more New York than Kingston in this disc. Electro beats creeping in on the mix. There is even an old school feel too it. Some of the Riddims remind me of 1980's MANTRONIX. Remember them? 
So...then, that's a good thing! Yeah, after listening to this record again for some motivation while I beat my face on the ground (army slang for push-ups) I was finally able to wrap my mind around it. I should of waited for it to go cold before I bought it hot in the charts. 


There is no moral to my story.