Best Of Reggae, The - Various Artists

Advantages: Regae, RnB originals
Disadvantages: Too many songs by same artist.

...Ok, where do I start. There are three discs to talk about. Well theres the first thing, there are three discs. Disc 1 is ya more up to date songs with your Sean Paul, Kevin Little and your Shaggy artists. Some of the best, most modern regaae tunes. They are some of the BEST booty shake tracks of the last few years. You can help but start to wiggle those hips, even if your not really that into reggae or RnB. I think most of the songs on disc one, most people will of heard of. Disc 2 are very similar songs but are slightly older, maybe fix or six years ago. But are the songs that everybody remembers and says "ooh ooh what sthat tune thats go........zim zimma" and you cant think for the life of you what it is. Well now you will cus they are all on there. One thing that does annoy me slightly with disc 2 is there a two songs by the same... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent covers of some old reggae standrads
Disadvantages: Sometimes a bit too slick

...The creation of entire albums of music from other artists is nothing new. It has been done to great effect by David Bowie, Bryan Ferry and many more. When UB40 followed up their first 2 albums which contained their own material with an album drawn from favourite reggae songs from their youth. Having established themselves as the conscience of 80s youth with their socially aware lyrics about unemployment and social injustice it could have been seen a s a commercial sell-out and perhaps ultimately it was. It was also, however, a very fine album. That it must have been a labour of love can be heard in the loving way the songs are crafted and every track reproduces the excellence of the original. As a lover of real reggae I do have to make one minor criticism and that is that the album is too good. There is far more added production... Read review

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Advantages: so good songs
Disadvantages: unfortunatly died

...Bob Marley was one of the all time inspirational artists of all time. He had some great songs, which are just as good if not better today. His songs are symbols of the fight for freedom that he believed in, and he’ one of the few artists who gets involved in politics through his songs. He has some many great songs like ‘Is this Love’ ‘Jamming’ ‘Get Up Stand Up’ and ‘Redemption Song’ that it difficult to chose a best song. Some of the lyrics are sublime, ‘Redemption’s Song’ contains some excellent lyrics. Songs like ‘Get Up Stand Up’ are very upbeat and uplifting, even inspiring. Bob Marley put Reggae music on the map, his songs were embraced in almost every country, his death was sad and tragic, cut short when he was at his prime. But, his music... Read review

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