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Advantages: True roots style, fine sound quality, concious lyrics and that great bouncy live feel. Disadvantages: Too short, too few tracks. No lyrics with CD.
Possibly Aswad's finest album, 'Live And Direct' has a deep rootsy feeling with every track and includes some of the more popular tracks such as 'Roots Rocking' and 'Drum & Bass Line'. The tracks were recorded at London's Notting Hill Carnival in 1983 and provide 45 minutes of smooth, rolling, roots reggae. Apart from track #7, which has a carnival/Trinidad influence of fast drums, the rest is slower with more of the deep flowing bass line and conscious ... ...studio albums.
Personally, I find tracks #5 and #8 the most enjoyable to listen to, with track #8 being a medley of four songs put together, but it's hard to fault any of the tracks.
As a conclusion, I feel this album is one for every fan of UK reggae and beats some of Aswad’s studio recorded albums. The sound quality is excellent and the album would be well worth your money, simply because it doesn’t seem to get old. ...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful
Advantages: Some really good, infectious songs. Disadvantages: Some fillers.
Sean Paul - Dutty Rock
Twenty three tracks make up the 2nd album of Jamaican Dancehall come DJ, come rapper Sean Paul, his first album bombed.
Released in 2002 this album has made regular visits to my CD player, one or two tracks in particular. I am not going to review every track; rather I am going to 'highlight' the best tracks. Actually, there are quite a few very good tracks, so much so that SP could have easily left off the weaker tracks and ... ...~~~The Tracks~~~
There is a full track listing at the end of this review but here I am going to concentrate on some of the more memorable tracks. I am also going to be brutal and tell you what not to bother with.
3. Gimme the Light - Great beat, great vocal, absolutely stunning bass line backed up by good drum work. Great cross over between rap and dancehall, seems to owe a lot in my opinion to old style 'toasting'. The lyrics are definitely rap ...
