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Some Fantastic, Some A Bit Drastic

Advantages: Tracks 1,4 & 8 are great.
Disadvantages: The rest soon get boring.

Ok, my second Sizzla review, but each album is so different, it might as well be the first. Released in 1999 this album ‘Royal Son Of Ethiopia’ sits between ‘Freedom Cry’ released the previous year and ‘Be I Strong’ released a couple months after. If ...

j088659 08.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Royal Son of Ethiopia - Sizzla

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good album

Advantages: great tracks
Disadvantages: none

Sizzla is a good reggae artist, whenever you listen to a sizzla albumor a sizzla song you know that it is sizzla because his voice is very unique and his words are very powerful. With songs like \"Solid as a rock\" which is track 3 on the album and also o ...

cincea22 15.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Da Real Thing - Sizzla

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Ting-A-Ling-A-Ling

Advantages: Lots of big tunes
Disadvantages: Nothing specific

“X-Tra Naked" came out in 1992, and had Shabba Ranks, the Jamaican Reggae-Dancehall star work off the hype of having a hit the year prior with "Mr. Loverman". This album has him move away from this lighter, more mainstream work and concentrate on advancin ...

XICripZ 16.09.2009 · Read full review
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It Was Shaggy Boombastic!

Advantages: Has one of his best songs on there.
Disadvantages: The rest don't have the same impact.

oombastic is the third album by the reggae artist, Orville Richard Burrell. He is best known by his stage name Shaggy. Once did military service with the United States Marine Corps and eventually got the inspiration for some of his music. So far in Shaggy ...

CGholy 18.12.2012 · Read full review
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Ska at its best

Advantages: A brilliant collection of one of the greatest ever ska bands
Disadvantages: your own faveourites might be missing.

The Selecter are one of the best, and yet understated Ska Bands of the late 70's and 80's. They have a unique sound that is quite different from other ska music that was around at the same time such as one of the most famous ska bands 'The Specials'. The ...

priesty8899 10.06.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Greatest Hits - Selecter (The)

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