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JAH MASON
Life is just a journey
Release date :
02-26-2007
Label :
Corner Shop
Tracklist :
01. Rejoice
02. Give Jah some time
03. Don't sell your soul
04. So long down there
05. Ganja for life
06. Feel my pain
07. Life is just a journey
08. Some day
09. Mama Earth
10. Things will be better
11. Look who's crying
12. Blame the system
13. Life's road
14. Can't stop me
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REVIEW
Review written by François-Xavier Rougeot
on Tuesday, March 13th 2007 - 27 733 views
There is no stopping Jah Mason. Just as he has finished a scorching tour of France, the Bobo singjay makes his return to the racks with "Life is just a Journey", a 14-track, roots-leaning album produced by Frenchie (Maximum Sound). That is his third album in ten months! If there was a time when the proliferation of Jah Mason albums was worrying, one can only be glad to see him bounce back so quickly after "My Princess Gone/The Saga Bed" (May 2006, on VP records) and "Wheat and Tears" (September 2006, on Greensleeves), two albums that rank among the heavyweights of his very extensive discography.
The flesh of "Life is just a Journey" is well served by the Firehouse Crew, Sly & Robbie, Mafia & Fluxy and Dalton Brownie. Mason, for his part, remains Mason: denunciation of Babylon's failings (Look who's crying, Blame the system), apology for marijuana (the solid Ganja for life) and religious faith (Give Jah some time). If the themes do not vary, the alternation between the rasping toast of his early days and his seductive laments (which he still masters better) always has its effect. Jah Mason lets loose a bit of fast flow on Can't stop me, an outro whose rhythm recalls a Military riddim in a hip hop sauce, as well as on the title track Life is just a Journey. But it is his roots tracks that leave the deepest mark, like the superb Don't Sell your Soul, on a replayed I Swear Riddim: "Don't sell your soul for material things", warns the former pupil of Capleton's David House.
We naturally find three singles released last year on Maximum Sound: the pleasant Things will be better (Jah Powers riddim), Feel my pain (Good Over Evil riddim) and above all the terrific Mama Earth, on an Intercom reloaded riddim that suits Jah Mason's style perfectly. If there was to be any worry on the announcement of the release of "Life is just a Journey", it lay rather there, in its ability to remain as homogeneous as those two eminent (and close) predecessors. Apart from one slight false note (So Long Down There), we are not disappointed. And if, as he claims here, life is but a journey, then for Jah Mason it is a journey under the sun, with an azure-blue horizon. |
Les paroles sont introuvables???
J'ai trouvé cet album plutôt bon. Par contre je ne pense pas que ce soit la prestation de jah mason qui doive être remise en cause mais bel et bien celle de François Xavier Rougeot lorsqu'il écrit que 'So long down there' est la fausse note de cet album!! Allors FR, il est bon ce titre!! Et quel riddim!!!
Yes Yaniss moi aussi chui degouté de ca non prestation a Toulouse... Pourtant les preventes avaient marché pas mal...Sizzla le 04 Juillet au Havana si ca t'interesse jte le dis.
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Yes Jah Warrior, chuis 100% d'accord avec toi mec (à part Sizzla que j'apprécie pas spécialement)!
Le "So long down there" il claque bien!! D'ailleurs si quelqu'un connait le nom du riddim je suis preneur!
Donc big up Jah Mason! Et big up à toi aussi Jah Warrior!!!
... Hum dire ke le tune So long down there n'est pas bon est vraiment un manque de respect ne serait ce que pour l'artiste et surtout pour le Riddim... Il doit compter pour ma part pour un des meilleurs tune de cet album mediocre comparé a ces dernieres sorties... Bref autant dire ke le Children Of Jah de Sizzla est une nouveauté... MDR Big Up qd meme
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