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CHUCK FENDER
Fulfillment
Release date :
01-18-2010
Label :
VP Records
Tracklist :
1. I am for the poor
2. Heights
3. Getting serious
4. Survivor
5. Cold for the money
6. Bad boy feat. Sammy Dread
7. Thin line feat. I Wayne
8. Herbalist farmer
9. Oh lord forgive them
10. The devil is a liar
11. Tough time feat. Bushman
12. Want to be free
13. Girl you make me cry
14. Why should I
15. Our father
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REVIEW
Review written by François-Xavier Rougeot
on Monday, March 08th 2010 - 18 255 views
Three seconds. That is how long it took Chuck Fender to sign his entrance into Fulfillment with a resounding autograph. It is his third album (if we except his "Live In San Francisco" released in 2009 on 2b1 Records, available on import), after Better Days (2004, Fifth Element Records) and The Living Fire (Greensleeves). "A The Living Fyah!", he exclaims, as if to remind everyone of his recent determination to make his famous gimmick his stage name. "When people hear it, they will know that judgement is coming with me", the singjay argued to explain his choice.
On this opus distributed by VP Records, Chuck "The Living Fire" Fender changes his name but not his creed. "I am for the poor", the "Poor people defender" reminds us straight away, riding with his overflowing energy the Ghetto riddim concocted by Kemar Mc Gregor (of the No Doubt label), who produced (with Shane Brown and Marvin) most of Fulfillment’s fifteen tracks. "If the poor man comes knocking at your door, do not turn your back on him", he warns, tackling society’s problems head-on, as is his habit.
On that front, no surprises: Chuck Fender delivers the same committed message that built his reputation, leading the revolt with a gravity he conveys so well on "The Devil is a Liar". One can always reproach him for the compilation feel of this LP, which is stocked with riddims that are already old (83, Nylon, Rock Steady, Drop It, Sweet...), but the quality of these, added to his ability to magnify them (Survivor, Herbalist Farmer...) and to rekindle their flame, makes Fulfillment Chuck Fender’s most accomplished album. No doubt also because, by spacing out his productions in this way, the child of Brooklyn has taken the time to refine his singing, once decried for its accuracy.
Once? At the start of the decade, when he was still part of the Fifth Element. Alongside his former partner Richie Spice, whose lyrics on "Youths dem so Cold" are almost reawakened when Fender asks the youth "not to sell (their) soul for money" on a devastating "Cold for the Money".
In his "musical mission to eradicate negativity, corruption and the wicked of Jamaica and the world", Chuck Fender knows how to surround himself, calling on three guests, as was the case on "The Living Fire". The difference is that where only "Coming Over" with Cherine Anderson had left a mark three years ago, the duets with Bushman (Thoug Time), I Wayne (Thin Line) and Sammy Dread (Bad Boy) all stand out. Especially the last one, carried by an unshakeable M16 riddim and the judicious pairing of the puncher Fender and the soothing Dread. While everyone is invited to take a look at the clip for Bad Boy, Fulfillment’s lead track, Fender picks a "zen" (yes, really...) closing curtain for his album. Nyabinghi rhythms (Want to be Free, Our Father), a love song (Girl you make me cry), a pious lyric (Why Should I): Fender satisfies his need for fulfilment (Fulfillment) in an ultimate calm. "Why should I be afraid? The Lord is with me", he breathes. The torch has become a flame, but the fire lives on. For much more than three seconds. |
trop puissant la chanson bad boy avec sammy dread, j'adore ces gimmiks de voix
Du lourd cet album, jah bless
The living Fyah ecouter d'urgence la tune Bad boy avec Sammy Dread
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