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COMPILATION
Clean Vibes
Release date :
02-01-2004
Label :
On the corner / Special Delivery music
Tracklist :
1- MICHAEL ROSE "Never take it for granted"
2 - TURBULENCE "Don't worry"
3 - TONY REBEL "Poison & medicine"
4 - QUEEN OMEGA "No retire"
5 - CHUKKI STARR "Yoots dem want"
6 - ALPHEUS "Forgive dem"
7 - QUEEN IFRICA "Love & happiness"
8 - RYAN "Liberate"
9 - HARRY TODDLER "Jah Jah Joy"
10 - PIERPOLJAK "Poorman"
11 - TAIRO "Met Jah de ton cote "
12 - MATINDA "A tous les niveaux"
13 - MAD KILLAH & DIFANGA "Bonnes paroles"
14 - RADJEF "Mettre ca clean"
15 - BRAHIM "La fer & la pierre"
16 - TONTON DAVID "C’est pas bon"
17 - PRINZLO "Donne de l’eau"
18 - LITTLE FRANCKY "Un monde de dingues"
19 - BOST & BIM "Version Clean Vibes"
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REVIEW
Review written by Alexandre Tonus
on Saturday, February 07th 2004 - 29 661 views
Variety is often synonymous with quality, and the formula of the "one riddim" albums constantly defies this law. It is therefore very hard to reach a very wide audience with this kind of production, unless you land on the big dancehall riddim of the moment (the Diwali, to name just one) or cleverly re-exploit anthology reggae melodies (I can't wait to see what the album version of the Doctor's Darling will give).
Yet this is the challenge that the French label Special Delivery Music wanted to take up once again. To do so it injected its own form of variety, mixing Jamaican, British and French-speaking artists, who each in their own way come to caress this strictly roots and culture instrumental which, truth be told, has everything of the greats. An irresistible, hypnotic keyboard line and a thoroughly sufferer atmosphere allow this little new roots gem to welcome a veteran such as Mykal Rose as well as Turbulence "The Future" (respectively, "Never take it for granted" and "Don't worry", two of the best cuts of the series).
Special mention too for Queen Omega, who never ceases to amaze with the ease with which she moves from a high, crystalline voice to lower, resonant tones, almost masculine at times. "No retire", overpowering!
To complete the English-speaking part of the album, other prestigious names are added to the list: Tony Rebel, very effective in his rasta sermon aiming to distinguish the benefits of real medicine from the harm of the multitude of poisons that rot it, who is nonetheless outdone once again by his partner Queen Ifrica, who offers a gorgeous "Love and happiness"; but also Chukki Starr, whose unique voice and cutting flow once again put everyone in agreement, and finally Alpheus and Ryan, two singers with magical voices, who each deliver a lighter song, but on a theme no less serious and committed ("Forgive dem" and "Liberate").
Worth noting too, to conclude this first part, is the presence of Harry Toddler, as ever true to himself, but who has changed for the occasion his famous "Nah nah noy" into "Jah Jah joy" and even attempts to pass himself off as a singer for the length of the chorus, which gives a frankly... special result.
The second half of the album, devoted to French-speaking artists, begins with a song by Pierpoljak... in English (?!?), but this "Rough for a poor man" is worth it, because PK is definitely more appealing like that. Then comes Taïro ("Mets Jah de ton côté"), who also mixes English into his French lyrics, which are otherwise irreproachable.
Brahim and Little Francky, for their part, prove that their growing reputation is not undeserved; "Le Fer et la pierre" and "Monde de dingues" are really two very fine songs, intelligently written. The duo of Difanga / Mad Killah is also very complete, through its blend of Difanga's slightly zouk love sounds and Mad Killah's fired-up toasting, which we don't hear often enough on reggae riddims. Prinzlo also turns in a very good performance, with a pleasant song and an original text ("Donne de l'eau").
But the palm goes to Tonton David, who comes back, to our great pleasure, to give us a good moral lesson with a flow and simple words that hit the mark, and images so clear and topical ("Dans la jungle plus personne n'a de repères, tout le monde veut devenir le plus riche du cimetière"). Big up Tonton!
The only blot on the landscape is the cut by Matinda, who seems to struggle to find his position and to be at ease on the riddim, and the one by Radjef, which starts pleasantly enough but runs out of steam rather quickly and forces him to resort to easy rhymes and a slightly dubious but nonetheless amusing vocabulary ("fashionnerie", "fashionnisé", "bumboclaatisé").
You are therefore hardly ever bored listening to this album of 19 tracks in total (18 songs and an instrumental version, signed Bost and Bim) and the verdict is very good for Special Delivery Music, who had already made a name for themselves with the cuts released on vinyl a few months ago, because not only is the challenge won hands down, but they are also opening up a very fine prospect. The links are now well woven between Jamaica, England, Germany, the West Indies and France, and mixed productions will surely become more and more numerous, which is rather a good thing, because it is always a pleasure to hear Harry Toddler big up Gwada and Madinina at the start of one of his songs. Very good work. |
Franchement vache le LexxxT. avc le son de RadJef...genre "le mec est limité au nivo du cerveau" limite il dit... PAS CLEAN
Ce riddim est plein de good vibs' !!! Un régale !!!!! Merci Special Delivery !
Raspect delivery!!!continuez com ca.le riddim est honnete et les differentes tunes dechirent ds lensemble.les labels francais fleurissent et ca renforce le reggae powa.a suivre jespere
la tune de tairo déchire tout!Queen omega est trop puissante sur cet tune le riddim est grave bon respect!
c un excellent one riddim ke ns poste ici le label francais special dellivry music.Les artiste st excellent (surtout taîro é PPJ) é le riddim est génial, donc pur album.Je le conseil a tou les kiffeur de reggae music.big up a tou les rastafarai é o SITS
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