RAS ATTITUDE

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Review written by Maxime Nordez on Wednesday, March 02nd 2005 - 16 559 views "Love Life" is Ras Attitude's second album. For this opus, the singjay has invited other St Croix artists affiliated with Sound V.I.Zion: Mosiah, Batch, Ambassada, Mada Nile and Kittens. A vocal style that adapts While his first album "Happiness" included a good share of dancehall tracks, Ras Attitude here moves towards a more restrained energy. The album was recorded in the studios of Sound V.I.Zion Records at Batch's place. Ras Attitude does not break the rule and benefits from a mastered nu-roots sound. The album includes the excellent tune Love Life, already present on the maxi "The Life" (Sound V.I.Zion) in 2003. This track is one of the album's successes. Overall, the moods are quite varied, and Attitude offers a vocal style that adapts. Strongly inspired by the likes of Capleton or Sizzla, he takes care to address fundamental, conscious themes, as in the track Brethren Sistren with Batch and Mada Nile. The opus cuts straight to the quick with War to Win, which opens the album: Ras Attitude is at war. A turbaned Rasta, it is clear that religion is at the heart of his music, and he delivers the 'biblical' track David & Goliath, featuring Mosiah. This track is one of the few dancehall numbers and really stands out in the genre. With , we see that the influences do not stop at Sizzla and Capleton but extend to more roots groups; Michael Rose could have written it. The vocal arrangements are particularly remarkable and precise. A path that seems more peaceful Ras Attitude seems to have mellowed. With titles like the sugary Black Woman, or the R'n'B chorus of Avenue, the militant message seems to fade. The singer Kittens appears on the track What would we do, not very convincing for reggae fans. Even if it means listening to a composition that is a bit bland at times, we will prefer the final track Free, which grooves thanks to Batch and Ambassada despite questionable sounds and a gooey sax solo in 80's pop-rock fashion. Ras Attitude continues to progress along a path that seems more peaceful than that of his first album. We would have liked two more bombs replacing some of the R'n'B experiments, but the production is of high quality. A voice that is still precise, with simple but accurate lyrics. Ras Attitude is one of the St Croix artists to follow.

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