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- Date Released: March 11, 2003
- Genre: International
- Label: VP Records / INgrooves
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They Say...
The smiley-face tone of this album title is not misleading. Although a couple of cuts tastefully skirt the edge of slackness and one (the very fine "Mr. Nine") is an angry denunciation of Kingston's gun culture, Friends for Life is more accurately represented by song titles like "All Will Be Fine," "Spectacular," "Good Times," and the twin throwaway tracks "Tra La La" and "La Da De Da." Banton remains a better DJ than singer. He acquits himself well in the latter category on the heavily Bob Marley-influenced "Maybe We Are" and on an amazingly powerful anthem of racial uplift entitled "Up Ye Mighty Race," but he shines brightest when delivering his trademark gruff-voiced toasting over hard-edged dancehall rhythms. He spars brilliantly with DJ Bounty Killer on the dark and funky "Teaser," but his combination track with singer Nadine Sutherland is something of a letdown. "Damn" is disposable dancehall loverman bluster, but the ska-inflected "Feeling Groovy" is a pleasant stylistic surprise. This is not his best album by a long shot, but it does demonstrate his clear superiority to most of the dancehall pack. Recommended.
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Tra La La |
3:24 |
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Teaser |
3:39 |
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Excerpt Of A Speech By Marcus Mosiah Garvey |
0:56 |
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Up Ye Mighty Race |
4:02 |
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All Will Be Fine |
5:33 |
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Maybe We Are |
6:20 |
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Mama Africa |
4:47 |
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Hooked On The Love |
3:58 |
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Get It On |
3:30 |
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Friends For Life |
3:51 |
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Good Times |
4:24 |
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Damn |
4:20 |
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La Da De Da |
3:22 |
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Feeling Groovy |
3:14 |
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Pensive Mood |
4:25 |
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Spectacular |
3:49 |
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What Am I Gonna Do |
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Mr. Nine |
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19 Total Tracks, 75:14 Total Length
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Credits
- Wayne Wonder - Vocals (Background) // Beres Hammond - Vocals (Background) // Billy Lawrence - Musician // Cleveland "Clevie" Browne - Vocals (Background) // Dalton Browne - Vocals (Background) // Dalton Browne - Producer // Dalton Browne - Musician // Chico Chin - Trumpet // Chico Chin - Musician // Mikey Chung - Guitar // Mikey Chung - Musician // Clevie - Producer // Clevie - Engineer // Clevie - Musician // Michael "Ibo" Cooper - Engineer // The Firehouse Crew - Musician // Sly Dunbar - Drums // Sly Dunbar - Producer // Sly Dunbar - Musician // Dean Fraser - Guitar // Dean Fraser - Musician // Donovan Germain - Producer // Donovan Germain - Executive Producer // Marie Twiggi Gittens - Vocals (Background) // Tony Gold - Vocals (Background) // Gregory Gordon - Engineer // Solgie Hamilton - Engineer // Robert Lyn - Keyboards // Robert Lyn - Musician // Mark Myrie - Producer // Nambo Robinson - Trombone // Nambo Robinson - Musician // Steven Stanley - Engineer // Steven Stanley - Mixing // S. Stewart - Producer // S. Stewart - Engineer // S. Stewart - Musician // Nadine Sutherland - Vocals (Background) // Andre "Dreddy Ranks" Tyrell - Mixing // Steven "Lenky" Marsden - Producer // Steven "Lenky" Marsden - Musician // Cleevie - Producer // Cleevie - Engineer // Cleevie - Musician // Steelie - Producer // Steelie - Engineer // Steelie - Musician // Leroy Champaign - Design // Dalton Brownie - Vocals (Background) // Dalton Brownie - Musician // Chevelle Franklyn - Vocals (Background) // Paul Shields - Mastering // Nick Tucker - Vocals (Background) // Roger "Wildchild" McKenzie - Executive Producer // Sound Boy - Engineer // Dorette Wisdom - Vocals // Dorette Wisdom - Vocals (Background) // A. "Rookie" Tyrell - Mixing // Nicola Tucker - Vocals (Background) // Frank Burt - Musician // Michael "Cooley" Cooper - Engineer // David Cabrera - Guitar // Troyton - Engineer // Troyton - Musician // Sheldon Stewart - Engineer // Sheldon Stewart - Musician // Troy Rami - Executive Producer // Paul "Teetimus" Edmund - Mixing // Paul "Teetimus" Edmund - Musician // Brian Gold - Vocals (Background) // Jammy "Jam Two" James - Producer // Jammy "Jam Two" James - Mixing // Jammy "Jam Two" James - Musician // Roger McKenzie - Executive Producer // Wesley McKenzie - Executive Producer // Jermaine Reid - Engineer // Jermaine Reid - Musician // Jevon Bailey - Engineer // Craig Parks - Musician // John Prescod - Musician // Cool & Dre - Producer // Cool & Dre - Engineer // Cool & Dre - Musician // Austin Green - Engineer // Cleeveland Brownie - Vocals (Background) // Sons & Daughters Choir - Vocals (Background) // Anderson Ballentyne - Photography // Aaron Talbert - Project Manager
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