Rock This World

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Total Tracks: 15   Total Length: 74:19

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Amelia Raitt

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Amelia Raitt is a former writer for the television program Mr. Belvedere and has been writing about pop music of all colors and stripes for eMusic since 2005. S...more »

03.01.08
Yes King, Rock This World
2008 | Label: Yes King / IODA

In case the song titles don't give it away — "Champion Sound," "Styles Come Different" — Yes King draw heavily from reggae. They're not a straight reggae band, though: Mark Rae and Rhys Adams are a pair of London producers whose love for Jamaican music led them to create this thumping, sizzling record. They're not alone: Dawn Penn, whose "No No No" is a reggae classic, lends vocals to the title track (which nicks its stuttering horns from that very Penn classic). Sweet Irie, another dancehall mainstay, nices up "Style Come Different" with an agitated vocal. Think of it as a slightly more commercial Rhythm & Sound: two producers working with a series of esteemed vocalist to deliver something that's both classic and timely.

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More than worth a listen

GAWD

This album took me by surprise. I went to a Stephen Marley concert recently and I was looking for some good, new reggae music. Somehow stumbled on this and feel very fortunate. Straight ahead reggae, some reggae/rap and a bit of dancehall (usually my least favorite reggae style), all nicely tied together. I mostly download whole albums, but usually end up deleting most songs and saving others for mixes. But this is one album I'll burn for my permanent collection. This gets 5 stars; rare for me.

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Great fun!

Edwina

Okay so it can be a bit cheesy, but you can rely on a bit of UK DJ influence to give you an up-beat album with a sense of humour. That's exactly what this is. Loads of storming samples and bouncing chat. Well worth a listen to Champion Sound at least, as it's the pick of the bunch. Try out Crunch and Rock This World too. No idea why it's getting scored so low by others.

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