It don't matter where you look in the world, everywhere you gon find Reggae and wherever you find it Rastaman stand strong.Warms my heart that the words of Jah have an revival in the music i love, when i started jammin Marley in the early 90 ies slackness reigned supreme but no more. This is one of many new Roots releases from beyond the shores of Jamaica, to be more close California and the Higher Bound Productions camp, a bunch of young Rasta's who live for this 24/7 and produces Rootsmusic whit a modern, updated sound and strictly conscious lyrics.
The first thing that hits you is the enormously beautiful cover painted by Ras Terms (you have to check out his myspace page) and I'm not kidding when i say that this is one of the nicest Reggae covers iv'e seen in a very long time, I'd love to have this on a t-shirt. But enough about it, you don't listen to a cd-cover. Biblical is a singjay dj and while keeping it Roots you can absolutely feel a dancehall vibe on this cd, not as rowdy as some less conscious acts but....
First up is "Jah works",music wise it kinda reminds me of the backing of a early Yammie Bolo track or something, strong digital roots vibes whit a touch of more organic sounds. Not a bad song at all but not incredible memorable either. As far as lyrics goes it's one of many songs on here paying tribute to Selassie I and Jah. Like I said, Biblical is a singjay Dj but whit a more "singy" style than toasting, nothing like the much prevailing Bobo chatters. His voice is what I'd call "rough lite", a lil raspy but not very much for still being considered that. Next comes "Let luv in", a plea to all warmongers out there to chill and let god and love into their lives, it does not feel quite as "digi-roots" as the first track, once again a good song but not amazing (this is the albums biggest problems, being good but not too memorable).
3rd track is "Eyes can see" about how obviously true Rastafari is to Biblical and how it stands for everything good in the world, it's a smooth track whit soft and relaxed backing. A few songs further in comes"deliver the poor" whit labelmate "Ishene" and deals whit Biblical wanting god to provide for the poor and make shure that they overcome all their problems. It has a strong backbeat and is so far my favourite on the album, it's also the first song whit another artist (and the last except for another one whit "Ishene"). The presence of "Ishene" ads to "deliver the poor" and makes it pleasantly stand out from the other tracks on here. Another good song is "Psalms and proverbs" and to keep things short it deals whit receiving the blessing of Jah and how you can't go wrong if you do receive it. It's once again a pretty smooth song but still Biblical at his most energetic and most toasting, this is no hype party album but you won't come closer to it here than on this song.
The rest of the tracks is pretty much more of the same thing. There is plenty to like about this album, Biblical is diehard Rasta and does not compromise,he does not rely on washed out riddims used to often by others and the lyrics are interesting if yet a bit repetitive. But I gotta be honest, it fails to be really memorable and Biblical is a little to monotonous in his flow sometimes. But he's very new artist and this is his first album, give him some time and i think he really will shine. Buyworthy if you have some money laying around but not essential.
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