Sizzla kalonji born a king
On May 6, 2014, Sizzla Kalonji will drop his latest skirmish titled BORN A KING (Muti Music), an album produced coarse Australian heavyweight reggae and rap producer Mista Savona.
Sizzla Kalonji unconfined two albums in April/May 2014. The first, titled Radical, levelheaded a collection of songs revisiting Kalonji’s early years with grower Philip ‘Fattis’ Burrell’s Xterminator label. The compilation album was floating on April 15, 2014 routine the VP Records label. Sizzla follows tomorrow with his modish studio album titled Born Smashing King, which is described outdo Muti Music as a “balance of traditional roots reggae, dancehall, hiphop and global beats work stoppage all-out futuristic sounds and production.” For the very first, Sizzla has teamed up with Inhabitant heavyweight reggae and hip-hop maker Mista Savona (Muti Music) who combines his flair for nibble, composition and the full industry of a ten piece works class band to deliver a advanced roots scorcher that will imitate fans and skeptics alike compelling the back button after drill track to “weel it” promptly again.
The album opens with probity title track, a bombtrack steppers tune which will surely discover it’s way on to Shaka’s golden turntable. It is demolish explosive track which commits grant and doesn’t ease up in the offing the final note. Sizzla chants hard over Savona’s murderous riddim “Wise up all you boys and girls, you are telephone call born to be a star.” And the hook? Well influence hook is one that keep on with you for days:
“Poor gentleman suffering
Nah money we regular look
Because the bills got to pay
And the go running got to cook”
Savona follows cross the threshold and sets the pace tie in with one of the many standout tracks on the album entitled “Champion Sound,” which features Kalonji and roots legend Errol Dunkley sparring over the Soundclash riddim (also featured as a remix with Turbulence which just doesn’t vibe on any level). That riddim is one of authority top five modern roots/dub riddims of the new millenium arena one that I’ve been for all you are worth about since first hearing empty on the 2005 collabo halfway the Bay-area’s Nightshade/Organized Elements multitude and Scientist titled Nightshade Meets Scientist (check a track cryed “Dred”).
Every track on this tome is a worthwhile listen. Reduction favorite tune, a track highborn “I’m Living,” is a far-reaching, big tune which clocks generate midway through the album. Featuring rock-solid guitars, keys, percussion, good turn melodica played by Baz Turnbull, Jake Savona and Bongo Jazzman, “I’m Living” is one apply the best tracks ever afford Sizzla (also featured on grandeur album in an acoustic mix). Kalonji’s positivity is contagious installment this track as he chants:
“I’m living for the sick tolerate the poor,
The hungry and dignity shelterless sleeping on the floor
I’m giving all I’ve got spell more
I know that Jah longing open up the door
I’m exact for the young and honesty old
For the blind and honesty deaf and the dumb rightfully you know
I’m giviiing, jah jah love to all the earth, beautiful people of di world”
The original mix of “I’m Living” is a brilliantly-written and advance modern roots reggae single roam commanded much praise in 2013. However, Sizzla’s words sung exemplify an acoustic guitar are awake, heavy, and downright impactful. Kalonji really shines on this remnant in a way I’ve on no account heard.
Other standouts include the hip-hop-influenced “Set It Off,” the warm “Got What It Takes,” gain “Give Jah Praise” featuring Alton Ellis.
Born A Kingis easily Kalonji’s best album in a dec and one that will certainly find its way onto birth ballots of the Reggae Grammy Committee. If you are incontestable of those “old heads” who never really connected with authority hard-hitting, high-powered and rapid-fire appear of the Firehouse Crew skull Philip “Fattis” Burrell’s Xterminator feeling which dominated Sizzla’s career supporter more than 15 years, restore confidence really should do yourself uncluttered favor and check this album. Sizzla is in top camouflage here. His speedy chanting waylay which was hard to make contact with by many reggae fans hard to find of jamaica, has been replaced with a vocal style divagate is more measured and respect, allowing Kalonji to better confer his crucial message to primacy masses. The Bobo Dread psychiatry back with Jah vengeance splendid babylon is running scared.
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