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Reggae Culture: More Heartbeat Reggae Now! (Heartbeat, 1994) While it doesn't have as many boom shots as the first Heartbeat Reggae Now!, this edition is more consistently good. The only two really great tracks here are The Abyssinians' touching masterpiece "African Race" and Ashantiwaugh's (who?) gorgeous modern roots cut "Elegant Shape," produced by ex-Wailer Aston "Family Man" Barrett. Also strong are Everton Blender's cultural dancehall ditty "Create a Sound," Marcia Griffiths' classic "Melody Life," and the Nigerian band The Mandators' energizing "Bubbler." In fact, all of the songs here, save for a few generic snoozers -- Daddy Lizard's Good a de Body," Culture's "Natty Never Get Weary," and Gregory Isaacs' "End Up in Smoke" -- are nice and listenable, though not stellar. |
| Track Listing 1. House on the Rocks -- Dennis Brown 2. Mi Gi Dem [12" Mix] -- Burning Spear 3. Keep on Pushing -- Rita Marley 4. Roadblock -- Beres Hammond 5. Elegant Shape -- Ashantiwaugh 6. Good Instruction -- Tony Rebel 7. Recession -- Frankie Paul 8. Condition Poorer -- Baby Wayne and Dennis Brown 9. Good a de Body -- Daddy Lizard 10. Juk and Jam Up -- Garnet Silk 11. Create a Sound -- Everton Blender 12. Melody Life -- Marcia Griffiths 13. Poverty -- Andrew Tosh 14. Natty Never Get Weary -- Culture 15. Babylon Trap Them -- The Meditations 16. End Up in Smoke -- Gregory Isaacs 17. Bubbler -- The Mandators 18. Gye Nyame -- Queen Majeeda 19. African Race -- Abyssinians |
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