Although there are some nice tunes here, Reggae Hits 35 is easily one of the low points of this series. Let's take a closer look, shall we?

The Good:

• Jah Cure and Norris Man deliver potent lovers rock tunes that should be considered career highlights.
• Richie Spice's irresistible "The Way You Are Living" manages to be both urgent and fluid at the same time.
• Gyptian's acoustic Nyabinghi drum and guitar track "Serious Times" is a worthy member of the "Redemption Song" school style of songwriting.
• Nanko's "Lucky You" is an oddly compelling, yet rather depressing track sung from the point of view of a man who admires (stalks?) a family man's life from afar, singing, "Sometimes when I'm passing / I would see and your family together laughing. / I would just stand there and imagine and staring." Where's the neighborhood watch when you need it?
• LOC's "Ring Ding Ding," riding the Applause riddim made famous by Sean Paul's "Temperature," is one of those gimmicky, hook-driven songs that you'll love for a week and then never want to hear again.

The Bad: 

• Anthony Cruz & Buju Banton's mediocre "Too Bloody" rides the one-drop Hard Drugs riddim that really is just a rip-off of Bob Marley's "Put It On."
• Turbulence's "Nah Sell Out" is another slow, rolling hip-hop track in the vein of "Notorious" (which I also didn't care for), over a sloppy-sounding beat.
• Who is George Nooks's cover of the hymn "Love Lifted Me," with its strumming country accent, supposed to appeal to, Christian country reggae fans?
• "Gimmi Little Bit": Capleton goes soca!  Now come back!
• Sean Paul's "Dream" doesn't have to dig too far in the crates to recycle Sister Nancy's well-worn "Bam Bam" riddim.
• The teaming of Beenie Man with Kevin Lyttle deserves a much less generic track than "Dancehall Champion."

The Ugly:

• "I Want a Man" from Macka Diamond and Lady G attempts to blend dancehall with a swinging blues beat without much (read: any) success.
• When I saw the title "Sesame Street," I figured it couldn't really be an interpretation of the Sesame Street theme song.  I was wrong.