SELECTIVE DISCOGRAPHY :

Albums

• A New Day
  
  It's obvious that Luciano fans and contemporary roots reggae devotees are being well served, 'cause barely has the dust settled from his solid Jet Star release "Great Controversy", than we are treated to another brandnew album from the one who is hailed as "The Messenger". VP Records have unleashed "A New Day", Luciano's second album for the year 2001, which is mainly produced by Dean "Cannon" Fraser, with additional production work from Sly & Robbie ("Road Of Life"), UK's Stingray crew ("God & King"), Highpower Music's General Lee & Garry Douglas ("Journey") and Luciano himself ("Nah Give Up"). The album features 17 tracks from one of the finest voices of modern roots music with only "Nah Give Up", "God & King" and "Journey" previously issued as 7" singles.
  All songs on "A New Day" contain uplifting and positive messages, delivered over strong "live" played backing tracks, actually a mixture of mainly fresh originals and a few revitalized classic riddims like for example Dennis Brown's "Hold On To What You Got", Bob Marley's "Thank You Lord" and Jackie Mittoo's "A Darker Shade Of Black". The album opens with the nyabinghi flavoured "No Night In Zion", a strong spiritual track. From there the listener is taken on a musical journey which includes many enjoyable and entertaining moments. Musically spoken one experiences such varied influences as Jazz, Soul, Pop, Gospel and of course traditional Roots Reggae. Too many highlights to mention, but as we have to point out some we certainly have to include "Road Of Life", "Nah Give Up", "Traveler", "African Skies", "Spring Summer", "God & King" and last but not least Luciano's tribute to the sorely missed "Crownprince of Reggae" Dennis "Emmanuel" Brown entitled "Oh Father I Love Thee". And also Luciano's beautiful rendition of Marvin Gaye's classic "God Is My Friend" is well worth mentioning.
  "A New Day" is an excellent album from an artist who unmistakably confirms that he still can be regarded as "a bright light on today's reggae music scene for his personal and musical philosophy".

• Great Controversy
  
  The album was produced at the Cave Studios in London by in-house producer Danny Ray and the mixing was done by Fitzroy 'Wizard' Blake. Musicians on board include Mafia & Fluxy, Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie, Dalton Browne, Jaswad and vocalists Don Campbell, Winston Francis (!), Bigga Morrison and Dee Ellington who provide suiting backing vocals. The excellent liner notes are written by John Masouri.
  Road Block opens the album and is one of the highlights of the album. The next tune -Call On Yahweh is across Cave's version of Craig David's 'Fill Me In' riddim, a wicked riddim also used by The Rasites (High Grade) and Lloyd Brown (Fill Me In). The title track reminds me of an earlier Luciano tune, but I just can't figure out which one...a great song ! After Luciano's remake of Peter Tosh's Legalise It he comes up with a less stronger tune, Are You Ready ?. Empress Love is a solid lovers tune across the "I'm Still Waiting" riddim. One of the outstanding tunes here is the uptempo song Patiently. If you like ska music, this song -Have Faith- will become one of your favorite tunes. The classic Rivers Of Babylon is an original strong song, but I think it's done over too much, especially since Luciano is a gifted songwriter. Free The World and Bandits are two of my favorite tracks, the latter being an instant Luciano classic ! The album closes with the gospel tune Amen.

• Sweep Over My Soul
  
  Unlike his two well polished albums for Island-Jamaica "Sweep Over My Soul" - the follow up to his Island-Jamaica release "Messenger" - has a more rougher rootical sound. Luciano's powerful voice glides over the rock-solid riddims laid by the Xterminator Crew consisting of Sly Dunbar, Donald Dennis, Robbie Lyn, Melbourne Miller, Steven Stanley, Winston Bowen, Dean Fraser and Luciano himself. This album collects a compelling blend of fresh material and former singles. The latter includes one of his best ever performances, the epic hymn Sweep Over My Soul as well as Final Call - one of Luciano's tuffest singles - across one of those patented trashing, dubwise Xterminator mixes. Also included are the superb reality tune Poor Youths, the thumping stepper Jonah on an overhauled do-over of Leroy Smart's old Channel One chestnut "Ballistic affair" and the wonderful conscious tune "Ulterior Motive", delivered across the infectious "Stealing" riddim.
  The remaining six tracks - previously unreleased elsewhere - are all gems in their own right and match the high-quality standards of the aforementioned tried and trusted hits. Can't Stop Jah Works is the legitimate opener of this album. It's a poetical song - utilizing the same riddim as Sizzla's "Til It Some More" - with Luciano alternately speaking and singing his appealing lyrics. The spiritual uplifting Hold Strong is a truly excellent effort that once again displays Luciano's ability to write and sing an anthemic tune. At first sight the uptempo You Can seems to be a light-hearted tune, however the encouraging lyrics of this message tune speak for themselves. Talk bout - the combination song with Morgan Heritage - is an awesome cut, a real killer tune ! "When man on earth has done his best, all he can do is leave the rest to the hands of time" are the first words from the chorus of When Man On Earth, another astonishing cut across a great echo-laden riddim. The last fresh song - the yearning, deeply contemplative "When Will I Be Home" - is also the last track of a truly superb contemporary album. Strongly recommend to all roots fans !!!

• Duets
  
  The 20 combination tunes found here result from this same five-year period, when Fatis seemingly had his pick of Jamaica’s most outstanding roots artists, in addition to nurturing such notable discoveries as Sizzla and Luciano himself. All tunes featured on this set are recorded at either Music Works or Anchor (and often voiced spontaneously, with the artists combining right then and there on the spot), and can be reckoned among Luciano's best material. "Duets" features bonafide classics such as "Neighbourhood Watch", "Mr. Governor", "Jah Is Alive", "Psalm 24", "Back To Africa" and "Everyman Has His Way", all originally released on UK 12” by Jet Star, alongside stunning tracks like "In This Together", "Talking Bout", "Jah Guide Us", "Jah Blessing" and "Rough In A Town". Furthermore we're treated to the previously unreleased songs "Jah Line" (showcasing Luciano & Sizzla at the height of their powers) and "Hold On Natty".
  Besides the fact that this set gathers many excellent tracks, not to be found on any of Luciano's albums, it also brings us nuff tunes that were previously only available on long-deleted Jamaican 7" singles. Thus "Duets" is a truly great collection of Luciano material that not only captures the Messenger at his very best, but once again confirms Xterminator’s position at the forefront of Jamaica’s modern roots movement. First-class modern roots reggae, not to be missed!!

• Messenger
  
  Luciano with his second album for Island Jamaica. Eleven tracks, produced by Philip "Fattis" Burrell. He's on a seriously cultural outing that never strays to far from messages of Rastafari and righteousness. Sly Dunbar, Donald Dennis & Dean Fraser lay down a solid backing, but on some tracks the backing vocals tend a little to a mainstream. It's a well polished album, Luciano's voice being very strong, and there's something for everyone : from reggae to soca and ballads.

• Serve Jah
  
  For the album "Serve Jah" he teams up with producer Morris Johnsson, aka Big Jack Scorpio. He is a Jamaican sound-system owner and record producer, who earned fame with his releases which began to hit the streets in the second half of the eighties. Out of his studio, located in Hagley Park Road, Maverley, came hits such as 'She's Mine' by Barrington Levy and Capleton's 'Cold Blood Murder' and numerous other hit tunes by household names like Mega Banton, Bounty Killer, Beenie Man and Chaka Demus.In more recent times, Big Jack Scorpio has releashed several successful productions, all of them being live played riddims, in contrast with the more digital and programmed music which has flooded the reggae market for so many years. The result is a fresh and crisp sound, recreating the sound and spirit of the 70's roots and culture sound.
  Here you will find a collection of topnotch 'one drop' reggae songs, beginning with I Will Survive a combination tune he does with his nephew Messenjah Selah. Serve Jah is a compelling religious tune. Win Or Lose comes across a remake of the classic 'I'm Just A Guy' riddim. The riddim was also used by artists like Garnett Silk. Injustice is a decent song, but True Love makes us jump and sing along. Great tune!
  Capleton joins Luciano for the song Hail King Selassie aka Never Want The Youth Dem Die. This song was one of the leading songs for the one riddim album 'Live On'. Born Free and Nowhere To Hide are strong songs, and for Long Story Luciano revisits the Rudy Mills original from way back. The beautiful bluesy ballad House Of The Lord refers to Biblical scripture, whereas I'm Not Sorry rides the 'Blend Dem' riddim. The last song, Mankind, goes back to the days of Treasure Isle, as it picks up the 'Come On Little Girl' riddim.
  The combination of Luciano's talented vocal delivery, his writing skills and the 'one drop' riddims has resulted in a high quality reggae album, which will please every reggae devotee across the globe.

• Luciano Live In Venezuela
  
  'Luciano Live In Venezuela' is an enhanced cd, featuring 14 vocal tracks and one video clip. After being introduced by the MC Luciano enters the stage and Dean Fraser sets the mood with a flawless saxaphone intro. As usually he blesses the enthusiastic crowd with a scripture from the Old Testament. He starts his musical performance with He's My Friend, followed by Never Give Up My Pride from the 'Messenger' album. This track emphasizes his melodious background singers. After Jah Makes The World Go Round comes the wonderful conscious tune "Ulterior Motive", delivered across the infectious "Stealing" riddim. He then proves his diversity by singing the gospel song Sweep Over My Soul.
  Luciano segments his performance by ending with a fading sermon, and starts again with another track from the 'Messenger' album, Over The Hills and it precedes a perfect follow up tune There's No Love. Next comes the timeless song Your World & Mine with a unique steel pan sound from the band. He bellows, and with a divine tranquility he starts to give praises with an intimate song called He. After spotlighting the musical director Dean Fraser he continues with one of his first hits, One Way Ticket.He goes into the congo filled Final Call, a tune from the Sweep Over My Soul album. The concert ends with two of his most beloved tunes : It's Me Again Jah and Lord Give Me Strength.

• Live !
  
  VP Records, in association with Phillip "Fatis" Burrell's "Xterminator Records", have released this "Live" album to provide Luciano's many fans worldwide a live experience at home. "Luciano Live" is a fine remembrance for those who had the opportunity to visit a Luciano concert and a welcome introduction for those fans who weren't able yet. "Luciano Live" is a live registration of a show the "Messenjah" did at the Brixton Academy in London on the 1st March 1998 as part of the "Hail Kings Of Glory" tour, which brought him to the UK alongside Prince Malachi, Louie Culture, Sizzla, Mikey General, Dean Fraser and the Firehouse Crew. This album features live performances of hits from Luciano's Island-Jamaica albums "Where There Is Life" and "Messenger" and therefore includes such great modern roots tunes like "Messenger", "Lord Give Me Strength", "It's Me Again Jah" and "Your World And Mine". Furthermore Luciano performs three songs from Bob Marley & The Wailers as a homage to the "King of Reggae". This fine album truly profiles the talent and the extreme energy that Luciano possesses, live and in his truest form.

• The Best Of Luciano
  
  This compilation focuses on his tunes he did for Phillip "Fatis" Burrell and includes two previously unreleased tracks and some of his best efforts he released over the years. With quality written all over, it's impossible to point out highlights. Listening to this album one can pick his own favorite tunes.
  Fans of his work may not find this compilation necessary, but anyone looking to give a first listen (are there any ??) to one of reggae's biggest names should try to give this a listen.

• Visions
  
  Following Jet Star’s own Great Controversy, Visions is the second notable Luciano set to come from England. Produced by the McLeod brothers at the Big House studio in Alperton, it’s the latest in a series of excellent albums from Stingray, whose more traditional approach to recording - and also their storehouse of “live” rhythms—suits Luciano down to the ground. “Put on your breastplate of righteousness, gird thy loins with the truth. Put on the helmet of spirituality, it’s case of urgency,” he sings on the opening track, Gideon War, which like several other songs here, betrays a deeply commited approach to message music. The whole album flows sweetly from start to finish, and as unlikely as it may seem, Divide And Rule, Serious Time, What You Gonna Do, Worthy To Be Praised and Visions itself [which is exceptional] stand proudly amongst the best of his post Xterminator recordings - not forgetting this majestic remix of God And King; two conscious songs arranged in irresistible lovers rock fashion [It’s Not Easy and Ole A We] and then Come Into My Life, which marks a real coup for Stingray as it’s the Messenger’s first secular song in over a decade

• Shake It Up Tonight
  
  Preceded only by the US RAS issue of Xterminator's 'Moving Up' set, this was the first album to hit big for Luciano, in '94 still looking enthusiastically for an identity of his own. 'Shake It Up..' finds him on fabulous crooning form, his rich natural timbre flexing over bright rhythms from Freddie McGregor's Big Ship crew.

• Back To Africa
  
  As Luciano had not yet become the great vocalist that he is todays, producer Fattis Burrell took him and taught him how to be a Reggae singer. ‘Back To Africa’ was the fourth album from Luciano exclusively produced by F. Burrell (apart from the cut ‘Time Is The Master’ produced by Blacka Dread). In fact it is a compilation of some of his 45 released at that time.

• Tell It From The Heart
  
  Luciano's latest album has been produced in a cooperation between Brotherman's "Minor7Flat5" label and the Jamaican team of AL.TA.FA.AN., who in a joint effort already brought us the strong Turbulence album "Different Thing" last June. Luciano's album has been voiced between Autumn 2002 and Spring 2003 in Syl Gordon's 321 Strong studio, most of the riddims were laid by Brotherman at his Brothermans Hill in Gran Canaria, Spain and Wort & Sound Studio in Hamburg, Germany, with all instruments, programming, recording, engineering and mixing by Andreas "Brotherman" Christophersen himself, sometimes spiced up by the drums of Silly Walks Movement's Granville Thomas, and on "Tell It From The Hear"t by a full band at Wort & Sound. The other songs "Got To Strive", "Only Jah Knows", "Freedom", "Ethiopia" and "Peace" have been recorded and at 321 Strong Studio in Jamaica with musicians like George 'Dusty' Miller and Sly Dunbar on drums, Donald "Mr Biggs" Dennis on bass (& piano), Mitchum Chin and Winston "BoPee" Bowen on guitars, Paul "Right Move" Crossdale on keyboards, with the AL.TA.FA.AN of team of Boris "Taffari" Silvera, Anthony "Al" Graham, Anthony Senior and Cedrica "Soljie" Hamilton taking the musical and production credits, and "You Can Have The World" recorded at Tuff Gong studio. Backing vocals by Brian & Tony Gold, Pam Hall and Audrey Motaung as well as Taffari himself only emphasize the great delivery of Luciano's conscious message. Luciano is in very fine form on every song, and his voice was never before so close to the late great Dennis Brown as on "Another Moses". It really is hard to pick a standout song, I simply can recommend every single selection on this disc, although as a Studio One addict it is simply almost impossible not to choose "You Can Have The World", one of the voicings of AL.TA.FA.AN's "Immigration" riddim, actually a remake of the riddim used for Burning Spear's "Fire Down Below" at Studio One. But all other songs rank very close to this selection. Another album that should be added to every rootslovers' collection.

• One Way Ticket
  
  Vital Part 1 of 2 part introduction to the superlative growing partnership between the up-and-coming 'rootsman' and rock-solid producer Fatis Burrell's Xterminator crew. It's a bejewelled selection.

• Reggae Max
  
  The top-selling mid-price series "Jet Star Reggae Max" continues with probably the best volume (#13) so far, spotlighting on the works of Jetpher McClymont aka "The Biblical Messenger" aka "Bearer Of Light" : Luciano. This young man has established himself undelibly as a Reggae King within the past five years. His total faith and belief in the Almighty Creator, absolute discipline in his musical career, and a creative, experimentative mind are some of the reasons for this well earned Kingship. This faultless twenty track compilation focusses mainly on his outlet for Phillip "Fattis" Burrell's Exterminator label. All the hits are here, the "In this together" track even in a better mix than the one found on the Island Jamaica album. His Big Ship produced number 1 reggae hit "Shake it up tonight" is just one of gems in the musical treasure chest of Luciano Reggae Max. Essential buy !

• Don't Get Crazy
  
  

• Ultimate Collection
  
  

• Where There Is Life
  
  

• Moving Up
  
  

• Toe 2 Toe Volume 4 (with Bushman)
  
  After matching the likes of Mikey Spice with Garnett Silk, Glen Washington with George Nooks, and well-respected "firemen" Sizzla and Capleton, Jet Star's Toe 2 Toe series hits back with the fourth volume, featuring Jamaica's two leading conscious roots singers Luciano and Bushman. Both singers are strongly influenced by the late great Dennis Brown, both artists have a similar vocal style and mostly concentrating on rootical themes. They have firmly established their names in the forefront of modern roots reggae, with Luciano being the Original Messenger whose career took off in the early nineties, while Bushman, with his deeper and more earthier tone, made his breakthrough a couple of years later.
  Luciano is present here with productions from small independent labels from Jamaica, Europe and the US, with Morgan Heritage, Reggae Central, Blue Jeans, Mixing Finga and Natchilous among those sharing production duties. The eight songs he delivers are strong tunes, with Praise Jah being the most dancehall flavored tune. From the late seventies comes the 'To The Foundation' riddim (courtesy of Dennis Brown). Luciano delivers a fine roots tune, Have Mercy, across that riddim. Junior Byles' 'Curly Locks' riddim forms the foundation of You Bring Me Joy, an awesome production by Edward 'Karat' Murray. Apologise is a reworking of 'I Need A Roof', while Luciano's closing tune tackles the immortal Dennis Brown/Aswad riddim 'Promised Land'. A crucial BooM tune!
  Next comes Bushman. His set kicks off with three UK productions by Tony Philips from the Ruff Cutt camp. The easy skankin' tune The People grabs you and stays in your head for quite a while. Then You've Changed, a compelling lovers tune and Knowledge, which happens to be a decent Rasta tune. From the Stingray camp comes Fill My Cup a tune he recorded some years back, but one that remains one of our favorite Bushman tunes. 'Money In My Pocket' is a strong riddim, here rebuild by Mark 'Stone Cold' Hudson and renamed Hard To Get. The album closes with You Are My Heartbeat a tune that was released as a 7" single by Checkmate records.
  Head to head, toe 2 toe... Bushman and Luciano are in top form here!

• Three Wise Man Vol. 1 (with Anthony B & Sizzla)
  
  Excellent compilation set featuring fifteen tracks of pure "love, peace and consciousness" from three Jamaican artists who quickly moved to the forefront of reggae throughout the nineties thus becoming reggae music's most crucial roots artists. This "3 Wise Men" album - as much enlightening as it is entertaining - offers the chance to hear some of these artists' sought-after and memorable tunes which previously appeared on 7" singles including Luciano's outrageous "Punch Line" and Anthony B's cut to that song, "Give Thanks". Furthermore you can enjoy "Man Shall Not Live", Luciano's awesome cut to the "Heathen" riddim, Anthony B's wicked duet with Buju Banton, Sizzla's former Soljie 7" single "Explain To The Almighty", "Takes Only Time" and - over the "Culture Bashment" riddim - "By Your Words". Needless to say that this "three artists" compilation is filled with many great tunes, no filler to be found. So pick up your copy for it is truly worthwile. Production work on "3 Wise Men" is carried out by C. Cole ("Pure & Clean" productions), P. Daley, L. Dennis, Syl Gordon, George Miller (Firehouse Crew Productions), Kariang Productions and Henfield Records.

• Three Wise Man Vol. 2 (with Junior Kelly & Sizzla + QShan Dia)
  
  Follow-up to the 1999 released "3 Wise Men" album which featured fifteen tracks from Luciano, Sizzla and Anthony B. Once again fifteen tracks on the second installment from big names Luciano and Sizzla, rising star Junior Kelly and - probably as a kind of bonus - impressive newcomer Qshan Dia. Most of the material featured on this compilation set only appeared on 7" singles and, until now, wasn't available on any other format. After a short, non-essential sequence of Luciano's "Live In Venezuela" album, the first real tune entitled "Visions" drops in. Produced by C. & R. McLeod of UK's "Stingray" team - undoubtedly representing the best of modern British reggae production - Luciano delivers a great piece in which the Messenger sounds back to his old, incomparable self. This standout tune is followed by the solid "Enough Is Enough" and the awesome "Come Away", before the rub-a-dub tune "Saturday Night" completes Luciano's set in fine style. For "Life" Sizzla rides the very same backdrop as Luciano utilized for "Saturday Night". It's a nice effort but it not until his next piece "Mind Over Matter" that his flame starts burning fiercely. With "Keep It Real" and "Show Off" Sizzla delivers matching cuts. Junior Kelly comes in strong with the outrageous "Gideon Red", which fully showcases the cultural singjay's talent for forging memorable melody lines. His next three pieces - including the combination with Anthony Malvo - maintain the high quality standard, thus making every Junior Kelly track a winner and very enjoyable to listen to. The compilation set rounds off with two cuts from Qshan Dia, the killer tune "Rejoice" - underpinned by Stingray's "People's Choice" riddim - and the excellent Face Reality". Production work on "3 Wise Men Vol. 2" is carried out by C. & R. McLeod ("Stingray"), Chris "Goldfinger" Clarke, Gary Tomlinson & Michael Nugent (Spragga Roots), Dane Moo-Young & Fabian Francis (Weeded Records), George Miller (Firehouse Crew Productions), Mikey Johnson (Lion Paw Productions), Anthony Lilly & Conrod Green (Harmodio Records) and Derrick Moo-Young.

• 4 Rebels (with Anthony B, Yami Bolo and Sizzla)
  
  Three in a row from the cultural artists Luciano, Anthony B, Yami Bolo and Sizzla can be found on "4 Rebels", a solid compilation set which - with the exception of the Sizzla pieces - features tracks produced by artist/producer Robert Ffrench. Sizzla's "Thou Shall Not Kill" was recorded for producer Bobby Digital, which is followed by two co-productions. First Robert Ffrench's co-production with Donald Dixon, "Legendary", actually a tune with some questionable lyrics, and then "Have Your Own" which sees Robert Ffrench sharing the production credits with Paul Daley. Regarding the Sizzla tracks one has to conclude that they are not appropriate for this set when compared to the efforts of the other artists. Luciano, Anthony B and Yami Bolo deliver solid to excellent modern roots pieces underpinned by wicked rootsy backdrops laid by the renown Firehouse Crew, while Sizzla's efforts are rather mediocre tunes, delivered over more dancehall-oriented riddims. "4 Rebels" kick off with "The Messenjah" Luciano, whose "Blessing" (across a wicked roots riddim strangely entitled "Stud Buster"), "Moving Out Ah Babylon" and "Black Man King" are all strong cultural efforts, delivered in the singer's well-known style. Especially the brilliant "Moving Out Ah Babylon" proves a real killer, with the epic roots tune "Black Man King" being just as good. All Anthony B tracks are taken from his satisfying "More Love" album. "More Love" and "Yard & Broad" are entertaining solid tracks, but the one that shouldn't be overlooked is the awesome combination tune with Robert Ffrench entitled "My Story". Reggae veteran Yami Bolo started his career as a youngster with Sugar Minott and his Youth Promotion organization and his main goal has always been performing cultural reggae and getting it out worldwide. Here he continues to do so. Yami Bolo delivers three great cultural pieces, fully displaying his vocal and lyrical abilities. Very enjoyable modern roots music with the awesome "Hotta Fire" being our favourite piece. All in all "4 Rebels" contains enough notable tunes to satisfy the avid fan of conscious reggae music.

• 4 Rebels Vol. 2 (with Mikey General, Sizzla & Anthony B)
  
  Two years ago the first volume of "4 Rebels" appeared with three tracks apiece from the cultural artists Luciano, Anthony B, Yami Bolo and Sizzla. Now here's "4 Rebels Vol. 2" with again "three in a row" tunes from Bobo Dread chanters Sizzla and Anthony, and vocalists Luciano and Mikey General, the latter replacing Yami Bolo. Anthony B has been exciting crowds the worldover with his fiery brand of conscious dancehall. Sizzla has been tearing it up with his hardcore style, whilst Luciano has been compared to Bob Marley and hardly ever fails to deliver great music. Fine roots singer Mikey General always shows the love of a Rastaman. Under the watchful guidance of artist/producer Robert Ffrench these reggae giants deliver some fine performances, mainly chanting down "the system" and shouting out for justice. The Messenjah Luciano kicks off with a disappointing, mediocre tune - "Rasta Party", but then returns to form with two strong efforts. "Enough Is Enough" is an excellent song showing the singer at his very best, whilst "This Is The Time" is a matching cut. Next comes Sizzla. In recent years he has shown that he's no longer an artist who seemingly effortless can deliver a whole bunch of high quality tunes in a short period of time. But anyway, the first track, "Be Strong", shows Sizzla at his best. It's a great uplifting roots tune, performed over a revitalized classic riddim with a wicked bassline. Next drops a dancehall oriented track with Sizzla in fiery form. "Judgement" is a solid tune with the Bobo Dread relentlessly firing lyrics to burn down Babylon. Lyrically and vocally "Take Your Time" is a decent tune, but in the end it suffers from a mediocre bouncing riddim. Even though he didn't break real big Mikey General has been a main player in the roots scene now for well over a decade. Here he's present with three very strong songs, which are performed over well laid riddims. All tunes benefit from Mikey's inimitable powerful style, and there's no doubt that these compelling modern roots songs will appeal to any reggae fan. The Anthony B tracks are taken from his album "More Love". The Original Fireman treats us to pure message tunes with "Talk Too Much" being the best effort. Also "Clean Heart" and "Wrong A Wrong" are decent efforts and thus worth of hearing. "4 Rebels Vol. 2" is a solid compilation set packed with tunes that will speak to your heart, mind and consciousness.

• Four The Hard Way (with Capleton, Sizzla, and Anthony B
  
  

• The Five Disciples (with Sizzla, Anthony B, Junior Kelly and Capleton)
  
  The Five Disciples is a brand new album from Reggae’s most outstanding performers, with a production by Jamaica’s most innovating producers. This album contains titles previously available on 7” inches such as Jerusalem by Sizzla, Blaze Dem Up by Capleton, King Jether by Luciano and Love & Affection by Anthony B and also includes brand new releases. Amongst this 16-track CD album is Annex Records, High Grade by Capleton and The Jimmy Riley produced, Them & Those by Junior Kelly. With such a strong artist line-up ‘Five Disciples’ insures a comprehensive guide to current trends in Roots Reggae.

• The Five Disciples Part 2(with Sizzla, Capleton, Junior Kelly & Anthony B)