Reggae Gold '98

Great music... Although you get the bonus DVD, you'll be missing 2 songs, She's Royal and Give it all you've got. The Apple iTunes version includes these songs.

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I was so happy to gain some great jams I had heard on the radio in Miami...jamming so strong did not know some were reggae. Do it again Shabba with this big hit!!!

REGGAE GOLD 2007: YA HO! Now that's my kind of pirate :) ! REGGAE GOLD 2007 is another solid entry in VP's long running series. It's the usual formula: a dose of dancehall, the latest roots reggae, and a giveaway bonus DVD for good measure. Here's the lowdown.Opener WATCH THEM ROLL is Sean Paul by-numbers, fairly uninspired, but things are looking up shortly thereafter. New bad man on the block Mavado - whose debut GANGSTA FOR LIFE album is scheduled for release via VP in July - features twice, first with his scorching TOP SHOTTA NAH MISS on the rough, tough POWERCUT rhythm, then with the deadly LAST NIGHT. No matter how you feel about guns and gangsters - and I'll definitely say that to me, a bad man's about as much good as a dead man - it's clear that Mavado is a major talent, capable of building and sustaining huge, earthquaking vibes. The equally exciting Munga Honourebel also scores a direct hit with his first class BAD FROM MI BORN. Veterans Elephant Man and Buju Banton tackle a couple of roots reggae rhythm updates, with Ellie on Sly and Robbie's classic UNMETERED TAXI (BRING IT) and Buju tearing into the M16 (BOBBY RED), both excellent selections.Shane Brown flashes his bona fide roots reggae credentials - via his father, legendary engineer Errol Brown - on the brilliant STATEMENT rhythm, his bubbling, dubwise follow up to last year's CONFESSIONS (see Chuck Fenda's massive GASH DEM). Morgan Heritage's sizzling BROOKLYN & JAMAICA is pretty much the best take on the rhythm, but the full-length sampler is also worth picking up with quality contributions from Elephant Man, Kiprich, Busy Signal, Sizzla, Voicemail, Anthony B and others. Check it out. It's always good to hear the exceptionally gifted Jah Cure, especially now that he's not recording so frequently, and STICKY on the new JAMDOWN rhythm is pure niceness, definitely not his best-ever performance, but just a really classic roots reggae vocal and the perfect antidote to all the rudeboy runnings. The remarkably talented - and frustratingly under-recorded - I Wayne also scores with the very romantic NEED HER IN MY ARMS, and Virgin Islands chanter Pressure keeps the lights down low for his excellent, Vendetta-produced LOVE & AFFECTION. Gyptian's MY FADDAH SEH is nice, too.It's not all solid gold though. I've never been able to tune in to Tessanne Chin's inexplicably popular HIDE AWAY, which sounds to me like a moderately updated, early nineties-style power rock ballad. Ms. Chin has a gorgeous, beautifully controlled voice, easily the equal of current favourite Alaine, but HIDE AWAY just doesn't belong on a REGGAE GOLD collection. Actually, I wasn't too impressed with Alaine's SACRIFICE, either, definitely not one of Vendetta's better productions, and a very standard, very cliched lovers lyric from the otherwise amazing Alaine. Much worse than these though is the remix of MIMS' THIS IS WHY I'M HOT, another selection that's misplaced, with guests Junior Reid and even Baby Cham both sounding out of their element. To be fair, VP usually includes one of these crossover efforts on the REGGAE GOLD roster (last year we got R Kelly teamed with Sean Paul on the nice SLOW WINE), but this time I'm not crossing. The audio CD closes with Shaggy's MORE WOMAN, which at least is good fun. The DVD, as per usual, is a bit of a grab bag. I liked the interviews with Elephant Man, Gyptian and Shaggy, but the behind-the-scenes photo shoot footage was extremely tedious. Empress's guide to Kingston nightlife wasn't particularly exciting, either.Overall, as is usually the case, REGGAE GOLD 2007 succeeds in offering a little something for everyone, and it's a worthwhile buy for both casual listeners and full-time reggae lovers alike.

nice tunes

Disc did not work. would not play in house or car... Was not scratched, just did not play in any machine.

This is another Tight cd from this reggae series. If anyone doesn't know about the reggae gold series this is a good place to start. Well, 97 is where you should really start but 98 is just as tight. Best songs are:Tell me-beenie man---remix to sru hills tell me but he makes it into his own with this. Pump this in the stero and ride!Heads High--vegas--This is another one. U can pump this too but at the same time it's a concious one for the ladies tellin them to keep their heads high and don't go down the ferak way.Luciano--sweep over my soul---a smooth trackred rat--tight up skirt---This is one voice u can't forget or mistake. he;s new but he got a style that always ends with..."Oh no! " tight track13:This is one going out to the drag-queens saying that men don't dress like girls. might offend some but tight beat.16--track from livingston and shabba. This is a tight one and brings u back to the days shabba used to be on top. Track about not following what everybody else might sya when u are in a relationship. Tight!Overall this is a good cd. don't sleep on this cd. This is a msut have for your reggae and if u never lsitened to reggae before?/..this is a good reason to start trying.get it!

over a period of time ,I am hopeing to amass all the back catalogue and future reggae golds ,listening to all reggae stars old and new. you wont be disappointed with this album,i wasn't.

Excellent cd for my reggae collection.

Very good brand New Cd arrived very quick

Two thumbs-up...thank you!