ReviewsApr 14, 2016

E.N. Young - Call On Me (Roots Musician Records)

After last year's acclaimed 'Live Love Stay Up', E.N. Young already returns with 'Call On Me', but rather as a full-fledged album this should perhaps be considered an EP, as apart from a trio of interludes (be sure to check the funny radio skit 'Get 'em Next Time', proving Young doesn't shy away from self-irony), a live version and an intimate piano-instrumental, 'Call On Me' really only contains 5 new songs.

The sound of the marimba in 'Waiting For This' give the song a South African touch. For 'Cooyah Raggamuffin' Young used the same sample of the Take Five/Militancy riddim that also featured in Inna vision's 'Bad' (making it the most infectious song in the track list) and with a live version of the great 'Don't Burn Bridges', a song from Young's debut album 'Luck & Chance No More' (Roots Musician Records, 2010), E.N. also ventured back to his early days. A "small masterpiece" like predecessor 'Live Love Stay Up', this is not, but with 'Call On Me' Young again proves to belong to the absolute top of the American reggae scene!

About the Author

Jah Rebel

Together with Jah Shakespear, one of the founders of Reggae.be, he first started as a critic and a reporter before in the end of 2014 becoming editor in chief. Divides his time between his two passions: music and Haile Selassie.

Genres

DubRootsReggaeNew Roots

Published

Apr 14, 2016

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