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Has it really been since 1977's 'Love Crisis' (or 'Black Sounds Of Freedom' if you prefer the European release) that Michael Rose/Mykal Rose last collaborated with Lloyd 'King Jammy' James? In any case, it made us all the more curious about 'Rasta State'!
King Jammy gave Rose a pick of his productions - we recognized among others Baba Boom ('Judgement'), None A Jah Jah Children ('Unity'), Run Down The World ('Israelites'), Sara ('Free Education') and Answer ('Anything You Want Girl') - and the result is undoubtedly one of the best Michael Rose albums of recent years! With 'Peace And Love In The Ghetto' Rose recorded a not unpleasant, albeit somewhat unnecessary, new version of the Black Uhuru-classic 'Willow Tree', but we were most taken with the very catchy 'Hail H.I.M.', a version over the Ali Baba riddim. If you want to hear Mykal Rose in full swing again, be sure to purchase 'Rasta State'!
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.
Sep 05, 2016