tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183638380794714350.post5817489906052058019..comments2024-03-18T06:52:14.449-04:00Comments on Achis' Reggae Blog: 'Elixir?': A review of "Stand The Test" by MidniteAchishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08508609257426872619noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183638380794714350.post-44412106032199609992015-01-03T01:30:07.620-04:002015-01-03T01:30:07.620-04:00It is really interesting post. I never read such k...It is really interesting post. I never read such kind of post. It impressed me. Thanks for sharing…LED Flare and Standhttp://solarinone.com/products/baton-flaresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183638380794714350.post-17582825735912597182014-08-21T12:27:39.365-04:002014-08-21T12:27:39.365-04:00Give thanks for your comment and the nice words An...Give thanks for your comment and the nice words Anon. We not only respect a differing of opinions but we enjoy them as well, especially when they are as detailed and supported as yours yeah.<br /><br />As far as looking at these two most recent albums next to one another - for me the music on "BFA" was amazing.It was refined, it was covering the smallest detail and the way those sounds were constructed, where they seem to continuously develop, was just a joy to listen to and I always love I Grade's work. "STT" is different - it's kind of a darker and grimy sound and a mixture of so many styles, with a significant amount of it being Hip-Hop. And that's fine - with so many albums I'd hate if they all sounded the same but I much prefer "BFA".<br /><br />Lyrically, I wouldn't push "STT" down any at all, but I would say that every time I listen to "BFA" strictly under a point of focusing on the writing, I come away thinking that it was all about telling a story because almost all of the songs on that album are interrelated. You listen to 'Same Boat We' and 'Same I Ah One' and it's obvious yeah. But then you hear 'A Healing' [!] and that song goes on a different track but that is the same birth topic broken down and reconstructed in three ways yeah! And some of that even bleeds into a song called 'Generation Again' and that tune goes in its own route and is followed and expanded on also. I can't say that Benjamin wrote them as such, but with him I wouldn't be surprised if was all that detailed. Some of that does exist on "STT", but definitely not to the same degree in my opinion yeah.<br /><br />Thanks again for your opinion Anon.<br />Achishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508609257426872619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183638380794714350.post-60370051257564377022014-08-21T12:00:22.746-04:002014-08-21T12:00:22.746-04:00Bless upBless upIaahdensoundsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183638380794714350.post-13227473155313031102014-08-21T02:18:09.022-04:002014-08-21T02:18:09.022-04:00Hey man bless up. I enjoy reading your reviews. ...Hey man bless up. I enjoy reading your reviews. Your a talented writer... <br /><br /> Wonderful thing though, Jah made us all with different likings. I dont have the whole album yet, but I have heard all most all of it online.. I think this ones awesome. Iaahden produced some tunes on "Treasure" and some on "The way" including one that you wrote highly of in the album review, "Pon on the line" . The drums he uses are crazy.. The drums sound like some southern rap tunes or something, but I love it! So glad Vaughn picked a whole albums worth of his riddims. <br /><br />Personally, of course I thought "Beauty For Ashes" was a good album too, Ive listened to it many times, but it wasn't one of my favorites. I enjoy it dont get me wrong, and to say bored by it would be going way to far, but I almost felt like I had heard the riddims many times before, the first time I head them.. This one on the other hand Im really diggin! Iaahdens drums got Vaughn Flowing! The way Vaughn switches up his flow, all most multiple times within each tune is awesome! Top ranking. For my liking if I were to give them number ratings like you, I would have them reversed. With Beauty for Ashes at like 3.5 and this one at 4.8<br /><br />Above all its the Kings music and for that I give thanks. Wonderful it reaches us in different ways. Give thanks for witting about it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com