The Ganjaville Riddim from Oneness Records

The Ganjaville Riddim [Oneness Records]

Okay so, when I saw what was going on with the brand new creation of longtime Achis Reggae favourites, Oneness Records, the Ganjaville Riddim, I distinctly made the decision to ignore it completely (basically) until the full set was released and I could sink my paws into it fully! Well, today (or a few days ago by the time you read this), that is exactly what happened as Oneness Records has brought forth their latest creation and, just as you would have expected based on their history, it is EXCELLENT. The Ganjaville Riddim once again finds the Germany based imprint teaming up with the residents of Reggaeville (biggup Da Ville) for the third time following the Reggaeville (a truly ridiculous decade old at this point) (time FLIES!) and Maad Sick Reggaeville Riddims, respectively. If you're new to their work, the easiest thing for me to tell you is that Oneness Records does fine work, particularly when it comes to (....well, pretty much everything they do, actually) riddims and I go into each and every release expecting big results and if I have ever been disappointed I cannot remember it and this is not an exception. So, if you're not doing anything else, let's take a quick, track-by-track look at the latest from one of the greatest to do it, the Ganjaville Riddim from Oneness Records... with its DELICIOUS selection of artists.

{Note: Probably didn't write these in order so the writing should be really ba.... even more terrible than it usually is}

'Chase Babylon Away' by Alborosie

As I've said in the past, I have never been the biggest fan of Italian superstar, Alborosie's - but I know that I am well within the minority on that (though I do, however, give him full credit for dropping what is probably one of the best hundred or so songs that I have ever heard from anyone, 'I Wanna Go Home' ["FOUR-THOUSAND MILES AWAY FROM BABYLON!"]. Though that is the case, I have to admit that I was very curious in hearing his effort on the Ganjaville, 'Chase Babylon Away', with my thinking that if anyone could make an Alborosie tune pop for me, it would surely be Oneness; and, for once, I was right.

'Chase Babylon Away' may just be my second favourite tune that Alborosie has done to date (I may be overlooking something). He delivers a comprehensive ganja tune with social 'textures' ["I got an app pon mi laptop, ah show mi where di cops at"], which is a JOY to listen to. The tune has a very nice old school vibes to it (which isn't something I could say about every song here in case you think that it is a product of the riddim, itself), which has always been a specialty of Alborosie's. While I will not be a prisoner of the moment and suddenly start saying I'm one of the artist's biggest fans, I am a fan of this tune as the Ganjaville Riddim puts one of its best feet forward to get us started.

'Settle Down' by Luciano & Lutan Fyah

As far as I know, the earliest taste we would get of the Ganjaville was its first single (well that goes without saying doesn't it! DUHHHH!) (what would REALLY be interesting is if the first time we heard it was on its SECOND single!), the MAMMOTH 'Settle Down' an almost over-qualified combination between the legendary Luciano and Lutan Fyah, a pair of favourites of mine, Yours and Oneness' as well. As I said about this one when I first heard it, 'Settle Down' is rather easily one of the strongest pieces that I've heard in the first two-thirds of 2022, from anyone. "COOL" is the word that most comes to mind when I hear 'Settle Down'. It's just a cool song and it definitely does have a bit of further reaching impact as, should you be looking for a soundtrack to play while you 'settle down', you could do FARRRRRRRR worse than this tune which was put together with the best interest of your nerves in mind.

'Ganjaville' by Eek-A-Mouse & Lee "Scratch" Perry

For your riddim title track a pair of legends come together as Eek-A-Mouse links with the immortal Scratch Perry on a tune that leaps out at the listener on paper. If you're even remotely familiar with this duo, you can probably predict fairly accurately what happens during the actual song which is as much of a PERFORMANCE as it is anything. It's BIG and dramatic on EAM's end with Scratch providing a most interesting contrast with his signature fragile vocals. What results is, easily, one of the (if not THE) most compelling listens on the riddim and everything you knew it would be when you saw who was involved as the Governor-Generals of Ganjaville turn in a winner.

'Irie Up' by Tribal Seeds

US based band Tribal Seeds make, at least for me, a rather surprising appearance on the Ganjaville and it is a rather pleasant one. I know who they are, but their contribution here, 'Irie Up' may just be the very first tune that I have actually heard from Tribal Seeds (if it is not, it is one a very small group for me) and I am damn impressed. I do not know the lead singer for Tribal Seeds (I've found a pair of names), but whoever he is a full credit goes to him because his voice works perfectly on the Ganjaville. It is an excellent blend of easiness and passion (nice backing vocalists on 'Irie Up' as well) and he uses it on a piece which doesn't lack at all lyrically either, particularly during its latter portions. A big tune which I hope a few unfamiliar heads like myself take a closer listen to.

'Free Up' by Mellow Mood & Pressure Busspipe

Alborosie isn't the only Italian represnting on the Ganjaville as band Mellow Mood turn in a FINE performance with their 'Free Up'. I hear some familiar quality in the singer of MM (which is apparently either Jacopo or Lorenzo Garzia - twin brothers) (...because their twins, actually, it may be BOTH OF THEM) who reminds me slightly of the Protoge at times (biggup Protege) and he/they, like Tribal Seeds before them, has a very nice command of melody on 'Free Up'. The chorus on this tune is SO incredibly basic that I found myself listening to it and waiting for something else to happen with it, but I have to say that it did eventually grow on me.

NOW! With all of that being said, someone who I didn't expect to see here (for just the second time on a Oneness production, I think, after the lovely 'Goodness' from the Better Days Riddim half a decade ago) pops up as guesting on 'Free Up' is a favourite of everyone with ears, the great Pressure Busspipe who absolutely puts the Ganjaville Riddim to the sword with his two verses on 'Free Up'.

"Ganja mi ah bun, no bodda tell mi bout too much

How dem ah fight di herb?

Mi nah know a wah dat dem ah stir up

Chalice start to blaze, it's like volcano start to erupt

When di herbs run out wi call di farmer fi a reup

Tell some politician haffi free up

Sight di Rastaman - you smell di herbs before you see us

Mellow Moods go find di herbs and now di party buck

Little bit of herbs is not enough

Farmer man woi

Strictly marijuana Pressure Busspipe enjoy

Tell mi how long di government ah destroy

Build up economics, everyone get employed

Seed inna soil"

"Marijuana is a nerve calmer

PLANTED BY DI FARMER AND CREATED BY THE FATHER

Smoke di herbs along di road or bouncing on di corner

Woman get di ganja and forget about di drama

Check di saga: Never tek no crack, cocaine or life will lead to harder

Stick you like a dagger

Get yourself together and lick di herbs pon up a di plaza

Mek sure you get di summin weh dem call di Zaza

MARIJUANA KICK MI HEAD LIKE MARADONA

BABYLON AH COME AND CUT IT DOWN AND DEM A NO BARBER

Ten thousand pound a ganja dock inna yuh harbour

Pressure and Mellow Moods a lava!"

{Note: Should you want to hear more of Mellow Mood (and you should), be sure to check their latest album, "Mañana" which released just a couple of weeks ago) 

'Herb Dealer' by Chezidek

What remains of the Ganjaville Riddim is next turned over to the far more than capable hands of Chezidek, who breathes all kinds of new life into it with what is currently my absolute favourite track on the riddim, the MAMMOTH 'Herb Dealer'. The tune finds Chezidek taking matters into his own hands (herb entrepreneurship) with a SWEET delivery which goes all over the pace, including a verse where he basically RAPS the entire thing ["How mi fi be alright if mi no have a spliff fi light? Mi enter inna coffee shop, mi credit card swipe. Mi trying every strain, every draw, every type. Mi bun di marijuana like an exhaust pipe"]. 'Herb Dealer' KEPT a smile on my face and although there is some big material here (already told you about a few of them, about to tell you about another couple of them), like I said, it reigns supreme on the Ganjaville for me.

'Floating' by Queen Omega

The overabundance of quality on the Ganjaville continues with the next tune in, 'Floating' by one of my top.... five or so favourite artists ever, Trini Reggae empress, Queen Omega. Something happens on this tune, just as it does on the one preceding it which I will fully dig into in just a minute in closing (or whatever that turns out to be),  but it is DELIGHTFUL! The vibes on 'Floating', as its name would suggest, are somewhere in the stars.... much like their creator, as I now sit here reconsidering my choice of the riddim's finest tune.

"So when you use it, just remember not to abuse it

Cause when some use it - dem do it, do it til dem lose it

So some refuse it, but I'm telling you don't confuse it

IT'S JUST LIKE MUSIC: IT IS A HEALING, I CAN PROVE IT

It is a medicine and surely it is therapeutic"

'High Grade Marijuana' by Naptali

"Mi nuh care wah dem ah say

Mi nah stop smoke

Even if dem waan fi take away mi passport"

And, WONDERFULLY, to wrap up the Ganjaville Riddim is an artist who Oneness brought to our attention more than a dozen years ago via one of the finest albums that I have ever heard, "Long Journey", Naptali. His effort here, 'High Grade Marijuana' also well ranks amongst the riddim's finest pieces and does so in a couple of different ways. First of all, there's just something which has become a signature of Naptali's for me: That voice! A couple of songs ago I told you about Chezidek. Chezidek has a strange voice. I just told you about Queen Omega. When she presses it, Queen Omega has one of the most forceful voices in all of Reggae music. Naptali doesn't have either of those; instead, he has this almost laidback assertiveness (I used the word "weary" before thinking about it, but it isn't weary at all. It isn't tired, it's calm) (were you to wake Naptali out of his deep sleep, he could probably sing this tune just as it sounds here immediately) and, when he's at his best, and 'High Grade Marijuana' is at least in the arena, it works almost perfectly for his brand of music. When I hear his music these days, it almost always makes me smile, just do the familiarity and nostalgia and I so look forward to new material from Naptali. Secondly, though no one may give him the credit for him (besides me, I'm going to do it), 'High Grade Marijuana' is one of the best lyrical performances you will find on the Ganjaville. It is very impressive and in such a very natural and organic way.

Ganjaville Riddim Instrumental

As for the Ganjaville Riddim, itself, it is immaculate. I've come to judge riddims on two primary levels with the first being its actual sound. The Ganjaville wins there, particularly on the strength of these gorgeous horns which alternate between dominating and existing in these wonderful bursts bouncing around that solid one-drop. The other area where a riddim needs to do well, for me, is how much it lends itself to vocalists. It doesn't have to be easy (I may even prefer if it isn't) or entirely accessible, but it should be able to produce a nice backdrop to a variety of different SKILLED artists. Even more so than just being nice music, that's where the Ganjaville really shines for me. I alluded to this when speaking about 'Floating' because it happens there and on Chezidek's 'Herb Dealer' - it GLOWS. The thing literally starts MOVING behind the vocals and, in doing so, it pushes both Chezidek and Queen Omega even higher.

I'll resist being a prisoner of the moment and throwing some further reaching accolade on the Ganjaville Riddim, but if someone wanted to call it one of the greatest creations of Oneness Records to date, maybe I wouldn't argue with that person very much (or a all, actually). I also like how the program is run with everyone sticking to the topic at hand and making for one well put-together project that you, YOU RIGHT THERE, need to make time to listen to. Fantastic.

Most Wanted 2013

Well, that was it. In less than three weeks or so, 2012 will have ended, so it presents a wonderful time to start looking back and looking ahead… again. Today we take, for the third time, a glance ahead at all of the nice people we'd like to hear from on an album in the next year. In some cases, it just seems like the right time, while in others the 'right time' may not even exist, so why not just do it. In others still, you have artists seemingly coming into the height of their powers and an album seems to be the next likeliest step. Whatever the individual case, here're ten people who could make 2013 a much happier twelve months with their presences. Most Wanted 2013

{Note: See last year's list}

{Note 2: Artists on last year's list and artists with currently scheduled (or semi-scheduled} albums were excluded}

#10. Lady Sweety

Champion! If I thought that there were any way in any thing that this would happen, surely Lady Sweety , the reigning Queen of 'coming soon' would be much higher near the top of this list - but I don't. Having not had an album in more than half a decade now kind of dims those prospects but, as you can see, at least one person is still waiting for the full on return of one of the absolute most damaging talents in the Dancehall. 2013 would be an excellent year for a new album, but so would have 2010, '11 and '12. If it does actually materialize, expect a huge project and one which may be full special because at her best, Sweety is one fascinating artist and an extremely powerful lyricist. Lady Sweety… meet Don's Music!  

#9. Ras Muhamad

Blow them away. From out of Indonesia, Ras Muhamad seems well poised to continue to impress in a major way, which has seen him, steadily, rack up a very impressive line of singles for a variety of different producers, headlined by some of our favourites at Oneness Records. At the very least, a compiling of these singles with some new material thrown in seems in order at this point, but should he hand in another year in 2013 like '12, I guess it will make the wait more tolerable. HOWEVER, because of is fantastic consistency, the point is rapidly approaching where it just doesn't make any sense for Muhamad not to have a full record out because his skill would just be too large not to have someone make one with him. Personally, I think he's already at that point, which is why he makes this list. Whenever it happens, it will be MASSIVE! 

#8. Naptali

Journey back. Speaking of MASSIVE (and Oneness), it would also be so great if we heard from the star of the single best album that I heard two years ago, Naptali. While he hasn't been the most active of artists over the course of the past couple of years, 2013 may provide the dazzling singing chanter with a similar landscape that he had in 2010, when he would strike with "Long Journey", which remains one of the top fifty or so best albums that I have ever heard. While he has the lost the ability to come from 'out of nowhere' and the element of surprise (at least with me), I don't think there're a huge number of fans expecting Naptali to do something amazing in 2013 (they weren't expecting it in 2010 either) and perhaps he strives under such conditions. And he could turn in an album farrrrrrrrr worst than his previous one and still manage to impress greatly.  

#7. Tuff Lion

11 Strings. Whether you actually know it or not is another matter, but if you listen to enough music and particularly enough of it coming from out of the Virgin Islands, chances are great (they're guaranteed actually) that you've heard quite a bit of Tuff Lion's music in 2012 as, perhaps more so than any other single person in VI Reggae music, his 'reach' as a musician/producer/everything is IMMENSE. Of course you remember his last album, 2008's incredible "Ten Strings" (if you don't recall it, I want you to know that I find you disgusting), which was a project made up of Tuff Lion playing his guitar as a 'singer' across a fine group of riddims provided by I Grade Records. So! If you haven't noticed, I Grade has been amongst the most active and successful labels in the time since and particularly over the past two or three years now - so they've WELL had the opportunity to 'replenish' the vault with new tracks over which the Lion can display his mastery. ALSO, almost every album which comes down from the label these days has work from the Zion I Kings as well. Whatever they have coming for the new year is going to be BIG, but a ZIK album for the Tuff Lion seems almost impossible to top in terms of quality.  

#6. Kalash

KABOOM! Kalash has already gone on to becoming one of the most popular artists on the FWI scene these days and, seemingly, figures to continue his angry march to the top in 2013, which would make for a wonderful a new album, which would be the DJ's first in three years at that point (although his 2010 self-titled album was re-releases, in a "Collector's Edition" last year). Kalash is the PERFECT example of when an up and comer makes good and becomes a full fledged champion in the arena as he has fulfilled on every drop of potential he showed earlier in his career and not only has his popularity ascended so greatly in the past couple of years, his skill has also advanced in my opinion. And he was already well talented, yet raw, the first time anyone had really heard him. He's still untreated in some respects, but that's a great thing and now he has the experience to make and take advantage of his abilities even greater. With Admiral T having fired in 2012, Kalash (and hopefully Saïk) should be amongst the most high profile FWI talents doing big albums in 2013 and I actually expect this one to happen (in both cases).  

#5. Sara Lugo

Things will work out right. You know, I've spent SO much time looking back at the "What About Love" album, and deservedly so, it was and remains fantastic (and you are a horrible, HORRIBLE person if you don't have a copy) (become good and buy one), but maybe it's time to start looking ahead again. At some point in the first half of 2013 we will pass a point where that album hits two years of age and it's star, the always wonderful Sara Lugo, hasn't slowed down a bit in any way and seems perfectly set up for a strong 2013, with or without the release of a full album. The main point of interest here is that, like Kalash before her, I think that even though what we've already heard has been so powerful and so interesting, what is to come from Sara Lugo will be, like her talents, very special and even more impressive (and I cannot wait to, again, look at the rest of you and say "I TOLD YOU SO!"). 2013 may not bring the next album, yet if she doesn't have an one in the year and regardless of the actions of the next four artists you're going to read about (with the exception of #2 probably) it's hard to envision a set of circumstances under which a 2014 edition of this list exists without Lugo's name being four spots higher.  

#4. Baby Cham

Another story. Not that activity has ever been a strength of his (because it certainly has not), but one would think that the soon to be seven years since Baby Cham's last album, which was a huge success, would be more than long enough for the DJ and superpower producer Dave Kelly to have waited for the proper time to line up another winner and I think they will. Recently, Cham dropped a very well received EP ("#Team Cham", in stores now), which was the culmination of quite a bit (for him) of activity in recent times. I'm going to take that as a 'warning shot' of sorts for the full thing which would look spectacular coming in the second half of the year. Also, if you haven't noticed, Dancehall albums from the biggest of names are completely scarce and Cham along with one or two others (maybe like a Lady Saw and hopefully Agent Sasco) would hit shelves with not a bit of competition in sight. 

#3. Kabaka Pyramid

It's building. Not too many artists, and maybe no one at all, had such a continuously impressive 2012 in Roots Reggae music without releasing an album than did the burgeoning Kabaka Pyramid. The chanter has added his name to a list (and maybe even at the head of it) of up and coming talents in the genre and he now seems set to turn 2013 into an incredible display of his music. Hopefully at the pinnacle of it all is his debut album and, presumably, he would have one of the longer queues full of producers and labels lining up for him. His popularity and prolificacy has also matched the quality of his music and now not very much time goes by at all without hearing a new single, mixtape or even EP from the artist and he has suddenly become very widely celebrated and with good reason. As are the conditions of this list, I don't know what he has coming in the new year, but if it does include an album, I have a VERY, VERY good feeling about it. 

#2. Stevy Mahy

Take another trip. While I haven't heard a great deal of new music from the smoldering (in sooooooo many ways) Gwada songstress, Stevy Mahy, she remained quite visible and active in performances (and still is apparently), but I don't think that her studio time was so great in 2012. Combine that with the fact that she has also, seemingly, shifted her attention forward after promoting her debut, the divine magic joyness that was "The Beautiful Side of A Kreyol Folk Trip", as hard as she possibly could have (that album had fourteen songs on it, two of them were interludes. So it had twelve actual songs. She did videos for six of them!) and you begin to think that it may be time for her musical comeback (she also has a jewelry line now apparently, so check out Moun' by Stevy Mahy). I don't know what to expect or if to expect it in the next twelve months, but whenever she does arrive with a new set, like its predecessor, it will be beautiful…. Beautiful! 

#1. Damian Marley

Something for you. Between working alongside Nas for a full album, whatever Super Heavy was (am I the only one who just didn't comprehend what was happening with that???) and Skillrex, it may not seem like it, but should September 2013 roll around sans such a creation, it would do so making it truly ODD eight years from last Damian Marley released a full solo album. This is the case despite a genuine raise in profile in that same time (if that's even possible), so one would think that when he does return, whenever it happens, he would bring with him, arguably, the largest fan base in Reggae music. On top of that, if you haven't paid attention to him (shame on you), Damian Marley is amongst the most talented artists that the genre has to offer and all of those traits, at least to me, make for an album which could well bring up words such as "landmark". Something tells me that it won't mark this year (and instead we'll be hearing from his brother, Stephen, again) (which is fine), but there doesn't exist someone that I can think of with such a unique set of circumstances: In terms of BIG projects in Reggae music, seemingly all roads lead to Damian Marley's next album and hopefully they all link up sometime in the latter stages of 2012. 

The Best Reggae Album of 2010: "Long Journey" by Naptali

Naptali - Long Journey [Oneness Records - 2010]

With the final word on 2010 still to be written, what we can most certainly do is to analyze who had a great year, a poor year and who . . . .didn’t do much of anything at all. What I’ve done, or attempted to do, over the past couple of days is to look at those artists who, out of hundreds, if not thousands of possibilities, have managed to distinguish themselves based on the quality of their albums. Well, now we’re going to look at someone who has even managed to set himself apart from even that class of his peers again, in terms of albums, The Great Naptali. Previously an only slightly known name to me, the Clarendon native, much like the creator of my favourite album of 2009, Lion D, seemed to pop up from out of nowhere and when he did, he did so with such a majestic sense within his vibes that it became downright impossible for me to ignore.

When I think of albums which I rank as great, although there’re exceptions, I try to put them into ‘normal’ categories in terms of the overall sound and the riddims and the lyrics and delivery and everything like that. When they score high in most or all of those, I then look for something EXCEPTIONAL which makes it them standout. Naptali himself is a standout, even before you get to the music, but when you are so fortunate as to dive into his vibes, what you hear is such an odd set - Naptali, at his best, makes absolutely NUMBING music. Although it can be quite simple and very straight forward, he makes a type of music where you can play his album from the very beginning and simply lose track of how many songs you’ve heard and not due to lack of attention either. That, amongst many things is what makes him standout and it’s also what makes his debut album, as it has been in my opinion since the day it dropped, March 12, 2010 - The Best Reggae Album of 2010. ”Long Journey”.

The Music

1. ‘Show Dem Love’

While it’d be nice if you could pay a close attention to the opener of the album, ‘Show Dem Love’, I’d overstand if you’re more interested in the RELAXING nature of the tune which prevails here. From the very first sound here (and thus on the entire album), Naptali, with his sing-chanting type of style, just develops this wonderfully serene type of vibes which, for my clearly overactive mind, makes perfect sense when tied into the message of the tune (and the album itself later) - Showing love isn’t hard. It’s easy.

Best Lyric: “Rescue me from my enemies. Oh Jah please save my soul. You put food upon my table, give me faith to take control”

2. ‘What Goes Around’

While not as straight laced as the opener, the second tune on ”Long Journey”, ‘What Goes Around’, still has an abundance of power which comes largely due to the way the tune is delivered (and, of course, what is actually delivered). It’s almost straight chanted at points, but by its end, the song becomes this quietly BRILLIANTLY mixed selection of a praising track. The album isn’t exactly lacking in such things, but if I were to hold this song up as an example of the type of music you’re going to hear on the album, you’d probably be pretty damn interested, especially when I told you that there were two or three tracks which were even better (but not by much).

Best Lyric: “Rastafari, the King of all things. HE always protect I, under HIS wing. No tek Rasta life fi joke, ah serious ting, HE guide us through thick and thin, oh Most High”

3. ‘Long Journey’

The title track for the album probably and fittingly offers its signature lyrical moment as well (see below) and one which clearly is so significant in taking in the album as a whole. Besides being so impressive lyrically, again, the sound here is just SO NICE. The word ‘vibe’ is one which is overused (by me) in Reggae jargon by just about everyone, but in this instance it is so fitting because the VIBES of this one are literally jumping off the player and right at the mind of the listener - Just as it should be.

Best Lyric: “I am on a long journey. This journey that I trod it only filled with poverty. I know JOY awaits me, so I hold the faith and wait patiently”

4. ‘And They Cry’ featuring Sara Lugo

Who knew??? These days, the notion of a Naptali - Sara Lugo combination would be absolutely mouth watering to me before I’d stop and realize . . . Oh yeah, I’ve already gotten that, haven’t I. ‘And They Cry’ meshes together two talents which seem so PERFECT together in Naptali and Lugo as both aren’t necessarily the most excited types in the world and with these exquisitely melancholy riddim underpinning them, they work a MAGIC together which was not to be missed (and hopefully Naptali can return the favour in May when Sara Lugo reportedly drops her debut album).

Best Lyric: Sara Lugo “Why. Why! They ask you lord, do there have to be wars with guns and swords. If we are human with minds and thoughts, people have to learn how to use their words”

5. ‘Grandma’ featuring Arofat

Quick - How many ‘Mama tunes’ have you heard in Reggae music? To answer it myself I could probably say well over 500 at this point and while Naptali is no different in that respect - He kind of is. ‘Grandma’ is his ‘Mama tune' which is his apparent ode to his Grandmother (duh!), who I believe has passed on (I THINK I saw a picture of Naptali standing besides what was captioned as her grave). I never knew the woman AT ALL, but I’d be willing to guess that she’d not only be very proud of her grandson today, but she’d LOVE this song as well.

Best Lyric: Naptali “Cuz if you miss me, don’t be worried, worried. Cuz it’s my time, to complete my journey, journey. Know that I’m leaving, leaving tomorrow, tomorrow. I’m just a pilgrim passing through”

6. ‘Fire Bun’

Quick again - How many ‘fire bun’ tunes have you heard in Reggae? In this case, I’d probably estimate at upwards of 300 or so and . . . While Naptali is no different in that respect - He kind of is (sound familiar?). This tune might be the most identifiable on ”Long Journey” because it actually uses African Beat’s 2009 update of the unforgettable Bad Boys Riddim. While the song won’t capture the world’s attention in the way as the riddim’s namesake has, it’s an excellent track and one which ‘fuels’ itself over it’s excellent duration.

Best Lyric: “Dem warring, for money and powah. Dem don’t care, for the people weh ah suffah. Dem sale di ghetto people like rice & sugah. Ah righteousness mi use light dem like fyah. Mi bun dem out (!) cuz dem don’t care fi wi. Dem neva set di tings so mankind can live free. Hey you! Look around, tell me what you see. I see all di brutality whoa”

7. ‘Seven Miles’ featuring Luciano

After learning just how much of an influence and a mentor legendary Roots Reggae singer, Luciano, has been in the career of Naptali, it would have been such a big disappointment if ‘The Messenjah’ didn’t check in on the debut album of his disciple. Fortunately that isn’t the case because not only does he appear on ”Long Journey”, he does so on what is CLEARLY one of the album’s main attractions and not just because he’s here. ‘Seven Miles’ Listening to this BEAUTIFUL song which speaks on Black redemption and Black unity in the name, honour and works of Marcus Garvey, you can really tell how similarly vibed these two artists are to my ears and hopefully this isn’t the final time the two link up like such (and I would think that Luciano would be pretty happy to see me claiming an album from Naptali the best of a year in which he himself had two releases, although he probably would’ve wanted to be in the top ten).

Best Lyric: Luciano - “Black is the foundation of the human nation, the origin of civilization. There’s no doubt or any question”

Naptali - “I saw seven miles of Black Star Liner, sailing in, by the children of the Father. Seven miles of Black Star Liner - It’s not about race, it’s a Blackness mi refer”

8. ‘What They’re Fighting For’

Chasing the combination with Luciano is a pretty un-Luciano type of song, but one which definitely demonstrates a certain difference between the two (if you needed more evidence). On top of that, ’What They’re Fighting For’ is just a big tune and damn interesting also. What happens here is that, besides the obvious anti-violence rhetoric, Naptali kind of projects this wonderful imagery of just how special it would be when we’ve achieved an anti-violence state of things. The first is so common that alone I probably wouldn’t directly comment on it (unless the tune was special) (and it is), the first and the second together is something different and in this case it’s a real winner.

Best Lyric: “So tell me what we‘re fighting for and taking life? Equal rights we need to all unite in a time like this. Listen oh please, let’s live in love and let the violence cease”

9. ‘More Love’ featuring Lutan Fyah & Arofat

Building on the subjectry of the tune before it, ’And They Cry’, as well the opener is the third and final combination on ”Long Journey”, ‘More Love’. Featured here alongside Naptali is his apparent good friend and talented chanter, Arofat and a “talented chanter” of the highest order, Lutan Fyah. I’ll speak more on this later, but if you read my work to any degree, I’m sure you can imagine how my face must’ve LIT UP when I saw that Lutan Fyah was also on this outstanding album (and of course I didn’t actually see it, so I’ll imagine with you). Fyah adds a very nice bit of spice to the album and specifically on this good natured tune and although he doesn’t steal the show completely (and it is better that way in my opinion), both and he Arofat do excellent work alongside the star here on Oneness’ General Key Riddim.

Best Lyric: Lutan Fyah “Ah no money we did cry fah, we need a betta living. Hungry belly pickney deh yah street side chilling without education to utilize. Hey we need to share and finalize”

10. ‘Rise Up In The Morning’

The riddim on ‘Rise Up In The Morning’ is just so HEAVY and dominant that it almost sounds like a changeup, but when it gets going you can kind of start to see that nothing really does change, but it’s just a BIG song. Naptali almost seems to revel in having such a composition at hand because he uses it to deliver an INSPIRATIONAL message of living each and every day and each and every moment within the care of His Imperial Majesty and he also uses it to set the stage for the album’s biggest moment which follows.

Best Lyric: “Some lost dem way and can’t find direction. The Most High Jah is the ONLY solution to save mankind from that evil illusion. I see dem headed for destruction”

11. ‘Redeemer’

The boom. The first song that I actually heard from this album and knew that it would be on this forthcoming album was ‘Redeemer’ and I loved it when I heard it and going on a year later, I STILL love it and probably even more so these days. Of course, as I said, the title track and a couple of others would definitely serve this purpose and do it well, but if you REALLY want a prime example of Naptali at his remarkable best, you’ll check ‘Redeemer’, a tune on which the artist gives MASSIVE thanks and praise to His Imperial Majesty. There’s also a very ‘smooth’ nature to the song, but it’s also obviously a very natural vibes to it which makes me think that it wasn’t planned out and crafted to the smallest detail, but Naptali just went into the studio and gave the listener HIMSELF. VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY nice to meet you my friend.

Best Lyric: “What’s the problem with mankind? How dem so ignorant and so vile? For simple thing dem try to take away your life, why dem don’t learn to live upright?”

12. ‘The Law Of Attraction’

‘The Law Of Attraction’ is somewhat of a deceiving track as, over the months, it’s grown to become less and less WEIRD to my ears. When I first heard it, I pegged it as the ‘love song’ of the album, but it really isn’t and, given it’s kind of ‘worldly’ feel, you wouldn’t even be led to think that in retrospect. What it is, instead is a BIG sounding anthem for the world and Naptali’s idea of the ‘law of attraction’ isn’t one which is shared between you and I, but it’s one which is shared between every living human being presumably (as he says, “it is the power to your mind” - Meaning LOVE of course).

Best Lyric: “Do you believe in faith and circumstances, in your destiny and your ? I have to tell you that it’s all about creation. Creation of your mind”

13. ‘We The People’

As if this album were short on ‘feel-good moments’ (and it wasn’t) here’s another VERY impressive on in ‘We The People’. This song is actually a bit of a social commentary or a social observation as well (because despite its title it does have a detached sense to it in some instances) and it is STERLING in both cases. This song I feel could’ve did a major damage if it were afforded the opportunity because, again, the vibes are just so nice and so quietly upful and IT JUST MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD which can definitely be the story of the album as a whole.

Best Lyric: “Mankind - Don’t be so greedy. Show some love to the poor and the needy. Over the world, people are feeling. Feeling the wrath of the enemy”

14. ‘Seven Brothers’

And, surely in a move approved by his mentor, Naptali goes biblical to wrap up ”Long Journey” with ‘Seven Brothers’. He also does it with the obligatory Reggae move of ending the album with a Nyah drum backed tune (and it‘s acoustic also). For me, this excellent tune reaches on levels of unity and coming together and how, despite the fact that everyone is different in so many ways, it is well still possible to come together and make things happen. It sounds amazing and places a very fitting cap to an even more amazing album preceding it.

Best Lyric: “Seven brothers. Seven different minds. Seven different thinking at the same time. Seven times rise. Seven times fall. And neva you end up with your back against the wall”

Synopsis

Usually when I do these things I immediately begin to attempt to find the ultimate and prevailing meanings and sentiments behind the messages of the album and while I am going to do that here (although it’s pretty obvious in this instance) I would like to speak on ”Long Journey” in the prior sense - Before the album was released. I was SO looking forward to getting this album and largely because of my feeling going into it - Something just told me that it would be a truly SPECIAL project and looking back on it, even with that much anticipation, it most certainly didn’t disappoint and months later it’s still impressing. Also it should be said that, at least in part, this album definitely gave me one of the biggest ‘gifts’ in Reggae of 2010 which was the priceless Sara Lugo and, again if you read me to any extent, you know how much of a fan I am of hers these days and it also gave me a reason to take an even more interested look at Arofat as well.

So! On to the business at hand - As I alluded to, in my opinion ‘sizing up’ Naptali’s ”Long Journey” is fairly simple work, particularly when you look at it as I just wrote it - NAPTALI’S LONG JOURNEY. The album, at least for me, is one which is ultimately centered around the notion of self development, self confidence and the ‘power’ of one’s self and believing in it and utilizing it. The one kind of ‘frill’ mixed in there, however, is the acknowledgement that this is a current process. We’re not looking back on it as something which has already been completed, it’s still ongoing through the duration of this album and the presumption is, almost, that this process has neither a beginning nor an end, on the whole.

I said that the title track offered the greatest glimpse into the meanings of the album named after it and, directly it also contained THE signature lyrics of the entire album in my opinion on the tune’s chorus.

“I AM on a long journey
This journey that I trod it only filled with poverty
I know joy awaits me
So I hold the faith and wait patiently”

The word “am” certainly does place the tune in a very current and ongoing state. I also think that the very nature of the song has something to do with its meaning as well. It’s a very lively and attention-grabbing selection, but at the same time there is no sense of urgency or terror in the song. What happens is that it ends up conveying that while certainly this message is crucial and important, it’s not going to hurt! You’ll be okay with it. Embrace it!

Two very significant aspects also join in and make appearances on this long journey of Naptali’s. The first, of course, is His Imperial Majesty and exactly how important Naptali feels that it is to make this trod in honour of HIM. Since you knew I was going there - ‘Redeemer’.

“Yes we need to keep on doing
The positive that we always doing
King Rastafari never go down
No, dem coulda neva take His crown
When I look at The Motherland
I see my people facing starvation
The younger girls getting molestation
Why the innocent head ah buss like bomb?” “I know that my redeemer leads
I know that Jah Jah never leave us alone
I know that my redeemer leads
I know that Jah Jah never leave us alone
And I will keep on -
Giving thanks and praise, always”

The problem presented is always a current one here and even after Naptali offers a sight of the true wickedness that exists, he still writes the solution to the problem as a very current one. And you’ll go back to what I said just before about this process - it has “neither beginning nor an end”. What else do you know of with such traits??? The song just before ‘Redeemer’ also does a great job at conveying this message as well, ‘Rise Up In The Morning’.

“As I rise up in the morning
First thing
The Binghi youth keep yanting
Unto mi King
For the giving of life
RASTAFARI LIVE AND NEVER DIE”

WHAT! Sometimes it’s just too simple. And you’ll hear similar things on tunes such as ‘Seven Miles’ and really throughout the album as well indirectly.

The other crucial feature of Naptali’s journey is LOVE. Firstly (and obviously), there’s the opener, ‘Show Dem Love’ which, in such a beautifully balanced way unites both that message with a fitting style of vibes as well.

“Stick around, give a helping hand
Try fi help the weak even though you are strong
Di youth dem in di street, dem need motivation
With opportunity so they can find food fi nyam”

“Show dem love
That’s what they need
Lots of opportunity so they can achieve”

This tune has a VERY interesting lyrical development in the second verse which begins with -

“Rescue me from my enemies
Oh Jah please save my soul
You put food upon my table
Give me faith to take control”

If you take that and go back and look at the first passage I printed from the tune, you’ll see how the focal point of the tune has shifted from “them” to “me” which is an excellent way of either DIRECTLY personalizing a tune (I.e. ‘I need some help’), or even showing solidarity with those in need (I.e. ‘I am one of ‘them’).

And there’s also ‘More Love’ -

“We give more love to the ghetto youths dem
We bring more joy to the hearts of our children “

And later ‘We The People’ which was the song which I remarked was a bit detached and observational so as to denote, again a process which is ongoing. And to sum up that final point, it appears that Naptali is saying that this long journey would be so much ‘BETTER’ if someone cared and LOVED enough to help one another.

Surely, I’ve pounded those points adequately and would love to continue (and I just might someday) but hey all have a purpose here don’t they? What Naptali managed to pull off on ”Long Journey” was such a LOVELY statement of his talents as an artist and I didn’t hear a more compelling thing in 2010. Was it a modern classic (of course it was), that remains to be seen, but it was The Best Reggae Album of 2010.

"Flawless. Victory.": A Review of Long Journey by Naptali

Still basking in the afterglow of what was the brilliant The Burnin’ Melody album from the previously unknown Lion D and Real Rebels Can’t Die from the only slightly more well known Nereus Joseph as the two best albums from 2009, I found myself heading into 2010 HOPING that such an artist with a not so storied background could rise to a similar stage. Now it wasn’t at all that I was ‘worried’ to any degree about the potential overall quality of Reggae releases for the year; standing where we currently stand (proverbially), we’re about to see releases from Junior Kelly (which is very good), Busy Signal, Gentleman and a scintillating combination of Damian Marley & Hip-Hop superstar Nas, all within the next month or so. And there’re consistently big releases from some of the biggest names each and every year, which was expected. But I do have to admit that the occasional surprise bit of MASTERY from an artist who hasn’t spent much time previously on my radars is such a wonderful thing to see occur and in my opinion, is absolutely outstanding for the music as a whole as it shows that it isn’t only strong at the ‘top’ (in terms of popularity). So, who could play a similar role in the script of 2010 as Lion D did last year? Well, perhaps it’s wisest to look back to Europe, the same place which gave us the UK born, Italy bred chanter - With the nature of Jamaican music being that almost anyone who enjoys any type of status on the scene gaining so much hype (and generally very quickly) that it becomes difficult to envision any Jamaican artist ‘sneaking up on’ the masses to any degree. That is, unless of course that road ran through the aforementioned Europe and that is exactly the case we find ourselves dealing with here. From the very first second I heard (and even saw) that an artist by the name of [‘The Great’] Naptali who I had honestly heard of, but hadn’t paid much attention to over the past couple of years or so, had an album forthcoming, I was CERTAIN that I had found the big surprise for 2010. Naptali actually is a Jamaican artist, but didn’t (at least not to my experience) gain the lion’s share of his hype with Jamaican work, having linked with exceedingly fine German imprint, Oneness Records, with whom he has clearly done the best work of his career and while that isn’t rare at all, usually it’s the case that Jamaican artists go to Europe after becoming established and reaching their prime at home - Naptali just did it the other way around. Besides that, what I heard just listening to the clips and through my subsequent research was just OUTSTANDING vibes, so I circled (a then two months away) March 12 on my calendars as a potentially HUGE day to look forward to for Reggae music in 2010.

March 12th, of course, was the day Oneness Records would bring forth Naptali’s debut album, Long Journey and it is surely the most excited I’ve been for an album in quite awhile. So what was the attraction from listening through the clips and just the general feel from Naptali? The man has this kind of ‘long chanting’ type of style and I’m growing to hate the term ‘singjay’, so I’m going to call him a ‘sing-chanter’ and it is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! It works with the kind of easy going and very fruitful and vast type of one-drop riddims which he is backed by on the album and it resonates so wonderfully that despite the fact that I’ve learned to rely less and less on clips when judging potential quality (biggup Benaïssa), like I said, I was very impressed and excited. When I began to research exactly who the Clarendon born (another one) Naptali was, I was also impressed and excited by the fact that he reportedly is a ‘disciple’ of the great Messenjah, Luciano. I feel that this is definitely represented in his music and while certainly Luciano’s isn’t a sound I would immediately reach towards in comparing Naptali (in terms of vocals), when you listen to his vibes and REALLY take it in, the styles of writing and delivery are somewhat similar. They both have a very earthly, yet spiritual approach. They’re very much natural writers and I could envision both (don’t have to in the case of Luciano) singing songs just about the trees and water and very earth based things like that and do so wonderfully (and you simply cannot tell me that Long Journey doesn’t sound like an album Luciano might have made) with the concept as well. All that Luciano may have taught Naptali and all that he has brought to the stage on his own and has developed through working in Europe and Jamaica is on FULL display on this lovely release and although it may not immediately hit you as hard as you might think with the way I’m speaking about it, what you’re in store for on Long Journey is an album which definitely challenges its listeners to REALLY pay attention. You might not think so, especially after having compared him to Luciano, but Naptali’s is a style which is partly so interesting because despite being so straight forward and natural, the style is just so nice that you reach a point in listening to him where you can rather easily be ‘caught up’ in the vibes and get to ignoring what is being said in place of just ENJOYING YOURSELF. Certainly that’s a very nice trait for a musician to have as well, but so many of the tunes (basically all of them actually) have very important and well crafted and presented messages that can be lost when you just kind of close your eyes and listen to the vibes for their vast amounts of sonic appeal. On top of that, as I alluded to, Naptali is afforded some SUBLIME backing riddims over which he voices by Oneness and co., so while you may very well frame this one up to be a very nice and easy listen (and it may just be for you after awhile), definitely don’t just go into it presuming everything to be so easy. There’re a lot of (GREAT) ‘distractions’ to be had here. If you can initially ‘navigate’ such commotion, however, and then subsequently go back and enjoy it, what you’re likely to find here is an album which made me feel clairvoyant to a degree because, at least so far, it’s my favourite album of 2010.

Curiously enough, despite the fact that he seems to come ‘from out of nowhere’, the most immediate and prevailing vibe that I take away from Naptali and his music is that both simply MAKE SENSE. He doesn’t go very far to make his point (and for the most part, he doesn’t have to), instead he delivers messages which are quite universal, yet simultaneously eschewing of clichés and well worn ideology generally. For example, take a listen to the very first tune on Naptali’s beautiful album Long Journey from Oneness Records, ‘Show Some Love’, a matter of making nearly perfect sense. This tune is just so easy and nicely done that it quickly grabs your attention and then when you actually get into the song’s lyrics, it takes a step even higher up in my opinion. Start up! Big opener. Things take a slightly different route on the next tune, ‘What Goes Around’ which, although not as vibrant or colourful as the opener, is arguably just strong. What impressed me on this tune (as it also did, in retrospect, on the first) was the ‘flow’ of the tune. Typically a word reserved for DJ’s, ‘What Goes Around’ has it in abundance and what I mean is that it’s almost an impossible tune to break into parts in terms of its sonic appeal and lyrically just as difficult because the message here (one of not only ‘reaping what you sow’ but, also the literally ‘going around’ of daily occurrences being aided by Rastafari (and in my opinion, taking it a step further on what Naptali means - LOVE)) is so interlaced with itself from verse to verse. Beautiful song! Then there’s the title track and I definitely had a great time with this one. Looking at the album as a whole, of course I’m interested (you know me) in the title being what it is and I kind of went with the cliché, thinking it was named ‘Long Journey’ because Naptali considered himself at the end of a long journey in his career. Instead, from listening to the tune, he very much considers his ‘journey’ a thing of the PRESENT (“I am on a long journey, this journey that I trod is always filled with poverty. I know Jah awaits me so I hold the faith and wait patiently”). This tune is better than the first two, it has a very simple sound to it, but as I said, definitely pay as keen of attention as possibly can, failure to do so will allow you to miss one of the most powerful vibes on the entire album.

“What’s the problem with mankind? How them so ignorant and so blind? For simple things they try to take away your life - Why them don’t learn to live upright?”, Naptali begins on what I feel is the most beautiful moment on the whole of Long Journey, the DOMINANT ‘Redeemer’. I’ve been listening to this one for awhile now and I’ve heard it go from just being an entertaining and pleasing tune, onto one which just excels on so many levels. It is absolutely gorgeous as Naptali urges the masses to seek the will of ‘the redeemer’, His Imperial Majesty - Probably the single best tune I’ve heard in 2010.

Naptali and Oneness definitely go a pretty large distance in bringing in a LARGE ‘supporting’ cast for him to voice with, including two very familiar names and two who, hopefully, will be very familiar very soon. First of all is one of the biggest of them all, the downright MAMMOTH ‘And They Cry’, which features the bubbling Sara Lugo. Lugo is kind of jazzy type of vibed singer, so as you can imagine, such a laid back type of ‘groovy’ songstress melds EXCELLENTLY with Naptali. The tune itself is superb as it speaks to the troubles and ills that people (particularly the youths) face on a daily basis. It’s also very very pleasing to the ear and I’ve told you to do so before and I’ll remind you here - Keep an eye and an ear on Sara Lugo, maybe another big surprise for 2010 or beyond. Naptali’s good friend (apparently, the two have more than a few combinations together) Arofat, joins him on the next offering, the wonderful ‘Grandma’. This tune has given me all types of joy because it seems to be a rarer and rarer occurrence where artists actually make a tune for the Grand Mothers of the world and this tune is very nice. I THINK Naptali’s Grand Mother has actually passed on, which would have made this tune all the more special and later on he actually stops saying “Grandma” and begins to say “Mama” and I’m pretty sure he means the same person, so you can tell what type of impact she must’ve had on his life and wherever she is, I’m sure she LOVES this vibe. Arofat returns on the familiarly DAZZLING ‘More Love’ and this time he brings big man LUTAN FYAH with him. This tune was available on Oneness’ enchanting one-drop, The General Key Riddim, from a few years back (HUGE tune from Mark Wonder on that riddim) and it kind of builds on the work done by Naptali and Lugo on ‘And They Cry’ as it goes to outline a solution for keeping the youths out of violence, poverty and corruption which is, of course, to show and give them love. Definitely the Fyah is near top form and Arofat, a kind of fiery Dancehall DJ, is another artist to pay attention to in the future as well. Well done. And there’s also ‘Seven Miles’, which features Luciano. I would’ve been quite disappointed, after learning how big of a presence The Messenjah has had on Naptali’s career, if the two hadn’t linked for a combination here and what they’ve come up with is probably the best combination on the album (if you forced me to pick a one). The tune obviously references The Most Honourable Marcus Garvey and it’s SO interested listening, even superficially, hearing just how close the two are vibed. Luciano has inspired probably dozens of artists worldwide and I think that in Naptali, he’s probably found one of his greatest disciples and one who can continue to work as he himself has done and continues to do and to do so in a very similar and COMFORTABLE fashion. LOVE this tune, love it’s direction and how it doesn’t simply view ’seven miles’ as a thing of the past. HUGE!

The balance of the tunes on Long Journey, all of which feature Naptali solo, are just as strong and in some cases, even more so. Check ‘Fire Burn’. Hopefully you, like me, will greet this tune by singing “bad boys, bad boys . . .” as it flows over African Beat’s relick of that very popular riddim. This tune, as you might expect, speaks to exactly how Naptali supposes to deal with the NASTY and CORRUPT powers that be in the world who kill people and keep them impoverished. Similarly vibed is the spectacular sounding ‘What They Are Fighting For’. This one has such a big and powerful CRISP sound to the vibes and Naptali uses that backing to nearly prime effectiveness on the tune as he delivers what is essentially a multi-tiered/multi-faceted anti-violence tune. Certainly, things aren’t that simple here (and he goes on to sporadically speak of his ideal of a post-war and post-violence type of a world), but the ultimate direction in which the tune heads is very impressive. I don’t know if it’s simply because I’ve listened to it SO MUCH in the capacity of this album, or through some other trait of the tune, but ‘Rise Up In The Morning’ is a tune which seems so recognizable to my ears and definitely in a good way. This tune is HEAVY. I mean HEAVY! Seriously, even on the surface, it’s one for the Dub heads, you’ll love it. From the message side, things are fairly simple (at least I think they are by Naptali‘s somewhat deceptively cryptic standards) on the very spiritual tune - He speaks of life in the light of His Majesty and also what the life is like in absence of observing Him. It’s rather quietly one of the best tunes on the album and for whatever it’s worth, after ‘Redeemer’, it’s the next tune that I learned the words to. Down the stretch of Long Journey, we get a tune in ’Laws Of Attraction’ which is probably the changeup of the album. I guess you could call it a love song, but it’s definitely doesn’t fit into those parameters as most tunes that I’ll label like so. This one is more of a love song for the world, with serious social overtones and subtly inspirational vibes. The song is an ‘experience’ and I’m still not exactly sure what to make of it, so hopefully when you reach it, you’ll give it the necessary time to work on you - this most interesting of tunes on the album. ‘We The People’, the penultimate track on the album is one of its finest moments. This one (like most of the songs here) just makes you feel good and it doesn’t make any mysteries about it either. It’s a big unifying tune for the masses and hopefully ‘they’ll’ (‘you’ll’) (‘we’ll’) well take heed of it. And lastly there’s the biblical Nyah drum (and acoustic, as if you didn’t know) backed closer, ‘Seven Brothers’. Besides the obvious, I attempted to draw some more of a tangible meaning to the tune and ultimately I found on very much like the tune which immediately precedes it - Unity. “Seven brothers, seven different minds, seven different thinking at the same time” - but still brothers. The tune offers a very interesting and sublime ending to an album not short on both qualities.

Overall, I’m SO HAPPY that this album was as good as I thought it would be and I’m not at all disappointed with it. Naptali is an artist who, to my opinion, has just placed himself in such a powerful position with Long Journey and I’m definitely hoping that the messages here can reach the ‘necessary’ ears to have the big impact that they most surely will have if given that opportunity. Beside that, strictly on the side of the listeners - If you have a love for modern Roots Reggae music (and if you didn’t you wouldn’t be hanging around here and certainly not reading a nearly 3000 word review for this album, would you?), you’re absolutely going to glue yourself to this one as it reaches pretty much expected level and exceeds and it creates a few of its own and exceeds them also. Naptali (and Oneness Records) have my early favourite for 2010 Reggae Album of The Year, with the SPECIAL Long Journey and if it isn’t so come December, then we’re in for a HUGE HUGE year. AMAZING! Go get it!

Rated 5/5

Oneness Records

2010

Naptali

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