Collection
Artist: Lady Saw
Community Score: 10.00

A strong introduction to Lady Saw's unique brand of dancehall, The Collection offers 20 hits spanning from 1991 to 1997, and features duets with performers including Frankie Paul, Dennis Brown and Ghost. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide Read More

Big Up!
Artist: Dean Fraser

Big Up!, Dean Fraser's first album for Island Jamaica Jazz, finds the saxophonist reworking a number of reggae and Jamaican classics -- including "Dick Tracy," "Have Mercy," "Shine Eye Gal," "None a Jah Children No Cry," "Armageddon Time" and "Natty Never Get Weary" -- turning them into jazz numbers. The result is invigorating, surprising music... Read More

Super Hits
Artist: Jimmy Cliff

Great title, but it took some chutzpah to slap it on this set considering that not a single one of Jimmy Cliff's hits actually appears within it. However, what you do get is an excellent selection of songs drawn from the artist's Columbia years. During his time there, between 1982-1988, Cliff released four stellar albums: Special, The Power &... Read More

Fallen Is Babylon
Artist: Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
Community Score: 3.00

Throughout the 1990s, Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers had seen their stature diminish from the heady heights of the previous decade. However, even as record sales abated, the group continued releasing exciting and adventurous albums. Their patience was finally rewarded when Fallen Is Babylon was honored with a Grammy. With the songwriting split... Read More

RAS Portraits
Artist: Gregory Isaacs

Ras designed Ras Portraits as a concise introduction to a particular artist's recordings for the label. Since the information behind Ras releases is always shady, it's difficult to discern the origin of tracks on Ras Portraits, but the disc is one of the better collections of Gregory Isaacs material that Ras has released, and listeners curious... Read More

Technomajikal
Artist: Lee "Scratch" Perry

Lee "Scratch" Perry's 1997 release Technomajikal is a collaboration with Dieter Meier of Yello. It can be described as electronic reggae, but the music's organic sound and feeling has certainly not diminished. The story behind how this unlikely collaboration came to pass is interesting. Perry had been living in Switzerland, and since Meier lives... Read More

Raw: The Best of Lady Saw
Artist: Lady Saw
Community Score: 10.00

The scandalous Jamaican MC shouts out 19 shockers on this best-of compilation. Lady Saw nee Marion Hall is sultry and seductive; she's the island's answer to Lil Kim or Foxy Brown. A multitude of producers make these tracks possible. Therefore, there are subtle differences among the tracks; the many "cooks" keep the CD from becoming boring and... Read More