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Ras Batch
Know Thyself
I Grade Records
2012

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Know Thyself is Batch's seventh album and his first CD to be released by I Grade Records.  The 13 selections on this album cover the full spectrum of roots reggae and represent some of Batch's finest works to date including combinations with NiyoRah and Ima

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Track List:

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1.

Jah Children

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Trees (Ww/ NiyoRah)

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2.

Give Jah Thanks For Life

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Dem Wrong

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3.

Stay Fit

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Mama Daisy

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4.

Dem Against Jah Rules

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Know Thyself

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5.

Love Always

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Most High (w/ Ima)

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6.

Guns On The Street

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Never Forget

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7.

Together

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Sacramental Herb

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8.

Live Pray

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Repatriation

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9.

Roots Tradition

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Production Credits

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01. Jah Children (J. Cumberbatch, L. Alfred, W. Massicott, P. Coursey)
Produced by: Laurent "Tippy I" Alfred, W. Massicott & P. Coursey
Drums: T. Rock
Bass: JAH David
Keyboards & Binghi Drums: Tippy I
Guitars: Padraic Coursey
Percussion & Kette: Andrew "Bassie" Campbell
02. Give Jah Thanks For Life (J. Cumberbatch, L. Alfred, W. Massicott, P. Coursey, D Goldfine, D. Pond)
Produced by: Zion I Kings
Drums: Dean Pond
Bass: JAH David
Guitars: Tuff Lion, Padraic Coursey, Whealan Massicott, Earl "Chinna" Smith
Keyboards: Tippy I
Saxaphone: Dean Fraser
03. Stay Fit (J. Cumberbatch, A. Campbell)
Produced by: Andrew "Bassie" Campbell
Drums: Anthony Thomas
Bass: Andrew "Bassie" Campbell
Guitars: Rudolph Bonitto
Keyboards: Lloyd "Obeah" Denton
Saxaphone: Romain Tinguely
04. Dem Against Jah Rules (J. Cumberbatch, L. Alfred, A. Bain, D Goldfine)
Produced by: Zion I Kings (Tippy I, Digital Ancient & Jah David)
Drums: Richard "Junior" Ace
Bass: JAH David
Keyboards: Tippy I
Lead Organ & Percussion: Eli Winderman
Guitars: Andrew "Moon" Bain, Tuff Lion
Trombone/Horn Arrangements: Balboa Becker
Saxophone: Daniel Casares
05. Love Always (J. Cumberbatch, L. Alfred, P. Coursey, D Goldfine)
Produced by: Zion I Kings & Padraic Coursey
Drums: A.J. Ventura
Bass: JAH David
Rhythm Guitar & Organ: Tippy I
Lead Guitar: Padraic Coursey
Keyboards: Masal Harris
06. Guns On The Street (J. Cumberbatch, A. Campbell)
Produced by: Andrew "Bassie" Campbell
Drums: Anthony Thomas
Bass: Andrew "Bassie" Campbell
Guitars: Earl "Chinna" Smith
Keyboards: Lloyd "Obeah" Denton
Saxaphone: Tony Green
07. Together (J. Cumberbatch, L. Alfred, P. Coursey, D Goldfine)
Produced by: Zion I Kings & Padraic Coursey
Drums: A.J. Ventura
Bass: JAH David
Rhythm Guitar & Organ: Tippy I
Lead Guitar: Padraic Coursey
Piano
: Masal Harris
08. Live Pray (J. Cumberbatch, A. Campbell)
Produced by: Andrew "Bassie" Campbell
Drums: Anthony Thomas
Bass: Andrew "Bassie" Campbell
Guitars: Earl "Chinna" Smith
Organ: Lloyd "Obeah" Denton
Piano: Marshall Rochester
09. Roots Tradition (J. Cumberbatch, L. Alfred, D Goldfine)
Produced by: Zion I Kings
Drums: Horseman
Bass: JAH David
Keyboards & Guitars: Tippy I
Guitar: Whealan Massicott
Percussion: Norman Grant
10. Trees w/ NiyoRah (J. Cumberbatch, N. Olivacce, L. Alfred)
Produced and all Instruments by: Tippy I
11. Dem Wrong (J. Cumberbatch, L. Alfred, P. Coursey)
Produced by: Sound Ponics (Tippy I & Padraic Coursey)
Drums: T. Rock
Bass, Keyboards & Rhythm Guitar: Tippy I
Acoustic & Lead Guitars: Padraic Coursey
12. Mama Daisy (J. Cumberbatch, L. Alfred, A. Bain, D Goldfine)
Produced by: Zion I Kings
Drums: Richard "Junior" Ace
Bass: JAH David
Guitars: Andrew "Moon" Bain
Organ: Tippy I
Rhodes Piano: Peter Pan
Melodica" Matthew Odabashian
13. Know Thyself (J. Cumberbatch, L. Alfred, K. Itola)
Produced by: Tippy I & Kenyatta Itola
Drums: T Rock
Bass: Kenyatta Itola
Rhythm Guitar & Keyboards: Tippy I
Lead Guitar: Tuff Lion
14. Most High w/ Ima (J. Cumberbatch, N. Cumberbatch, L. Alfred, A. Bain, D Goldfine)
Produced by: Zion I Kings
Drums: T Rock
Bass: JAH David
Guitars: Moon
Keyboards & Melodica: Tippy I
15. Never Forget (J. Cumberbatch, L. Alfred, A. Bain, D Goldfine)
Produced by: Zion I Kings
Drums: Richard "Junior" Ace
Bass: JAH David
Rhodes: Tippy I
Guitars: Moon
16. Sacramental Herb (J. Cumberbatch)
Produced by: Ras Batch
Drums, Bass, Keyboards: Ras Batch
Guitars: Haile Israel
17. Repatriation (J. Cumberbatch, L. Alfred, T. Williams)
Produced by: Tippy I & Tuff Lion
Acoustic Guitar, Binghi Drums, Percussion: Tippy I
Acoustic Guitar: Tuff Lion
 

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Liner Notes

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Executive Producers: I Grade Records / Sound Vizion Records
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Laurent "Tippy I" Alfred at Aqua Studio, St. Croix, VI except track #3 mixed by Michael Tinga Stewart; track #6 mixed by Carlos Allwood; track #8 mixed by Gregory Morris
Vocal Recording and Mixing by Ras Batch
Additional Recording by Andrew "Moon" Bain, David "JAH David" Goldfine, Gary Woung, Ras Batch
Background Vocals: Ras Batch and Ima
Publishers: I Grade Music (ASCAP), Sound Vizion Music (BMI), Galactic Soul Music (BMI), Rootsman Enterprises (BMI), DPSP Publishing (BMI), Ocean Luna Music (ASCAP), Andrew Bassie Music Publishing (ASCAP)
Graphic Design: Kirk Rojas (Remedii Productions/Aqua Media)
Back Photograph by: Michael Nissman
Drawing of H.I.S. Majesty by: Troy Roberts
Kemetic Art by: Septepen Ra (Gyptian)

 

Give Thanks to H.I.S. Imperial Majestiy Emperor Haile Selassie I, I-N-I Ancestor  


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Reviews

Ras Batch has already done so much in the music and continues to work his magic within the class of the absolute best of the modern era of Reggae music. As I've said in the past, the St. Croix Reggae wizard has, rather quietly, become a favourite of mine and I look at him largely now as having a style which, although ostensibly is very straight forward, is probably ahead of its time. I'm thinking that maybe twenty or thirty years on from now, you'll have fans, younger and older alike, suddenly coming to the realization that this singer who emerged in the early 2000's from out of the Virgin Islands and went by the name Batch, made some complete musical GEMS in his time. - More

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