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| Yahadanai |
| One
Atonement |
| I Grade Records |
| 2004 |
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Real Audio |
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Real Audio |
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Rise |
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Warfare |
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Wadada |
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One Atonement |
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Gratitude |
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Roman Soldiers |
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Light |
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Mama Love |
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Best Thing (feat. Pressure) |
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Babylon Toy |
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Things They Do |
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Mosiah Chant |
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Chant Out (feat. Abja) |
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Rise In Dub |
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Musicians & Credits
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Rise - Drums, Keys, Acoustic Guitar: Laurent "Tippy" Alfred; Bass:
Gregory"Bassie" Jackson; Electric Guitar: Tuff Lion |
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Wadada - Drums, Guitars, Organ: Tuff Lion; Bass: Kenyatta Itola; Piano: Tippy; Trumpet:
James Smith; Saxophone: Billy Ramirez; Trombone: Irving Karan; Horn Arrangement by James Smith |
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Gratitude -
Drums: Dion "Bosie" Hopkins; Bass: Kenyatta; Guitars: Tuff Lion; Organ: Tippy |
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Light - Drums: Dion "Bosie" Hopkins; Bass: Kenyatta; Keys and Binghi
Drums: Tippy; Guitars: Tuff Lion |
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Best Thing (Featuring Pressure) - Drums, Bass, Keys:
Tippy; Acoustic Guitar: Tuff Lion; Keys: Eric Williams |
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Things They Do -
Drums, Bass, Keys & Guitar: Tippy; Guitar: Tuff Lion |
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Chant Out (Featuring Abja) - Drums & Keys:
Abja; Bass: Kenyatta; Guitar and Keys: Tippy; Guitar & Organ: Tuff Lion |
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Warfare - Drums, Keys & Guitar: Tippy; Bass: Kenyatta; Guitar: Tuff Lion; Keys: Eric
Williams |
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One Atonement - Drums, Bass, Keys: Tippy; Guitar: Tuff Lion, |
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Roman Soldiers -
Drums, Organ & Guitar: Tuff Lion; Bass: Kenyatta; Piano: Tippy;Trumpet:
James Smith; Saxophone: Billy Ramirez; Trombone: Irving Karan; Horn Arrangements by Tippy &
James Smith |
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Mama Love -
Drums: Andre "Andy" Llanos; Bass: Kenyatta; Organ: Jalani Horton; Guitars: Tuff Lion; Trumpet: James Smith; Saxophone: Billy Ramirez; Trombone: Irving Karan; Horn
Arrangement by James Smith |
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Babylon Toy - Arranged by Vaughn Benjamin & Laurent "Tippy" Alfred. Drums,
Bass, Keys: Tippy; Keys: Vaughn Benjamin |
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Mosiah Chant (Featuring the words of Marcus Garvey) - Drums, Keys,
Guitar & Binghi Drums: Tippy; Bass: Gregory"Bassie" Jackson;
Lead Guitar: Tuff Lion |
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Rise In Dub - Drums, Keys, Acoustic Guitar: Tippy; Bass: Gregory"Bassie" Jackson;
Electric Guitar: Tuff Lion |
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Liner Notes
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| All lyrics and vocal melodies by Yahadanai (K. Teixeira)
except respective verses by Pressure and Abja All
songs produced and arranged by Laurent "Tippy" Alfred
Gratitude co-produced by Kenyatta Itola and Vaughn
Benjamin
Chant Out co-produced by Abja
Wadada, Mama Love and Mosiah Chant
co-produced by Kenyatta Itola & Tuff Lion
Babylon Toy co-produced by Kenyatta Itola, Andy
Llanos & Jalani Horton
All songs recorded and mixed by Laurent "Tippy" Alfred
except:
Best Thing: additional recording by Donnie Dread at Groundbreaking
Studio, St. Croix
All songs published by I Grade Music (ASCAP)
Graphic Design by Mark "Feijao" Milligan II
soulindigo.com |
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| Give Thanks  Creator
- All praises due to the holy mother and father of iration, Selassie I Jah Rastafari; without them
none of this would have been made possible to me.
Ancestors & Elders - Admiration & respect flow in abundance for
their teachings & their spiritual guidance through their steadfastness & principles I have
been able to echo their voices in this present day.
To my Mother & Father - Thank you for the nourishment, protection
& lessons that you have given to me.
Family - Thank you for the foundation, love, strength, beauty, balance
& good vibes.
Tippy - Give thanks for giving me the opportunity to express myself
creatively with positive vibrations.
Abja - Give thanks for da strength, brethren. Continue doing do good
works.
Redemption - Bless up. One Love!
Much respect to da Midnite Band. Keep spreading Selassie I works.
How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God's people to live together in harmony. - Yahadanai |
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More Music from I Grade
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I Grade Records
P.O. Box 223281
Christiansted, Stx
U.S. V.I. 00822
Tel: (646) 226-1738 |
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| Album Reviews |
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Reggae Reviews:
Another top-notch release from I Grade
Records. Unlike most of I Grade’s previous efforts, Yahadanai doesn’t hail
from the Virgin Islands.Rather, he comes from Guyana and now calls Harlem (New York City,
for those unfamiliar with the Globetrotters) home. But the I Grade sound (which could as
well be called the VI Sound) -- a rich roots reggae landscape kept on edge with modern
twists -- is ever-present, thanks to label mainstays like Laurent "Tippy" Alfred
(who produced and arranged all of the songs), Tuff Lion and Kenyatta Itola. - More
JahWorks.org:
I Grade Records has done it again. They introduced the world to mystic
Cruzan reggae music with Midnite, Dezarie, and Abja;
demonstrating that they are adept at culling and nurturing artists dedicated to devotional
music. Now, label owner Laurent “Tippy” Alfred and crew have
moved beyond the borders of St. Croix to bring Guyanese singjay Yahadanai
to the reggae listening world. - More
Skank Productions:
"One Atonement" is the debut release by Yahadanai, an extremely talented singjay
hailing from Guyana. This is another release on the I Grade label, so you know that means
it's fresh and rootical. You'll find 14 tunes here with tight musicianship and great
production. Things start off with the acoustic intro of "Rise" and ends over an
hour later with its dub version. - More
Reggae Vibes:
The production team of I Grade Records
proves to have a keen ear for exciting new talent as can be witnessed by listening to the
works of Yahadanai (pronounced YAH dah nai). Introduced to the world
through his collaboration with Abja on the album "Inna Red I Hour", young
singjay Yahadanai now delivers his much anticipated debut album "One
Atonement". - More
Reggae France: (french)
St-Croix ? Cette petite île de l'archipel des Iles Vierges
Américaines commence à se faire remarquer. Certains y voient le berceau du renouveau
d'un roots qui aurait quitté la Jamaïque… Le label insulaire I Grade Records se
distingue avec des productions finement ciselées, aux arrangements superbes. Ce qui ne
fait pas défaut au premier album de Yahadanai, "One
Atonement". - Encore
Surforeggae: (Portuguese)
Yahadanai, sem dúvida é um artista que rompe fronteiras. Sua
impressionante habilidade vocal e letras poéticas estão conquistando milhares de fãs do
autêntico Reggae Roots por todo o mundo. Originalmente saído da Guiana, Yahadanai
atualmente mora no Harlem, Nova York – Estados Unidos. Suas influências musicais
são globais, e ele reúne a beleza emocional de um Africano, o carisma e poder de um
cantor Caribenho, e as entonação dos artistas Ocidentais. Seu primeiro álbum, “One
Atonement” mostra todas essas influências mescladas em músicas
estonteantes. - Mais
Achi's Reggae Blog:
Yahadanai’s
ULTRA simple style of chanting was so refreshing and
given the BEAUTIFUL backdrops he had at his disposal
from the hands of Tippy Alfred and the venerable Tuff
Lion, he made One Atonement the best album it could
possibly be and MAYBE the best album I-Grade has EVER
released in its nearly decade long history.
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