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Binghi
Ghost |
Street
Hits |
Street Scholars
Records |
2004 |
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Keep The Faith is the second Batch
album to by released by Sound V.I.Zion Records. The arrangements,
engineering and almost all instruments played on this CD are done by Batch
himself, with his empress Ima doing the graphics and most of the background
vocals on Keep The Faith. |
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Track List |
Liner Notes |
Reviews |
Buy CD |
Real
Audio Stream |
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Real Audio |
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Real Audio |
1. |
Nah
Support |
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10. |
Marcus
Garvey |
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2. |
Shield
& The Armor w/ Rico Pabon |
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11. |
Dem
Waan Know |
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3. |
Good
& The Great |
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12. |
Big
Up (remix) w/ I-Roc |
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4. |
Keep
It Open |
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13. |
No
Peace |
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5. |
Sadness
w/ Lutan Fyah |
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14. |
Mama
Earth w/ Relic |
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6. |
Sgt.
Brown |
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15. |
Dem
A Fraud |
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7. |
Warning |
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16. |
Princess |
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8. |
Mother
Nature |
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17. |
Greedy
Nation |
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9. |
Listen
(remix) w/ Relic & I-Roc |
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18. |
Skin
Dem Burn |
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Liner Notes
Give thanx to mi mooma, mi poopa and
sistah... family..bless up!
To my youthman Akai, you are a blessing
to behold.... my love for you is boundless and you are the light inna my life... Give
itinual thanks to Sophia 'Angel' Rimando for her countless love and devotion to our little
boomshot.
Give thanks to the whole ah di west coast
army, Iroc, Relic, Unity Lewis, Sergio Monleon... for all their support and contributions
that let this project see completion.
Large up to my cruzial crucian breddahs
dem man like riel, man like kingkef, daddy amos, Rasdowdye, Indikah & the X-facta
army, the whole ah di rock city massive same way.
Right now, in this present time, St.
Croix is experiencing the most vibrant time ever for roots, reggae music and the explosion
coming out of this small island... I just want to hail up the artist dem who bussin out
right yah now:
Midnite band, Army, Sabbattical Ahdah,
Mada Nile, Goldfish, Ikahba, Dezarie, Ras Attitude, Batch, Bambu Station, Crypleton, Iba,
Bobo Ites, Sistah Joyce, mystical youths and a heap of others, troddin straight forward,
playing jah music and spreading this consciousness, ras-pect due, everytime. |
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Production Credits
Executive Producer: Sergio
Emilio Monleon
Co-Executive Producer: Cody Schrey
Art Direction & Design: Jedediah Gildersleeve
Cover Artwork: I-Roc
Tracks 4, 5 & 7 produced by Organized Elements
Tracks 7 & 8 produced by ARSonal
Tracks 10 & 18 produced by Relic
Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 12, 13 & 17 mixed at the Kitchen,
Richmond, CA by Relic
Tracks 4, 5 & 11 mixed at O.E. Studios by Organized Elements
Tracks 7 & 8 mixed by ARsonal
Tracks 9, 12, 15, 16 & 18 mixed at Adeline Studios, Oakland, CA by Drew
Campbell
Album mastered by Drew Campbell at Adeline Studios, Oakland, CA
All songs recorded at the Kitchen, Richmond, CA by Relic
for Street Scholars except: Tracks 4, 5, 7, 8 &
11.
I-Roc appears courtesy of Komplex Records |
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Album Reviews
JahWorks.org:
Binghi Ghost is a young sing-jay from reggae hotspot St. Croix, but
unlike most of the music I've heard from the Virgin Islands thus far, his sound is more
focused on dancehall and hip-hop than the roots sound of Midnite and others. About half of
the album features dancehall riddims, but there's still a good dose of roots (about 6 or 7
tracks). While only 3 or so tracks have hip-hop beats, there are another 5 or so on which
Binghi Ghost has guest MCs rapping, so chances are your enjoyment of Street Hits may
depend partly on how much you enjoy your reggae peppered with hip-hop beats and, more
importantly, rapping. - More
Reggae Reviews:
It starts quietly. Someone is talking gently, unpretentiously about
Rasta livity. Hmm, what is this? Street Hits? Really? But then some chords pound and
suddenly were immersed in a quick reggae rhythm with voices impulsively
chantingeach competing for attention, each passionate, each tuneful. The momentum
builds, those voices flowing up and down and around, all propelled by the incessant
hip-moving beat. - More
If you are aware of any additional reviews of this album,
please .
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