Richie Spice is no innovator, but he's undeniably a master of a certain variety of modern roots reggae -- the kind that blends old-school rhythms with modern technology and flirts with dancehall sounds while keeping the lyrical messages devout and socially conscious.
Of course, at times the Rastafarian version of social consciousness can sound an awful lot like retrograde conservatism to Babylonian ears (notice that Spice's highest praise for womanhood is reserved for those who "know how to stitch and know how to hem").
Still, listeners can probably all agree that praising a woman for her domestic skills is better than bragging about how many people he's shot, and he does have other lyrical themes as well -- not to mention some heavyweight rhythms to work with, courtesy of producers like Devon Wheatley and Clive Hunt.
Highlights include the brilliant sufferer's anthem "Youth Dem Cold," a very fine duo performance that features the late Joseph Hill (of Culture), and the sweet and simple "Take It Easy." Less inspiring are the strangely desultory "Get Up," which opens the album, and the generic nyahbinghi repatriation anthem that ends it.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get Up | Richie Spice | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | Open the Door | Richie Spice | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | Youth Dem Cold | Richie Spice | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 4 | Babylon a Gwaan | Richie Spice | Play | 03:02 | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| 5 | Sunny Day | Richie Spice | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 19 MB |
| 6 | Uptown Girl | Richie Spice | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 7 | Brown Skin | Richie Spice | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | Groovin My Girl | Richie Spice | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 9 | High GradeTommy McCook | Richie Spice | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | Mind Off of Me | Richie Spice | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 11 | Take It Easy | Richie Spice | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 12 | Can't Stop Loving Jah | Richie Spice | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 13 | Motherland Calling | Richie Spice | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 14 | Digital Ways Feat. Joseph Hill | Richie Spice | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 15 | Baby Face Feat. Spanner Banner And Pliers | Richie Spice | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 57 mins | 132 MB | |||||
| 57 mins | 368 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alton Smith | Audio Production |
| 2 | Andre Lue | Audio Production |
| 3 | Andrew Prendergrast | Audio Production |
| 4 | Donovan "Don Corleon" Bennett | Audio Production, Producer |
| 5 | Christopher Clark | Audio Production |
| 6 | DJ Wayne | Audio Production |
| 7 | Dwight Lue | Audio Production |
| 8 | Neil "Diamond" Edwards | Artist Coordination, Editing, Mastering |
| 9 | Delroy Foster | Producer |
| 10 | Stephen Gibson | Audio Production |
| 11 | Stephen Gibson | Producer |
| 12 | Brian "Spoony G" Greenspoon | Project Manager |
| 13 | Joseph Hill | Additional Personnel, Primary Artist |
| 14 | Clive "Azul" Hunt | Audio Production, Producer |
| 15 | Joseph Bogdanovich | Audio Production |
| 16 | Bobby Konders | Audio Production, Producer |
| 17 | Robert Livingston | Audio Production, Producer |
| 18 | Tommy McCook | Composer |
| 19 | Pliers | Additional Personnel, Primary Artist |
| 20 | Richard Myrie | Audio Production |
| 21 | William Richards | Photography |
| 22 | Paul Shields | Editing, Mastering |
| 23 | Antonique Smith | Producer |
| 24 | Spanner Banner | Additional Personnel, Primary Artist |
| 25 | Richie Spice | Primary Artist |
| 26 | Devon Wheatley | Audio Production, Executive Producer, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |