Hail Up Taxi 2 (1999)

Product Summary Label: Tabou 1 UPC: 00661847111023 Release Date: 1/4/2000 Buy.com Sku: 60236273 Item#: MKJFTJ Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. We Are Family - (hip hop mix, previously unreleased, with Beenie Man/Chevelle Franklyn) ~ Sly & Robbie 2. Night Nurse - (hip hop mix, previously unreleased, with Simply Red) ~ Sly & Robbie 3. Foundation - (hip hop mix, previously unreleased, with Beenie Man) ~ Sly & Robbie 4. Impossible Train - (with Innocent Crew) ~ Sly & Robbie 5. Fed Up - (hip hop mix, previously unreleased, with Bounty Killer) ~ Sly & Robbie 6. Copacabana - (with Ambelique) ~ Sly & Robbie 7. One One - (with Brian & Tony Gold) ~ Sly & Robbie 8. Because I'm Black - (with Yami Bolo) ~ Sly & Robbie 9. Monkey Business - (with Michael Rose) ~ Sly & Robbie 10. Rub A Dub - (with Dennis Brown) ~ Sly & Robbie 11. Tune In - (with Sugar Minott) ~ Sly & Robbie 12. Woman Needs Love - (with Anthony Watson) ~ Sly & Robbie 13. Too Much - (with Teisha & Fiona) ~ Sly & Robbie 14. Viva Terranno - (with The Taxi Gang) ~ Sly & Robbie   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Sly & Robbie: Sly Dunbar (drums); Robbie Shakespeare (bass). Additional personnel includes: Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis (guitar); Dean Fraser, Nambo Robinson (brass); Steve "Lenky" Mardsen, Robbie Lyn (keyboards); Leba, Mitchell, D. Wilson, Brian Gold, Tony Gold, Heather Cummings (backround vocals). Producers: Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Lloyd Willis. Engineers include: Hugh Palmer, Colin York, Rory Baker. Personnel: Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis (guitar); Dean Fraser, Nambo Robinson (brass); Robert Lyn, Steven "Lenky" Marsden (keyboards); Sly Dunbar (drums); Heather Cummings, Dorette Wisdom, Tony Gold, Brian & Tony Gold (background vocals). Recording information: MIxing Lab; Sonic Sounds. Unknown Contributor Role: Collin "Bulbie" York. Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare deserve their status as legends of modern reggae; as session players and producers they are either fully or partially responsible for some of the most powerful and enduring pop music of the last 30 years. That said, the compilation albums they've produced under their own names have been wildly erratic in quality, ranging from essential to unlistenable. So any rational reggae fan will approach this album with some trepidation. No need to fear, however; this is one of the very good ones. Featuring a tough, hip-hop-inflected dancehall sound that avoids the extremes of that genre and a winning array of A-list vocalists, Hail Up the Taxi, Vol. 2 is an almost unmitigated triumph. Two tracks fail to impress: on a desperately ill-advised version of "Night Nurse," Simply Red vocalist Mick Hucknall shows that it takes much more than a good voice to make a good Gregory Isaacs song; on the generic and enervated "Rub a Dub," Dennis Brown demonstrates how depressingly far the Crown Prince of Reggae's crown had slipped by the late '90s. But the covers of disco and soul classics like "We Are Family" and Hall & Oates' "One on One" are much more fun to listen to, while Yami Bolo brings the consciousness on an expert update of "Is It Because I'm Black" and Beenie Man does the same with the insanely swinging "Fed Up." There's even a dancehall version of "Copacabana." Recommended. ~ Rick Anderson   Compilation Appearances Reggatta Mondatta-Reggae Tribute Third World Cop Best Of Tabou Vol 01 Latinque Message At The Depth Very Best Of The Superstars-Slow Run Ras Reggae Box Set No Weak Heart Shall Enter Zion Palm Beats: vol 1 Crucial Reggae: dub Dub Massive: Chapter 1 Trojan Dub Massive: Chapter 2 This Is Ska & Reggae Roots Mastercuts Reggae (box) Chris Coco Presents:dub Club Dj Spooky Presents: 50,000 Volts Of Trojan Re Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited Friends Reunited:music Of The Year 19 Dub Selector 3 Trojan Bob Marley Covers (Box) Anniversary No Stress Express Midnight Blue Power House Selector's Choice Vol 1 Power House Selector's Choice Vol 2 Power House Selector's Choice Vol 4 Dub The World   Associated Artists and Works Monty Meets Sly & Robbie ~ Alexander, Monty Monty Meets Sly & Robbie ~ Alexander, Monty All Stars (Reggae) Inspiration Information ~ Amp Fiddler Amp Fiddler Jamaican Gold ~ Ansel Collins Black Uhuru Freedom & Liberation ~ Bolo, Yami Can't Stop Jamaican Gold ~ Collins, Ansel Collins, Ansel Harder Than The Rest ~ Culture Culture Perry, Lee Perry, Lee "Scratch" Rose, Michael (Reggae) Taxi Gang Taxi Gang (The) J Paradise ~ Unitzz Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Strictly Drum And Bass: The Roots Of Sly And Robbi ~ Various Artists Yellowman   Technical Info Release Date : 02/23/1999 Original Release Date : 1999 Catalog ID : 10 Label : Tabou 1 Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00661847111023    Related Videos Christmas In The Heart : ... A Cherry Cherry Christmas... In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray