Masterpiece (2002)

Artist: Various Artists
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Product Summary
Label: Greensleeves
UPC: 00601811173428
Release Date: 12/10/2002
Buy.com Sku: 60586792
Item#: M6Q4QC
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Give Her It Good - Elephant Man ~ Various Artists
2. Ever Blazing - Sean Paul ~ Various Artists
3. 10 Out Of 10 - Beenie Man ~ Various Artists
4. Wine Baby Wine - Danny English/Egg Nog ~ Various Artists
5. Raging Storm - Bounty Killer ~ Various Artists
6. Check Yourself - Wayne Marshall ~ Various Artists
7. So Fly - Chico ~ Various Artists
8. Dat She Like - Spragga Benz ~ Various Artists
9. Uh Huh - Mr. Vegas ~ Various Artists
10. Rock Me - Chrissy D ~ Various Artists
11. Stress Free - Bling Dawg ~ Various Artists
12. Shake It - Zum Jay ~ Various Artists
13. Answer, The - Assassin ~ Various Artists
14. Mirror, The - Degree ~ Various Artists
15. Critical - Aisha ~ Various Artists
16. Anything You Wear - Lexxus ~ Various Artists
17. That Girl - T.O.K. ~ Various Artists
18. Price Tag - Buccaneer ~ Various Artists
19. Own Man - Tanya Stephens ~ Various Artists
20. Have Some Fun - Desperado ~ Various Artists
21. Real Good - Hawkeye ~ Various Artists
22. Masterpiece 2.5 - Lenky ~ Various Artists



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Audio Mixers: Claude "Weakhand" Reynolds; Steven "Lenky" Marsden.
Recording information: Area 39, Kingston, Jamaica.
Dancehall producers find inspiration in just about anything. Every kind of gimmicky sound is copped and used to develop a new rhythm for Jamaica's wealth of dancehall singers to cut tracks with. As soon as these tracks are cut, Greensleeves manages to have them collected on one album for mass consumption. Often these collections hit the shelves before the singles even hit heavy rotation. With the Masterpiece riddim the producers seem to be opting for a swing motif. This motif gives the singers endless possibilities for borrowing melodies for their tracks. The most distinct tracks don't shy away from a little borrowing. Beenie Man, Wayne Marshall, and Danny English & Egg Nog all lead off with familiar melodies that fit very well with the sound that the producers are trying to create. Spragga Benz takes the borrowing of melody and lyrics into the realm of comedy when he sings, "What a girl wants." The high-pitched guitar picking makes his track a highlight despite the lyrics. The Masterpiece rhythm's drumbeat is even more house influenced than Diwali, but it is the accompanying percussion that really accents the drums and gives it the swing sound. Without a close listening, the rhythm could be easily brushed off, but after letting a few tracks click off, the strengths of the rhythm are made clear. The driving drumbeat and percussion make the Masterpiece rhythm very successful. It is only the gimmicky nature of the rhythm that takes away from the tracks. Almost all rhythms depend on some kind of gimmick to define their rhythm, but Masterpiece takes it in a direction that doesn't pay off enough. The beat is strong but the overall sound drags the songs toward a genre of novelty tracks. ~ Matt Whalley

Producer: Lenky; Steven "Lenky" Marsden

Engineer: Claude "Weakhand" Reynolds; Gregory Gordon; Zum Jay; Steven "Lenky" Marsden

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 12/10/2002
Original Release Date : 2002
Catalog ID : 111734
Label : Greensleeves Records
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00601811173428

  
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