Strictly The Best29' (2002)

Product Summary Label: Vp Records UPC: 00054645165921 Release Date: 11/19/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60583665 Item#: M53CN2 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Like Glue - Sean Paul ~ Various Artists 2. Higher Level - Elephant Man ~ Various Artists 3. Sufferah - Bounty Killer ~ Various Artists 4. Wah Dah Fah - Baby Cham ~ Various Artists 5. Press Trigger - Mad Cobra ~ Various Artists 6. Tek It Off - Capleton ~ Various Artists 7. Money - Tanto Metro & Devonte ~ Various Artists 8. Party Time - Wayne Marshall ~ Various Artists 9. Tra La La - Buju Banton ~ Various Artists 10. Tallup Tallup - Elephant Man ~ Various Artists 11. Gungo Walk - Wickerman ~ Various Artists 12. Fitness - Bounty Killer/Angel Doolas ~ Various Artists 13. We Thugging - Wayne Marshall/Elephant Man ~ Various Artists 14. How It Ago - Capleton ~ Various Artists 15. Come On - Sizzla ~ Various Artists 16. Jah Is Always There - Warrior King ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Illustrator: Murasaki. The Strictly the Best franchise continues to exercise its marketplace prerogative with this interesting DJ compilation that features such reliable talents as Capleton, Buju Banton, and Bounty Killer as well as up-and-comers like Sean Paul and new star Wayne Marshall (whose "Party Time" rhythm was already taking Jamaica by storm when this compilation was released). The thematic mix is nice, ranging from Sean Paul's vaguely slack party anthem "Like Glue" to the stern "fire bun" rhetoric of Capleton's "Tek It Off" (not to mention Sizzla's strange "Come On," which somehow manages in the same breath to celebrate both dancing with hot girls and burning down Babylon). One of the weirdest tracks comes courtesy of Elephant Man, whose "Tallup Tallup" alternates between slamming dancehall and a snippet of orchestral Baroque music (with which he sings along). Elephant Man also contributes the screechily operatic "Higher Level," which is less successful. But apart from Warrior King's out-of-tune "Jah Is Always There," "Higher Level" is about the only misstep on this solid collection. ~ Rick Anderson Producer: Cleveland Browne; R. Blake; P.J. Jackson; R. Brown; Lloyd James; Lynford "Fatta" Marshall; Preston Onfroy; Troyton; Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson; Steven "Lenky" Marsden; Bobby Konders   Technical Info Release Date : 05/23/2005 Original Release Date : 2002 Catalog ID : 1659 Label : VP Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00054645165921    Related Videos Christmas In The Heart : ... A Cherry Cherry Christmas... In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray