Protoje - The 8 Year Affair (2013)
BAND/ARTIST: Protoje
- Title: The 8 Year Affair
- Year Of Release: 2013
- Label: Don Corleon Records
- Genre: Reggae, Soul
- Quality: flac lossless
- Total Time: 00:57:54
- Total Size: 381 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. The 8 Year Affair
02. I & I
03. Kingston Be Wise
04. Hold You Now
05. Someone Like You (Feat. Tessanne Chin)
06. Around The World (Feat. Chris Watts)
07. Who Dem A Program
08. This Is NOT A Marijuana Song
09. Reggae Revival (Feat. Romain Virgo)
10. Come My Way
11. Shot By Love (Feat Toi)
12. Black Cinderella
13. Hail Ras Tafari
14. Music From My Heart
Protoje born Oje Ken Ollivierre is the son of a well known Jamaican singer, Lorna Bennett whose 1972 version of Breakfast In Bed is a classic that was covered and became a big tune years later by both The Pretenders' Chrissy Hynde and UB40. The child of two music industry parents, his father is a former Calypso King from St. Vincent, Michael 'Lord Have Mercy'. In 2010 he began working with his cousin, the notorious hit making producer, Donovan Don Corleone Bennett. In 2011 they released Protoje's first album The Seven Year Itch and have now followed up with this highly-anticipated set.
Hitting his early 30's in stride, this artist has big dreams and big shoes to fill. With comparisons to Bob Marley, Protoje uses the foundation of reggae and fuses it with principles from Hip-Hop and Pop music. But why the comparison to the original Tuff Gong? One could suggest that it is perhaps his voice, which is not the most forceful say as some of reggae's great singers, but has an honesty about it combined with razor sharp phrasing and most significantly, song themes, hooks, and ideas that are unmatched by any other, not just in reggae, but also on the international pop scene today.
The record starts out with the title track 8 Year Affair in a mellow pace, building the vibes, telling the tale, setting the stage with the sweet tones of what sounds like guitar played by the likes of maestro Earl "Chinna" Smith, intertwined with soothing sounds of the flute. The lyrics illustrate the responsibility that the artist has recognized, that burden of the next generation, as he plays tribute to some of his heroes, "that spirit of Jacob that spirit of Hugh" (referencing Jacob Miller and Hugh Mandell) "that spirit of Mackintosh" (Peter Tosh) "that spirit never move. The spirit of Marley that spirit fought….".
With a riddim and lyrical interpolation reminiscent of Black Uhuru's crucial track, Happiness Protoje chants inna deejay style showcasing his versatility mixing it with a catchy chorus out-lining the "Iyatta" rasta style patois language on the tune I&I. Any artist that can use the name of one of my favorite Jamaican sweets the greata cake, a coconut tart delight is someone I would like to give a deeper listen to. This tune offers a roll call of the various houses of rasta, its spiritual leaders, its teachings and Protoje's laser focus on the essential message of "all love we livin' in"...
01. The 8 Year Affair
02. I & I
03. Kingston Be Wise
04. Hold You Now
05. Someone Like You (Feat. Tessanne Chin)
06. Around The World (Feat. Chris Watts)
07. Who Dem A Program
08. This Is NOT A Marijuana Song
09. Reggae Revival (Feat. Romain Virgo)
10. Come My Way
11. Shot By Love (Feat Toi)
12. Black Cinderella
13. Hail Ras Tafari
14. Music From My Heart
Protoje born Oje Ken Ollivierre is the son of a well known Jamaican singer, Lorna Bennett whose 1972 version of Breakfast In Bed is a classic that was covered and became a big tune years later by both The Pretenders' Chrissy Hynde and UB40. The child of two music industry parents, his father is a former Calypso King from St. Vincent, Michael 'Lord Have Mercy'. In 2010 he began working with his cousin, the notorious hit making producer, Donovan Don Corleone Bennett. In 2011 they released Protoje's first album The Seven Year Itch and have now followed up with this highly-anticipated set.
Hitting his early 30's in stride, this artist has big dreams and big shoes to fill. With comparisons to Bob Marley, Protoje uses the foundation of reggae and fuses it with principles from Hip-Hop and Pop music. But why the comparison to the original Tuff Gong? One could suggest that it is perhaps his voice, which is not the most forceful say as some of reggae's great singers, but has an honesty about it combined with razor sharp phrasing and most significantly, song themes, hooks, and ideas that are unmatched by any other, not just in reggae, but also on the international pop scene today.
The record starts out with the title track 8 Year Affair in a mellow pace, building the vibes, telling the tale, setting the stage with the sweet tones of what sounds like guitar played by the likes of maestro Earl "Chinna" Smith, intertwined with soothing sounds of the flute. The lyrics illustrate the responsibility that the artist has recognized, that burden of the next generation, as he plays tribute to some of his heroes, "that spirit of Jacob that spirit of Hugh" (referencing Jacob Miller and Hugh Mandell) "that spirit of Mackintosh" (Peter Tosh) "that spirit never move. The spirit of Marley that spirit fought….".
With a riddim and lyrical interpolation reminiscent of Black Uhuru's crucial track, Happiness Protoje chants inna deejay style showcasing his versatility mixing it with a catchy chorus out-lining the "Iyatta" rasta style patois language on the tune I&I. Any artist that can use the name of one of my favorite Jamaican sweets the greata cake, a coconut tart delight is someone I would like to give a deeper listen to. This tune offers a roll call of the various houses of rasta, its spiritual leaders, its teachings and Protoje's laser focus on the essential message of "all love we livin' in"...
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