Beres Hammond

Beres Hammond

Beres Hammond - Love Has No Boundaries - VP

A major part of the reggae scene now for coming up to 20 years - Beres

is now able to see the big picture where the music is concerned - and if

reggae music needs anything today its stablity. Crossover does not

work, and never will work - with a music with such a complex dna as

reggae music - its not easy to add something to it without changing it

into something else - which is pointless. So what you get here is a

solid album of mainly loves songs with some reality messages as well -

all set to a solid reggae beat. The occasional ballard is not a

problem, never was. Guest artists on the set include Big Youth, and

Buju Banton, those two tracks are very good.

Yet the jewel in the crown of this magnificent set - is 'Feel Love'

which is set to a spikey kind of reggae rhythm - and is a great song.

While the best track is 'Not Over Til It's Done' a song that could

have come out of Dennis Brown's or Gregory Isaacs reality songbook its

the sort of song that made reggae music what it is, and if ever to

become the voice of the poor again its the type of song that will need

to come forward again in these troubled times.

Beres Hammond - Music Is Life - VP

Over the years Beres as built up a good fan base, and this set Will

not disappoint them. Its got all the usual trademarks, good songs, and

a very smooth production. His singing is now stronger, and that

appeals to me a lot. Its still soulful but you can hear a lot more

reggae in it. That might not make much sense but you only have to

listen to people like Gregory and Dennis to know that there is soul

and JamaicanSoul - and what Beres is doing these days puts him into

that catagory - before he was just a very good soul singer!!!

Beres Hammond- Xterminator.

Still unreleased but when this one finally comes out it should break

the man to a much bigger audience. This album represents the genius of

Fatis production style at its very best. Rather than keep Beres into

his much loved soul style, he's pointed him in a new direction which

could only be described as folk, with a strong reggae base. One track

is almost Irish in production style. With Luciano - Fatis showed what

could be done with such a voice. He's done it again with Beres, the

big break both deserve awaits them.

Beres Hammond - Beres Hammond - WKS

When it comes to love songs, the best ones all seem to have a touch of

reality. This is why singers like Gregory Isaacs and Dennis Brown have

been so successful over the years. In recent years tough with things

and time getting so hard, people don't really want to know about

reality even in love songs. So they have turned to singers who can

supply an emotional experience without involving the listener at all.

Beres Hammond as been the most successful artist so far within this

style, Pure sweetness.

Beres Hammond - A Love Affair - Penthouse

Five years or so on, and Beres is now a big star. Yet you can't help

wondering if he would be even bigger if he started to work with

producers who would encourage him to sing more interesting songs.

Gregory Isaacs said many years ago that love is a reality. And love

songs still make up at least 50% of the subject material for most

reggae singers, but listening to Beres's songs and the soft production

built around them could send someone into emotional shock! This man

needs help, in more ways than one.