Ras Attitude - Holding Firm - Zion High Productions / Sound VIZion
Records -
Another great singer from the Virgin Islands.
Once again you can spend a lot of time trying to work out where the
vocal style is coming from, sometimes it sounded like Dennis Brown -
but after a while it was pointless like everything from those little
set of Islands, its got its roots in Jamaica but its firmly original.
The Production is excellent, and the songs are thoughtful and topical.
Like the music from Midnite - and so many other great singers and
players from the islands, all you keep thinking is when are they going
to get a break? For example this is Ras Attitude third album - Third
Album!!! - And if you asked most reggae fans they would not know the
man, and yet this set is a classic. They say nothing ever happens
before its time - but when it comes to reggae and the Virgin Islands
its getting a bit ridiculous! Then again reggae as parked itself in
that zone for too long, time to move on!!!