Ras Attitude

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!!!