Artist: Busy Signal
Album: Loaded
Genre: Reggae: Contemporary Dancehall
Release Date: Sep 9, 2008
Label: VP Records
RIYL: Vybz Kartel, Mavado
Rating: ****
A fairly excellent selection of dancehall songs. Often extremely catchy, and always extremely tough Busy Signal's skills as a vocalist make him one of the best Jamaican toasters out today. Production is solid throughout, although Busy Signal, as is common in contemporary dancehall, fuses the traditional with today's American hip-hop aesthetic, often borrowing from the Dirty South style, which may frustrate dancehall purists. Busy Signal tastefully utilizes autotuning in many of his songs, which should only bother the most hardcore crusaders against it's proliferation. The opening song is a rather weak attempt at social critique, but Busy Signal quickly remedies this with a slew of excellent songs all of which could be hits. The second half isn't nearly as strong (although the incredibly impressive speed toasting on "Knocking at Your Door" does grace listeners as the second to last track).
- People So Evil **
- Jail *****
- Tic Tic Toc *****
- Wine Pon Di Edge *****
- Fast, Fast, Fast, Fast *****
- Hey Girl ***
- Real Jamaican *****
- Unknown Number ***
- These Are the Days *****
- Hustle Hard **
- My World ****
- Strappings ***
- Cool Baby ****
- Knocking At Your Door *****
- Murderer **
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