Humble African [Vinyl]

Humble African by Culture I gave this CD 5 stars would have given it 6 if I could! This is such a great CD may his soul rest in peace! This CD is old education and current education of the struggle of a people. He who lives it knows it more! I would call it spiritual as you listen some of the music will not let you sit down It's so powerful! Excellent music a must BUY if you love Reggae! Jah Love

Very good condition

Great CD!!!

I love how fast I recieved the CD and I love the condition the CD was in. There was no Scratches on the CD and it worked for me well.

This was great album!. I still enjoying everyday .the cd was in great shape, no scratches and high quality recorded.

Culture's latest album, nearly an hour in length, has everything but the kitchen sink, and this lack of focus hurts what could have been a strong latter-day effort. "Humble African" gets worse as the CD goes along. The opener, "Why am I a Rastaman?" and the second song, "Revolution", are awesome. Also early on are the gentle, unusual "Rolling Stone", and the cool title track. The duet with Marcia Griffiths, one of the I Threes in The Wailers, isn't bad ("Where is the Love"), but would stand out more on an album that doesn't start to drift as this one does. Still, it's good through "Poverty", "Too Much Ginals" (what's a ginal?) up to the 11th track, "It's Hard to Live." Joseph Hill probably could have stopped there, because the last four tracks aren't much. "Fishes to Fry", is a sort of pop dance track that, like the next cut, "Home Grown" is not written by Hill. "Home Grown," one of three tracks with guest vocalists joining Hill (a bad trend), is certainly not reggae and doesn't work on a Culture album. "Poor People Hungry" features Tony Rebel (I have no idea who that is) in a dancehall number that I'm not fond of. Hill obviously is trying to branch out, but I can't stand dancehall reggae. The final track, "Nah Stay Inna Babylon" doesn't do enough to redeem the disappointment of the previous three tracks. So, some strong points, especially for an album this late in Culture's career, but I miss the backing vocals of Albert Walker (Culture has long since stopped being a "group"), there are too many different musicians and mixers involved to make this a consistent effort, there are some things that Culture shouldn't have tried, and at least four too many tracks. Decent? Sure. Five stars? Absolutely not. Three stars? Barely. If you want the best of Culture, try "Two Sevens Clash", "Harder than the Rest", "International Herb" or even "Good Things".

There are some great tracks on this disk. Lots of roots sprinkled with a little dance hall and even a tune with some pop overtones (Fishes to Fry). Almost 30 years as a band, these guys are still making great reggae music and writing a variety of music, most with a healthy edge to it. Most of the cuts are strong and yes even the pop tune is great. A great vehicle for getting the word out and yes making a little money. Keep the great music coming. After listening to this, one realizes that reggae music is still very much alive.

As always with this trio, Culture continues to deliver the goods on this no holds barred exposition of their deep roots and message style of reggae.Their harmonies have slipped a tad over the last 20 years, but that matters little when hearing them in all their glory, belting out the truth on titles like the beautiful "Humble African," "Going Home," "Never Give Up," and my favorite track on the cd, the biting "Nah Stay Inna Babylon."Another excellent cd by one of roots reggae's most gifted groups.

I absolutely love this CD and this man JOSEPH HILL is a true roots man who knows his music and a prophet who inspires me. No other reggae artist can never be compared to JOSEPH HILL OF CULTURE LEAD SINGER.Thank you MR. HILL may your soul R.I.P

Great album

Grear

en effet c est le dernier album de joseph hill; un album très roots produit par vp records de la famille chin; quelques temps après il nous quittait

Just what I wanted. Good quality record. This seller is recommended by me. I cannot think of anything more to say.