From Reality I Just Can't Drift: Exploring Reggae
This is the first of what will hopefully be many wanderings into the fog of assorted music genres.
In search of some of the most influential and highly regarded reggae albums of all time, Burning Spears' "Marcus Garvey" made appearances on nearly every top ten list. Burning Spear has been nominated for 12 Best Reggae Album of the Year Grammys, including 2 wins. Even though this album didn't win the award, it is regarded as Burning Spear's most influential album.
The album is named after famed Jamaican journalist and philosopher Marcus Garvey, founder of Garveyism. "The fundamental focus of Garveyism is the complete, total and never ending redemption of the continent of Africa by people of African ancestry, at home and abroad. It is rooted in one basic idea: 'whatsoever things common to man that man has done, man can do'. Therefore, Africa can become as glorious and profoundly advanced in the scientific and technological realm as any, when Africans will it to be." Sick.
5 comments:
This sounds boss.
I'm digging this as well. Good call on exploring the reggae world. The album art kinda freaks me out, but the music is wonderful. One great aspect of reggae is that while I can't always relate to the lyrics directly (I do not remember the "days of slavery"), they can be interpreted and applied to one's own situation.
I just love how easy-going the reggae beat is. It just seems to sweep me a way to a more chill, head-bobbing world.
i dont see it in the folder...?
I would echo Paul's comments, and add that the sound of this album and the lyrics/message are juxtaposed very well. No one should be intimated to listen because Burning Spear addresses weighty and/or historic issues because they do so with such universality, especially in the beat.
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