Feel Good, Feel Real Good!
Achis | Kingston, JA/Philipsburg, SxM | 08/06/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Cocoa Tea is a very unusual singer. Cocoa Tea is probably the only person in the world that I know of that has the type of voice with which he could probably speak of flat out impending doom and yet strangely enough make all of his listeners feel good. It sounds like he records at his house, outside, just sitting around just reasoning or something singing all of his songs, it just so happens that everytime he does a full recording studio magically appears!
Having recently become a huge fan of the artist (of course i knew of his music, but didnt really invest in it too much until now)Tek Weh Yuh Gal is MASSIVE! Armed with what may or may not prove to be the biggest hit of his career Cocoa Tea has put up one of the biggest albums that I've heard in a long time. Of course you have the title track, which is pretty much a funny song, but its a feel good song on top of that (there is a difference), but then you have the wicked combinations with Anthony B (on of the album's best efforts) on Dance Hall Nice, a typically highly animated Kalonji on the Kushenpeng inspired Pass It Over; and a wicked combination with CUTTY RANKS! On top of the combinations, you have CT's usually high level material, the two opening songs on this album before the title cut are wonderful, love both Sunshine (which is nearly an imperial tune) and Have It Fi Mi.
Overall, like I said, this album is huge. There exists a point on this album where I pretty much lost it, it was so good that I forgot where I was, I feel asleep and dreamt that I was at a concert somewhere, the vibe here is that strong. Big album from a truly big artist.
On a side note, this is the second recent hit from rising Rasta label Kings of Kings, he first being label head, Iley Dread's Unite the People from 2003, both through VP Records, I hope to see more similar releases, Kings of Kings are apparently clueless as to how to make bad music.
GO GET IT!"
Track Listings (14) - Disc #1