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Jah Mason
Never Give Up
Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Pop

Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
1. Gideon Start
2. Mount Zion High
3. They Don?t Love We
4. Never Give Up
5. Danger Zone
6. See Them Crying
7. Kibuts Livication
8. Mother
9. Cann Lef Mi Woman
10. Righteousness
11. Love?s The Way
12. Life So Joyful
13. Dem Gone
14. Watch I
15. Rise and Shine

CD Details

All Artists: Jah Mason
Title: Never Give Up
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: On the Corner
Release Date: 6/14/2004
Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Pop
Styles: Reggae, Dance Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 826596009483, 766483377748

Synopsis

Album Description

Jah Mason is a rising star in the Jamaican musical landscape. Often compared to the mightiest of Jamaica?s musical prophets like Sizzla and Capleton , he evokes songs of social awareness and self consciousness through Rastafari teachings. With previous releases on Jamaican and Europeans labels as well as dozens of singles, Never Give Up is Jah Mason?s most cohesive work to date and features top notch production from the Kariang / Shabak Music camp. The compositions on the album combine acoustic and live instrumentation as well as powerful dancehall riddims to give Mason the comfort to unleash his powerful word play. Never Give Up serves the listener with the different moods and inspirations of this unique talent without losing the plot or sounding like a compilation of singles. The album strength is in its diversity and strong songwriting. Listen to gems like "See Them Coming" and "They Don?t Love We" or the blazing hot "Never Give Up" ? Jah Mason delivers a stellar album that will put him in the forefront of the contemporary reggae scene.

CD Reviews

WHAT MASON'S ALBUM IS SAYING.

alcapone | JAMAICA | 07/06/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"jah mason's album is perfect his music is real life it's like what is happening in our every day life, That is why the brother is saying "KEEP YOUR JOY", may the most high keep and guide mason and so he can spread the message of RASTAFARI."

Beautiful!

Achis | Kingston, JA/Philipsburg, SxM | 03/03/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Jah Mason has spent most of his career toiling in the shadow of the likes of roots artists such as Sizzla Kalonji, Capleton, Buju Banton and Luciano, all the while aking truly powerful music from beginning to end, and releasing 3 albums in the process. I was actually surprised to see his work on Amazon.com, good suprised, and Never Give Up just happens to be his most complete album to date. That is saying a lot as his previous works (Working So Hard, Keep Your Joy, and Unlimited) were all excellent pieces.
This project is ultra unique in the fact that none other than Israeli music master Piloni is playing on it, and producing it. This is what Israeli roots reggae sounds like, and its amazing. Jah Mason's style is not too dissimilar to that of Sizzla Kalonji, they sound nothing like each other in voice, however, their tendency to build to a fever pitch, or just change on the drop of a hat is something they both do constantly. The best tune here is probably the downright amazing See Them Crying, the song is just so huge, and it features the unknown (to me at least) singer Iqulah on the hooks, huge tune. Also love the opener Gideon Start, Mount Zion High, big tune Mother and what is probably my second favorite Righteousness, the song just makes you feel good.
Overall, the album is of course deeply Rastafarian based and the interesting thing about the cover is that if you look close enough you can actually see several faces of Rasta in shadow, including Bob Marley and Prince Emmanuel. But when you break it down to what it actually is, it is a masterpiece, from beginning to end from an artist whose acclaim on the world stage of reggae music is long long overdue.
AMAZING! GO GET IT!"