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Same ole' Same ole'. . .

Achis | Kingston, JA/Philipsburg, SxM | 09/24/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you happen to come across Ghetto Revolution, and its the first taste of Sizzla's work that you have experienced, consider it as pretty typical of the extremely high level material that the priest has put out in his career. To the initiated, Ghetto Revolution is a return to the old for Sizzla as he has been taking straight flack (somewhat deservedly) about his 'experimentive' phase with his music, making the harder edged and even slack tunes that he's made. This album, in concept (I'm in no way comparing the 2 in quality), to his opus Black Woman & Child, because it is an album mostly dedicated to love, and the mental feelings and emotions that come along with love, and its power is slyly evident to the most seasoned Kalonji listener. Largeup Greensleeves for obviously putting some high amount of thought into how it was presented, as they have always done with his albums for them (Bobo Ashanti, Royal Son of Ethiopia, Rastafari Teach I Everything). And musically, it is very very good as well, absolutely void of bad tunes, my favorites are the title track, the ultra smooth Jah Will Be There, That's Why (my absolute favorite) and Love the Little Children. I also really like Won't Stop. Ghetto Revolution has a much softer edge than some of Sizzla's more recent albums (i.e. Taking Over, Blaze Up the Chalwa and Blaze Fire Blaze especially), this is no doubt one for the fans of roots reggae and rasta renassaince reggae, dancehall fans, get Blaze Fire Blaze if you haven't already. I also I have to reccomend Sizzla's underground record Hosanna for a harder edge.
AMAZING!"

Sizzla is lost & it's sad

Prophet Mwasi | USA | 09/25/2002

(2 out of 5 stars)

"When Blaze Up.. came out I hoped that Sizzla's experimentation with slackness was a transitory thing. Unfortunately, more slack singles followed. Today I purchased Ghetto Revolution hoping that Sizzla would turn it around, go back to his roots, back to what made him worthwhile. I was wrong.First thing that I noticed was a tremendeous number of crooning-type tracks. Instead of being songs about reverance of women (ala-Black Woman and Child) they are just dull, garden-variety love and slack songs. His raspy, atonal falsetto don't work in the begging-type songs. This was amusing when it was only on one or two tracks, but not on half of the record.Also, the slack lyrics are embarrasing. These lyrics seem childish, like something my 10 year old nepew would say to try to make his little friends think he's hip. If you gonna be slack you might as well go all of the way. I used to be proud of Sizzla. Now I'm just wondering where he is trying to go.Overall, outside of 'Jah Will Be There' this record is just bad. If Sizzla is selling out to try to get popular, I hope he is successful, because he has lost me and possibly most of those who looked to Sizzla for positive, uplifting music. There are plenty of singers doing the beggin' thang and almost all do it better than Sizzla. If I want to hear slack dancehall I can listen to 2Live Crew's Reggae Joint. It is musically and lyricaly superior to the ...you hear here ("Girl I want to push on you with this thing protruding" Why Sizzla? Why?)."

Sizzla Mashes It Up Again!!!

Dario | Berkeley, CA | 10/15/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I picked up Sizzla's new Ghetto revolution a couple days ago, and came home and dropped it in my stereo... and out came the ever glorious sounds of the great Sizzla Kalonji. "Ghetto Revolution" keeps alive the great string of excellent albums by a reggae genius! The beats are fresh and somewhat of a new style for Sizzla, and the emotions are as strong as ever. The hottest track on the album in my opinion is "Dont Say." You all know what i mean when i talk about Sizzla's high pitch singing and gravely voice that he busts out every once in a while... and "Dont Say" is a great example of both. If you havent yet picked it up... place an order for it now before you do anything else because this is truly a great album!!!"