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Wow a Sizzla Album!

Achis | Kingston, JA/Philipsburg, SxM | 07/13/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Somewhere in Jamaica right now, Predator, Macka Diamond and Kid Kurrupt are all waiting to have their debut albums released by reggae giant label Greensleeves, Vybz Kartel is waiting to his official sophomore effort and no one (and I mean no one) knows what happened to Red Rat.



One person who isn't at all disappointed with GS's release schedule is Sizzla Kalonji. He who just 8 months ago had perhaps his best album in a couple of years (which is saying alot when you go 4-5 deep a year), the self-produced Life, released by Greensleeves, is already back on the different and more serene sounding Soul Deep. Not only did it not take long for Greensleeves to release Soul Deep, despite the lack of 'warning' (it just sort of showed up one day) it took only slightly longer for Sizzla to find his way back into the studio with superproducer Vendetta, and he sounds very on point over Vendetta's different programs.



The duo first hooked up on the surprisingly critically acclaimed Rise to the Occasion, the album was Sizzla's most experimental to date (and still is) and freely stepped in and out of the reggae boundaries. It took just about 22 months for them to hook back up, and I'm more impressed with Soul Deep than the. . . downright weird RtO.



There's a lot of good material here, perhaps the best being Be Strong over the immortal Drop Leaf riddim. Also LOVE Where Are You Running To? Girl Come to See Me, the r&b drop of All I Want with Morgan Heritage (the family returning the guest which Sizzla gave to their recent effort Full Circle). The simpleness of Nothing Bothers Me and of course Why. Why is about as simple as Nothing Bothers Me, but its souped up and the cool agressiveness which Sizzla displays on the cut is just funny almost, but he kicks it into high gear in typical Kalonji style.



Overall, I'm not really prepared to call Soul Deep a better album than Life (yet), but its better than Rise to the Occasion. As a pair, Sizzla & Vendetta may be on the verge of something special, at this rate we wont have to wait very long to find out."

Sizzla Kalonji

Roots gal frum farin | Philadelphia PA | 09/12/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am a bonified Sizzla Fan and I love this album because he dared to do something different. It shows his versatility as an artist and shows all that bobo asante's have big beautiful hearts. I m in Love with "show me" and "Love you more" my son loves " be strong" and " nothing bothers me".

This is a feel good album and I just hope Sizzla stays unchanged since signing with Dame Dash music group."

Sorry Sizzla, this one is really weak

Jeremy Casterson | Craig, CO USA | 06/03/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Mr. Kalonji must have run out of creative juices for this one. Actually, some songs are different, but there are not many that are good. The best song (they only great one?) is Be Strong. Buy it by itself and leave the rest. If you want a KILLER Sizzla album, get Da Real Thing or Black Woman and Child."