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An absolute no brainer. . .

Achis | Kingston, JA/Philipsburg, SxM | 04/23/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Black Woman & Child, Explain to the Almighty,Praise Ye Jah, Dem Ah Wonder, Holding Firm, Mek Dem Secure, Dem Ah Gaze, One Away, Give Dem Ah Ride, Words of Devine, Dem Ah Try Ah Thing Brutality For Love, Babylon Ah Listen, Good Ways, Azanldo Jah Blessing and Taking Over. That right there, alone, is enough for a fantastic album, but, when you spread those over two discs and sprinkle in some lesser known, underground gems, a terrificly written article in the liner notes and explanations of every track you have an beautiful sounding and excellently presented project. This album is a long-overdue greatest hits collection from one of the greatest lyricist in the history of music. Take every song I mentioned, add Like Mountain (see for evidence of perfect lyrics), Kings of the Earth, I Wonder of course, Do You Ever?, Blaze Fire Blaze and Clean up Your Heart, greatness just continues. Easily the best album released this year (much respect to the Prophet)Truly a fantastic greatest hits album, there are no bad songs, pick this one up immediately, mandatory listening for all Kalonji fans. To the unfamiliar, think prime Marley-level material here. Bigup Sizzla and Vprecords! AMAZING!"

Great Introduction

Gift | 09/17/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"While I generally don't like "best of" compilations, I really think this release was well done. This is definitley the best place to start if you haven't heard Sizzla. Tracks like "Kings of the Earth", "Make Dem Secure", and "Praise Ye Jah" exemplify why Sizzla is one of the most important contemporary reggae artists. The first disc of this set is sincerely the best Sizzla compilation I've heard rivaled only by the Jet Star Reggae Max compilation, which I would also recommend. The first disc alone makes this set worthwhile. If you haven't really listened to Sizzla you should. Personally, I think he is the most important contemporary Reggae artist. I am an avid reggae fan from Desmond Dekker, to Lee Perry, to Gregory Isaacs, to Augusts Pablo, to Capleton and the only reggae artist I like more than Sizzla is Bob Marley. It's just fundamentally wrong to place anyone above Bob so I won't even go there. Seriously, Sizzla is briliant and I would highly recommend this to anyone... However, the second disc of this compilation is fairly weak. There are alot of superfluous tracks and poor choices as far as representing the best of Sizzla. They would have done well to condense this to a single-disc compilation. Disc 2 contains some essential tracks such as "Aznaldo", "Black Woman and Child", and "Words of Devine", but it generally doesn't deliver. The only reason this compilation doesn't get five stars is because of the inconsitency of the second disc. But, seriously, the first disc alone makes it a worthwhile purchase."

Still blazing, but....

E. Dickson | MA USA | 07/26/2002

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Disc One really delivers on the content that is expected of Sizzla. It also included several of his hit songs. However, disc two left me wondering what measurement was used for arriving at the "Best of Sizzla." In the end I was left feeling that the compilation was more a marketing strategy to get some of Sizzla's not so popular songs a hearing.Overall, it was still worth the cost since songs such as No White God, Black Woman and Child, Jah Blessing and Words of Devine delivered the goods."