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Trollheart · 02-10-2018, 05:09 PM

Album title: Non-Stop: Mexico to Jamaica
Artist: Ozomatli
Genre: Reggae/Funk/Soul/Hip-hop/Latin/Folk/World/Country
Nationality: American
Release date: May 5
Position in Discography: Eighth
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? I have heard one album
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? All those genres?

Average RYM Score: 3.00
I knew I had heard the name before. It's quite distinctive, after all, and again I look back to “Love or Hate?” where I was introduced to them via the album Street Signs, which I think I liked. I certainly like this; very smooth, cool and cheerful. Mostly (all) reggae so far though; not sure if those other tags are going to be warranted. Still, we have another eleven tracks to go, so plenty of time. Okay, “Besame Mucho” has a hip-hop rap and feel to it, with some sort of Mexican trumpet thing going on too. A reggae version of “La Bamba” is very welcome, and when they add a rap, well, that's just so much better. They do this again in “De Paisano a Paisano”, and there are even songs in English: in the end, “Evil Ways”, “Land of 1000 Dances” and “Come and Get Your Love” are the least interesting of them all. Great album though. Still, didn't see any country, little funk or soul and not too much in the way of World Music (though that's almost too broad a genre tag to be using anyway) here. Mostly reggae with a healthy dart of Latin and Hip-hop.

Check out more from this artist? Yeah
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Actual Rating:

02-10-2018, 05:09 PM	#1831 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Album title: Non-Stop: Mexico to Jamaica Artist: Ozomatli Genre: Reggae/Funk/Soul/Hip-hop/Latin/Folk/World/Country Nationality: American Release date: May 5 Position in Discography: Eighth Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? I have heard one album Familiar with the genre or subgenre? All those genres? Average RYM Score: 3.00 I knew I had heard the name before. It's quite distinctive, after all, and again I look back to “Love or Hate?” where I was introduced to them via the album Street Signs, which I think I liked. I certainly like this; very smooth, cool and cheerful. Mostly (all) reggae so far though; not sure if those other tags are going to be warranted. Still, we have another eleven tracks to go, so plenty of time. Okay, “Besame Mucho” has a hip-hop rap and feel to it, with some sort of Mexican trumpet thing going on too. A reggae version of “La Bamba” is very welcome, and when they add a rap, well, that's just so much better. They do this again in “De Paisano a Paisano”, and there are even songs in English: in the end, “Evil Ways”, “Land of 1000 Dances” and “Come and Get Your Love” are the least interesting of them all. Great album though. Still, didn't see any country, little funk or soul and not too much in the way of World Music (though that's almost too broad a genre tag to be using anyway) here. Mostly reggae with a healthy dart of Latin and Hip-hop. Check out more from this artist? Yeah Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 Last edited by Trollheart; 02-14-2018 at 05:32 AM.