Album: Dangerously Roots
VP Records
Artist: Duane Stephenson
Genre: Reggae/Rub A Dub
With Dangerously Roots, Stephenson stays true to his persona, delivering the heart driven, thought-provoking content he’s known for while taking a step onto the path delving into and appreciating one’s roots.
Laced with heart-bruising harmonies, the album symbolizes how Reggae music can use its strengths in songwriting and earthy vocals to discover realistic conditions and emotions in such a way that carries a universal appeal. From the heart-tugging Good Good Love to theexamination of reality’s harsh nature on the Tarrus Riley-assisted Ghetto Religion, the album’s narrative sets the sequence to be very fluid and purposeful. Dangerously Roots certainly is a gift to his die-hard fans and a powerful formal introduction to new listeners.
It would have been predictable if Stephenson gave us an album littered with a number of ‘Rasta for I and I’ songs. Instead he gave us a landscape of thought-provoking lyricism which allowed the album to play as an introspectively written sonnet for the curious mind.
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Album: Dangerously Roots
VP Records
Artist: Duane Stephenson
Genre: Reggae/Rub A Dub
With Dangerously Roots, Stephenson stays true to his persona, delivering the heart driven, thought-provoking content he’s known for while taking a step onto the path delving into and appreciating one’s roots.
Laced with heart-bruising harmonies, the album symbolizes how Reggae music can use its strengths in songwriting and earthy vocals to discover realistic conditions and emotions in such a way that carries a universal appeal. From the heart-tugging Good Good Love to theexamination of reality’s harsh nature on the Tarrus Riley-assisted Ghetto Religion, the album’s narrative sets the sequence to be very fluid and purposeful. Dangerously Roots certainly is a gift to his die-hard fans and a powerful formal introduction to new listeners.
It would have been predictable if Stephenson gave us an album littered with a number of ‘Rasta for I and I’ songs. Instead he gave us a landscape of thought-provoking lyricism which allowed the album to play as an introspectively written sonnet for the curious mind.
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