yardie's reggae collection - artist pageI WAYNE LAVA GROUND * * * *
The period around 2004 - 2005 gave light to a real
conscious Roots reinassence. The most important artists were Richie
Spice, Fantan Mojah and I Wayne.
Others came after them but it is for sure that the they signed the
path. I Wayne is somebody to pay some attention to. Aside from any
comments on the music what is here very interesting is his voice.
A silky soft beautiful voice that seems to be very confident (listen
to the introduction with a single acoustic guitar and you get immediately
what I mean: the bwoy has style). More than that he perfectly fits
and is able to uplift even the not so impressive tracks as "More
Life" or "Grow Proper". The main mood here as stated
above is conscious Roots with some Lover's Rock songs and even Nyahbinghi
with the beautiful and deep "Kid Artist".
The album presents his hits "Living In Love" and "Can't
Satisfy Her" and new material. But what is the most amazing thing
here is that the music seems sewed around his voice and this is a
big up for the producers: Chris Chin, Neil "Diamond" Edwards
and Patrick Henry. Here we cannot talk about saving some tunes: all
are great. And all help, piece by piece, to build up a strong debut
album. The album closes with a song that seems Marvin Gaye transfixed
by the Jamaica vibes. And this thanks to the unique voice of the artist
called Harmony too. Let's see what comes next but here the start promises
and delivers a lot! A very interesting album from an artist that does
not need nobody to teach him anything at all. This is really a new
voice in Jamaica.
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2005 - VP - studio - discs: 1