Pioneering Dub Poet, Mutabaruka contributes ‘I Am’, a typically cogent and provocative summary of what it means to be Rasta, one of his first solo releases in a long time.
Spanish Town singjay and lyricist Lutan Fyah’s ‘Trouble’ is a warning against eroding freedoms of choice and movement in the pandemic era.
The son of Queen Ifrica, Imeru Tafari lends his yearning, calling voice to ‘Rastafari Student’, demonstrating the family aptitude for both melody and lyrics.
The hypnotic arrangement is played by a roll call of top musicians. These include Earl Chinna Smith on guitar, Dean Fraser on sax, Keith Francis on Bass, Larry McDonald/ Jeremiah McFarlane on percussion, and Leroy Horsemouth Wallace on drums.
The music is mixed by six-time Grammy award winning engineer James Bonsai Caruso, with the dub version, featuring the vocals of Autarchii, mixed by Chinna’s son Earl Junior.
The Generation Gap Riddim is out on April 22nd and truly brings the generations together.