crew (founded by two ''half-black, half-Chinese boys'' from Jamaica) makes wild and whimsical reggae mixtapes, full of exclusive remixes and neck-snapping jump cuts.
Stephens deserves an award for recording one of 2004's best battle-of-the-sexes songs, ''Tek Him Back,'' in which a mistress realizes her mistake: ''Have a cute face, but him nah perform/ So tek him back, wifey tek him back.''īLACK CHINEY - This Miami-based D.J. Stephens's pinched but expressive voice and earthy obsessions: one spoken-word piece describes a 10-second sexual encounter that ends in snores (his) and tears (hers).
As it is, this album is more likely to remain an underground hit, reaching fans who already cherish Ms. In a parallel universe, these acoustic-guitar laments and joyful digital dancehall tracks might reach beyond the reggae world, converting NPR listeners and XXL readers alike. TANYA STEPHENS - Her new album, ''Gangsta Blues'' (VP), is full of witty reggae protest songs: one minute she's demanding social justice, the next minute she's demanding a lover who knows what he's doing.
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