The word ‘return’ has a lot of meaning in the physical and
the spiritual, especially where Shane C.
Brown is concerned. In one way, the
return marks the return of him as a producer embracing his Reggae Roots; mind
you, Shane has always been a strong vocalist for Reggae. The
Return Riddim shows off how deep his return goes. That’s one.
The ‘return’ also marks Morgan
Heritage coming back to centre stage as a group, and not as individual
artists. The ‘return’ also sees our star
Busy Signal back on Jamaican soil …
our artist has ‘returned’ back home.
This riddim is significant!
Musically, Shane’s focus is on the horns as they play a
prominent role in this production. The
horns are playing in unison as opposed to a Sax riff ‘here’ and a trumpet riff ‘there.’ This unison is a reflection of the unity the
Reggae industry has taken about the music as a whole.
Moving on, the artistic line up on this riddim is something
to celebrate! Assassin a.k.a. Agent Sasco with his deeply reflective lyrics, Exco Levi with his metaphor to us not
being a cow therefore we cannot be ‘cowed’ down, Romain Virgo who will not forget where he’s coming from and Shereita whose ting ah ‘shot,’ not to
mention Yami Bolo, whom we haven’t
heard in a while, who will ‘crush the devil.’
Morgan Heritage, whose song named the riddim, announces the
return of roots and culture, again, this being a reflection of the movement
within the Reggae fraternity; and then there’s Busy!
Busy Signal’s chune “Survival” is a testament to him as a
soldier. Busy has overcome obstacles
many thought he wouldn’t or couldn’t. He
faced one of the greatest challenges and he survived. Busy represents survival, and also represents
the ‘return.’
P.S. Busy is
home! Show him some love on Twitter, via
email and via bbm. Catch the links
>>>
@busysignal_turf |
@JukeboxxJamaica | @Heritage4Life
| @realromainvirgo | @AgentSasco | @L3Magazine |
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