As Raw As Ever

Shabba Ranks | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 1991)
• Original Release Date: May 21, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000027JT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MiniDisc  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,787 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mista Ugly Man... Shabbaaaaaa!, November 9, 2006

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Lord Jimson "619 to 703" (D.C. Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: As Raw As Ever (Audio CD)

Buy this album for "The Jam" if nothing else. It is hands down the best hip-hop dancehall collabo EVER. I used to rock this tape on the bus back in junior high and it's still in heavy rotation... However, Maxi Priest Sucks!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars RAPPIN' & ROLLIN', July 10, 2000

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: As Raw As Ever (Audio CD)

Trailer Load A Girls triggers off a rollercoaster of rhythms and rap, mostly unintelligible. Gun Pon Me and Flesh Axe are particularly raucous, the former's only discernible words being "jezebel, prostitute, mongrel" and there's a definite preoccupation with ladies throughout, as evidenced by titles like Woman Tangle and A Mi Di Girls Dem Love. Maxi Priest lends some respectability as he duets with Shabba on the radio-friendly Housecall, while the closing track, The Jam, features KRS-1 of Boogie Down Productions. Shabba rants about his hero Yellowman on Where Does Slackness Come From?, and about blue movies and reality, casually dropping profundities like "Me I went to high school/Was once a prefect/Took some great subjects English and mathematics/But my greatest subject was sex." (Fist-A-Ris). As subtle as an air raid yet affectionate in a naive sort of way. It's all the excitement of ska and early reggae returned, infused with a very positive vibration.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Dancehall Rythms!!!!, August 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: As Raw As Ever (Audio CD)

The entire CD is slammin' with good dancehall. It's not all "sooped" up to be a cross-over pop hit. It's one of Shabba's best. The tracks are not necessarily hardcore, but the beats the lyrics and Shabba's "gruff" voice set the CD off lovely. A must have CD for all the dancehall junkie's out there.