Black Seed

Haile Iyasus | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 18, 2001)
• Original Release Date: April 18, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00005JCPW
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,591,091 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. John Public

2. Storm

3. Livity

4. African Queen

5. A change is gonna come

6. Good nigger slave

7. Black Seed

8. Gangster Life

9. Heaven and earth

10. Rwanda

11. Top of the world

12. Book of the Sky

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Original Roots !, April 30, 2002

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"daood2000" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Seed (Audio CD)

This CD is the Reggae All Star game. The amount of roots musicians on this work is unheard of. Yet the artist, Haile Iyasus, doesn't get outdone in anyway. He writes songs with the foundation of a time before but speaking coherently for today's life and times. With tunes like "Black Seed" it's obvious that Haile Iyasus will continue what Augustus Pablo started with the melodica ina dub, seen.

5.0 out of 5 stars Black Seed is coming, January 9, 2002

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AU (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Seed (Audio CD)

For the true reggae lover, this album is a classic. You will find the lyrics, melodies, and rhythm of spiritual revolution tucked into this CD. The influence of Marley and Augustus Pablo are very evident in the music. My personal favorite is Book of the Sky for the lyrical content but all the music sounds nice.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Blossoming BLACK SEED (Haile Iyasus), December 28, 2001

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"kikimeeks" (Ashton, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Seed (Audio CD)

I thoroughly enjoyed this cd!! I knew I would once I saw the list of "historic" jamaican musicians supporting him musically on this album. Players like drummer Horsemouth (Rockers, the movie), Earl "Chinna" Smith, Dean Frazer, and the mystical Augustus Pablo!! 12 years of collaboration with a musical great like Pablo, it's no wonder why this cd is so captivating. Not filled with a lot of religious rhetoric but TRUTH about the essence of life. The rhythms are groovy and infectious. My favorites (if i dare choose) are African Queen, Black Seed,
Gangster Life and Book of the Sky. I can only say, i can't wait for the DUB album!!!...