Light of My World

Sizzla | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Charm
• ASIN: B00008GQG6
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #561,030 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Sizzla fans should make sure they’re sitting down when they put on Light Of My World, as they may be in for a shock. The fearless dancehall warrior’s fallen in love, and it really shows on this record. Almost gone are the righteous political lyrics of much of his previous work, replaced by a selection of love songs. This being Sizzla, these aren’t your average love songs, however, Shaggy he’s not.

As ever this is a real mix of styles, from the almost straight up lovers rock with a dancehall twist of "Mine And Only" to the R&B influenced backing chorus of "Thinking About You", the traditional reggae sound of title track "Light Of My World", to "Need", which sounds like a reggae take on Mary J. Blige’s "Family Affair". It’s only towards the last tracks that it sounds like business as usual, with the final three tracks ending the album in the straight up dancehall delivery he’s famous for. He may return to business as usual for his next record, but this record is an interesting diversion nevertheless. --Chris Blenkarn

Product Description

15 TRACKS: 1) No Blemish 2) Mine And Only 3) Thinking About You 4) Need 5) Reason For Love 6) Light Of My World 7) The Girls Dem Pretty 8) Whole Heap A Woman 9) Got All The Girls 10) What Girls Are For 11) Learn How To Love 12) Just Through Mi K»ö ýS üï øï üñ $ ?2ó üð ýS > ó ,½ø

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Da Real Thing.. .. .., April 22, 2003

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Achis (Kingston, JA/Philipsburg, SxM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Light of My World (Audio CD)

Being Sizzla's first official new release since his hit Da Real Thing, i really didn't expect too much from it. And when i saw the track list, i expected even less, Jet Star doesn't usually put out Kalonji's best album of the year, but they do usually do respectable projects. Light of My World is honestly no exception. The best thing i could say about it is, no its not as good as Da Real Thing, its on par with Ghetto Revolution, very similar to that album, but this album sounds very very good. Certainly more to the credit of Sizzla than the album's producers, his voice sounds awesome on some points of this one. My favorite tune here is oddly enough Babylon is Burning, which is more like his usual lyrical domination on a nyabinghi foundation and it sticks out here. The main point on this album is love, most of the songs are about his love of women (which is certainly a great thing) thats the whole point of the album. Also check Reason for My Love, which goes all over the place on a hip-hop influenced beat, and same thing for Need. Like the title tune as well very very good and the dancehall tune Wreckage. A side note is the very good article on the liners by John Masouri. Overall, a very good well presented project, no its not his best work and it wont be remembered as such, but it is very respectable, sounds great, very good production and sets the tone for the year for what is certain to be another full of shocking new material from music's reigning lyrical king.