Street Scholars [Explicit Lyrics]

Track Listings

1. Give It Up

2. Livin' Fast

3. Cash Money Fiend

4. On N Poppin

5. Juice Me

6. Foe a Reason

7. Hold Ya Weight

8. Best Thang Goin

9. Street Scholars

10. Direction

11. Road Call

Street Scholars,DJ Aladdin Present the Paperchasers,Flip It,Hip-Hop,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop

Street Scholars [Explicit Lyrics]

Average customer rating:

Not Necessarily What I Expected. . .

Street Hits
Binghi Ghost
Manufacturer: Street Scholars Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA9AC2
Release Date: 2005-01-18

Tracks:

Nah Support
Shield and the Armor - Binghi Ghost,
Good and the Great
Keep It Open - Binghi Ghost, ,
Sadness - Binghi Ghost,
Sgt. Brown
Warning
Mother Nature
Listen [Remix] - Binghi Ghost, ,
Marcus Garvey
Dem Waan Know
Big Up [Remix] - Binghi Ghost,
No Peace
Mama Earth - Binghi Ghost,
Dem a Fraud
Princess
Greedy Nation
Skin dem Burn

Customer Reviews:

Not Necessarily What I Expected. . ........2006-11-26

Binghi Ghost is yet another face in the now well forming ranks of young roots reggae talent from the Virgin Islands, in particular, he comes from the very reggae healthy St. Croix. The island has been producing a massive amount of undeniable roots reggae talent, from the truly wicked Sabbattical Ahdah to the sweet voiced Destra and from youthful exuberance of the Star Lion Family to the mighty experienced wisdom vibes of Midnite and Bambu Station.

Having recently gained a lot of experience listening to reggae from the VI (and Croix specifically), I went into this, Binghi's debut album, Street Hits with a pretty certain idea of what to expect. I was expecting to hear a very laid back meditative style of vibes with some nice Midnite style backing which is what the area has shown its style to be. The songs are packed with awesome lyrics and the music, beautiful, lush and heavy one-drops akin to old school heavy Jamaican roots.

Apparently someone didn't give Binghi the message.

Binghi Ghost, who has been WELL travelled to say the least and to my last understanding now resides in California, has a much different style. His style would be best described as St Croix dancehall, although with the exception of his apparent love of hip hop, his brand of dancehall is QUITE similar to Jamaican dancehall (a little too similar even). And nearly all of his combinations come in the form of American hip hop artists. His base style of chatting is a mix of straight djaying and singing and also he tends to rap. He would probably be better should he leave or even further minimalize the rap portion, however.

The big combination here is without a doubt the best song on the entire album. Sadness, with established JA chanter Lutan Fyah is a very very nice song and even though it doesn't find Fyah at his best, the tune is still very strong and the best on Street Hits. Also check the immediate following track the very nice Sgt. Brown. Sgt. Brown sounds pretty much like typical JA modern roots vibes, still is a very nice song and may have been able to do some damage were it released in JA. Keeping with that streak, again, the next track Warning and I love the way it transitions into the next song Mother Nature, both are very very strong tracks.

The tracks 5-8 are the undoubted highlight of Street Hits, however, I'd also recommend the opener Nah Support (even though the opening speech does get a tad awkward) and definitely Marcus Garvey. Marcus Garvey is amongst the strongest on the album altogether, and a mighty fine track on its own merits.

My greatest critique of Street Hits is without a doubt the level of commitment it makes to US hip hop as well as PURE Jamaican dancehall. This is evident almost from the start. Track 2, Shield & The Armor features American hip hop artist (by way of Puerto Rico) Rico Pabon and goes over the GOOD TO GO RIDDIM; The following song, track #3 Good and the Great features Binghi Ghost as a pure dj over another Vendetta riddim, the Mad Ants; He also voices the Martial Arts (Big Up), the Clappas (Dem a Fraud), the Signs (on Mama Earth) and about 2-3 other dancehall or roots riddims which I dont remember the names of.

Binghi does right the ship towards the finish of the album, however, ending with Greedy Nation (which sounds EXACTLY how I imagined the entire album would sound) and Skin Dem Burn.

Overall, its a very unique fan of reggae who will probably appreciate the vibes on Street Hits. If you are a fan of hip hop, as he has a grand total of five combinations with Hip hop artists, you may appreciate it a great deal. Actually, now that I think about it, Binghi Ghost's Street Hits might be the perfect album for that type of fan of hip hop, looking to experience some deep reggae. It could prove to be a great launching board for such a fan into deep roots reggae music.