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Crucial Times is the 2010 album for Miguel Orlando Collins and
celebrates Sizzla’s close bond work with mentor and producer Homer
Harris, collecting together twelve carefully chosen tracks that clearly
demonstrate the signature power and urgency of the mighty Sizzla
Kalonji. A proven talent born straight from genesis, Sizzla stands
proud as Reggae’s number one cultural ambassador and this new album
offers solid proof that he has never strayed from the light and
salvation of his strong musical message offering much needed love and
hope for the people in these ‘Crucial Times’. The album is recorded
& mixed at Digital B studio, Kalonji Records studio, Steven Stanley
studio, Drop Di Bass and Music Works studios, and backed by Jamaica's
finest current musicians of the Firehouse Crew, Dean Fraser, Lowell
'Sly' Dunbar, Winston 'Bo Pee' Bowen, Christopher Birch!

Tracklisting:

Side A
01. Precious Gift
02. Crucial Time
03. Take A Stand
04. Agriculture And Education
05. Charming
06. Jolly Good Time
Side B
01. Rat Race
02. There’s No Pain
03. Sufferation And Poverty
04. Foundation
05. Progress
06. Get Rid Ah Dem

WRITER(S) - M. COLLINS / H. HARRIS
ARRANGED, COMPOSED AND PRODUCED BY HOMER HARRIS FOR JAMSTYLE MUSIC
EXCEPT TRACK 5 PRODUCED BY KIRK PALMER & HOMER HARRIS FOR VIBES MACHINE MUSIC
DRUMS - MELBOURNE "GEORGE DUSTY" MILLER, PAUL KASTIC, LOWELL "SLY" DUNBAR, KIRK BENNETT, KARIM THOMPSON
BASS - DONALD "MR. BIGGS" DENNIS, MICHAEL FLETCHER
GUITAR - WINSTON "BO PEE" BOWEN, DALTON BROWNE, SHIAH COOR, MITCHUM "KHAN" CHIN
KEYBOARDS - PAUL "RIGHT MOVE" CROSSDALE & CHRISTOPHER BIRCH
HORNS - DEAN FRASER
HARMONIES - CONRADINE "CONNIE" CAMPBELL, DEAN FRASER, JEFFREY FORREST
RECORDED
& MIXED AT DIGITAL-B RECORDING STUDIO, KALONJI RECORDS STUDIO,
STEVEN STANLEY STUDIO, DROP DI BASS STUDIO, MUSIC WORKS STUDIO
RECORDING
& MIXING ENGINEERS - DONALD "TIXIE" DIXON, RICHARD "BREADBACK"
BRAMWELL. PAUL DALEY, ARTHUR SIMMS, ROBERT MURPHY, GARFIELD MCDONALD

Miguel
Collins a.k.a. Sizzla Kalonji, a Bobo Ashanti dread Born 17.4.1976 in
August Town/Kingston, Jamaica, made his first musical steps as a singer
for Caveman Hi-Fi. His energetic singjay-style and spiritual lyrics
earned him enthusiastic acclaim already with his 1995 debut album
"Burning Up", while the 1997 follow-up "Black Woman & Child" was an
international breakthrough, which brought Sizzla the 1998 MOBO award
and a place in various magazines' top 100 albums of the year. At that
time, Sizzla was part of the Phillip Burrel's XTerminator stable,
touring with Luciano and other artist of the new roots&culture wave.

Sizzla
is very prolific, even by Jamaican standarts. Since 1995, he released
over 30 albums and most likely over 400 singles. With such an enormous
output, fans often complain about the mediocricity of many of the
material, yet Sizzla again and again manages to surprise his listeners
with a quality album after a few mediocre ones.

Especially after
2000, Sizzla aroused controversy with his lyrics in several ways.
First, European listeners and gay-right organisations take offence at
his partly homophobic lyrics. Second, Sizzla's explicit description of
sexual issues in some of his tunes, as well as his reportedly
extravagant lifestyle, led to a break-up not only with his Rastafarian
ex-colleagues like Luciano, but also with the Bobo Ashanti order, whose
elders repeatedly distanced themselves from Sizzla's music and
lifestyle, while the later still considers himself a Bobo Ashanti
member.

Despite all the controversies, Sizzla remains a major
figure in Jamaican music, and his throaty singing style became a
trademark for a whole new generation of militant rastafarian singers
and deejays.

Crucial Times celebrates Sizzla’s close bond work
with mentor and producer Homer Harris, collecting together thirteen
(twelve on vinyl) carefully chosen tracks that clearly demonstrate the
signature power and urgency of the mighty Sizzla Kalonji. A proven
talent born straight from genesis, Sizzla stands proud as Reggae’s
number one cultural ambassador and this new album offers solid proof
that he has never strayed from the light and salvation of his strong
musical message offering much needed love and hope for the people in
these ‘Crucial Times’.

Release:	02.2010
Format:	LP
Label:	Greensleeves
Riddim:	-

Tracks:
1. Crucial Times: Sizzla:

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