Lucky Dube - Serious Reggae Business - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Vinyl LP pressing. Reggae's popularity in Africa produced a new generation of African reggae stars such as Alpha Bondy and Lucky Dube. The latter became South Africa's first homegrown reggae star with his soulful, melodic yet message-oriented recordings. Vocally he evoked the style of his hero Peter Tosh. Yet Lucky's voice ranged beyond this similarity with a power and phrasing all his own. It's no surprise then that he became the most important new artist from South Africa in many years. South Africa's foremost reggae star continued to grow with 1992's House of Exile. His voice, powerful as always, presented more facets than the trademark Peter Tosh-style baritone that first attracted attention. Most impressive was his songwriting, which had become more sharply political. He addressed the struggle in South Africa as well as themes of personal liberation. With so much Jamaican reggae trending in a dance hall direction, it's heartening to hear and see the classic internationalist message of Marley, Tosh and Wailer carried on in Africa by Lucky.

Lucky Dube is truely an international star with a huge following in Africa, Asia, Europe and the U.S. His brand of African reggae delivers the classic stle of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh spiced with authentic South African flavor. Taxman is his 1st studio album in 2 years and marks a return to the vibrant songwritng and arranging of his greatest work.

After the deaths of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, South Africa's Lucky Dube became arguably the greatestand most popular reggae artist in the world with a string of critically-acclaimed albums that were arallying cry against apartheid with spectacular performances around the globe.Prisoner is widely regarded as Lucky Dube's greatest album, with it's powerful socially-conscious songssuch as InchWar and CrimeInch and InchPrisonerInch and inspirational songs such as InchJah LiveInch and InchRememberMeInch all held together by Lucky's Peter Tosh-style vocals.This special 60th Anniversary Edition LP features the artwork of the original South African ,includes two previously unreleased bonus tracks and has a special insert with complete song lyricsand rare photos of Lucky.