| Soul Deep | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 12, 2005 (U.S.) | |||
| Genre | Dancehall reggae | |||
| Label | Greensleeves Records/VP | |||
| Producer | Donovan Bennett (executive) M.Collins | |||
| Sizzla chronology | ||||
| ||||
Soul Deep is the 26th studio album from reggae and dancehall artist Sizzla. The album was released on July 12, 2005. The album includes the single "Be Strong". The album has only one appearance from Reggae singing group Morgan Heritage. The album also has production from M. Collins and Donovan "Vendetta" Bennett.
Roots reggae is a subgenre of reggae that deals with the everyday lives and aspirations of Africans and those in the African Diaspora, including the spiritual side of Rastafari, black liberation, revolution and the honouring of God, called Jah by Rastafarians. It is identified with the life of the ghetto sufferer, and the rural poor. Lyrical themes include spirituality and religion, struggles by artists, poverty, black pride, social issues, resistance to fascism, capitalism, corrupt government and racial oppression. A spiritual repatriation to Africa is a common theme in roots reggae.
Miguel Orlando Collins, known by his stage name Sizzla Kalonji or Sizzla, is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is one of the most commercially and critically successful contemporary reggae artists and is noted for his high number of releases. As of 2018 he has released 56 solo albums.
Bobby Dixon, known as Bobby Digital, was a Jamaican reggae and dancehall producer. He was given his nickname "Bobby Digital" because King Jammy, with whom he worked in the mid-1980s, had begun experimenting with digital rhythms at around the same time. He owned the Digital B label, and among the artists with hits on the label are Shabba Ranks and Sizzla. He has influenced reggae artists such as Admiral Tibet.
Keith Blair, better known by the stage name Anthony B, is a Jamaican DJ and member of the Rastafari movement.
Morgan Heritage is a Grammy-winning Jamaican reggae band formed in 1994 by five children of reggae artist Denroy Morgan, namely Peter "Peetah" Morgan, Una Morgan, Roy "Gramps" Morgan, Nakhamyah "Lukes" Morgan, and Memmalatel "Mr. Mojo" Morgan. They have toured internationally and released a number of reggae albums.
Windel Beneto Edwards, better known by his stage name Gyptian, is a Jamaican reggae singer. He often appears with roots reggae songs within the reggae subgenre dancehall.
Jepther McClymont OD, better known as Luciano, is a Jamaican second-generation roots reggae singer.
Marlon Asher is a Trinidadian reggae singer from Enterprise, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago. His first hit was "Ganja Farmer", and he later went on to release more reggae songs, one being "Fit and Strong."
Radiodread is a 2006 tribute album by the Easy Star All-Stars that covers Radiohead's 1997 album OK Computer in reggae, ska and dub styles.
Ghetto Revolutionary is a studio album by the reggae and dancehall artist Sizzla. It was released on September 24, 2002. The album is a mix of dancehall and reggae. The album's hit single "Ghetto Revolution," is about the trials and tribulations that people have to go through in the ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica.
Keith Morgan, better known by his stage name Junior Kelly, is a Jamaican reggae singer.
Full Circle is the seventh studio album from the reggae band Morgan Heritage. The album features guest appearances from Sizzla, Damian Marley and LMS. The band toured the Caribbean and the United States in support of the album. The album mixed reggae and other styles, and was described by the Jamaica Star as "the sound of Jamaican dancehall systems and New York hip-hop boom boxes and New England pop radio and California punk rock mosh pits, all fused into an unprecedented, harmonious whole". The album reached the top 15 of the Billboard Reggae Albums chart.
Bost & Bim is a French dancehall reggae production duo, consisting of Matthieu Bost and Jérémie Dessus. They have worked with Jamaican and European reggae artists such as Capleton, Morgan Heritage, Sizzla, Gentleman, and Admiral T.
Denroy Morgan was a Jamaican-born American reggae artist. Morgan traveled to the United States in 1965, at the age of 20, to become a musician. He was part of the formation of the Black Eagles, a New York City reggae band in the 1970s, before launching a prosperous solo career in the 1980s onwards. His children, encouraged by his success, have also taken on musical careers themselves including Laza Morgan, Gramps Morgan, and in family bands LMS and Morgan Heritage.
Vibes is the eighth studio album by Heavy D. It is a reggae album, and does not contain any rapping.
Kemar McGregor, also known by his nicknames, DJ Flava and Flava McGregor, is a Jamaican-American pop reggae producer. He has recorded and produced music for the most renowned artists in the music industry, including Sinéad O'Connor, Musiq Soulchild, Syleena Johnson, Snoop Dogg/Snoop Lion, Jon Secada, Maxi Priest, Sizzla, Marcia Griffiths, Beenie Man, Wayne Wonder, Buju Banton, Capleton, Sanchez, Freddie McGregor, Luciano, Sugar Minott, Barrington Levy, Gregory Isaacs, Morgan Heritage, Half Pint, Tanya Stephens, Gyptian, Cas Haley, Beres Hammond, Glen Washington, Etana and Cocoa Tea, among many others. McGregor is the owner and chief executive officer of FM Records.
De Apostle is a roots reggae, dance hall artist hailing from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. He started performing at the age of six in school talent shows and started professionally in the music industry at the age of thirteen. His music is in the tradition of the reggae music of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, which has a distinct "roots" feeling and is strongly rooted in Rastafari.
Delroy Isaac Foster, better known as Delly Ranx, is a Jamaican dancehall deejay and record producer.
Reggae Gold 2012 is a compilation reggae album from VP Records. It was released on June 26, 2012 and Reggae Gold is an annual series from VP Records. It was launched in 1992. This Reggae Gold 2012 is the 20th edition of the series and it is a double disc CD which commemorates the series’ 20th anniversary. Since 1992, Reggae Gold has been a popular series and a big seller for VP Records. A series select each year’s most popular tunes of dancehall, roots, reggae, lovers rock.
Mixpak Records is a Brooklyn-based independent record label, founded in 2009 by record producer Dre Skull. The label operates across a range of genres, from dancehall to underground club music, experimental electronic, rap and leftfield pop. Mixpak has released music by Vybz Kartel, Popcaan, Palmistry, Murlo, and Jubilee, among others.
 | This reggae album–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
