Contagious, by Tarrus Riley

Contagious

by Tarrus Riley

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1.	Living The Life Of A Gun 03:40	buy track
2.	I Sight 04:15	buy track
3.	Love's Contagious 03:51	buy track
4.	Human Nature 04:10	buy track
5.	Soul Mate 04:15	buy track
6.	Superman 04:19	buy track
7.	Young Heart 03:05	buy track
8.	Start A New 03:34	buy track
9.	S-Craving 05:07	buy track
10.	Why So Much Wickedness 03:46	buy track
11.	Let Peace Reign 05:21	buy track
12.	Don't Judge 04:47	buy track
13.	King Selassie H.I.M. 07:33	buy track
14.	Stop Watch 03:51	buy track
15.	Herbs Promotion (Feat. Demarco & Vybz Kartel) 04:01	buy track
16.	Good Girl Gone Bad (Feat. Konshens) 04:17	buy track
17.	Mankind 05:01	buy track
18.	It Will Come (A Musician's Life Story) 04:26	buy track

about

Reminiscent of classic Sugar Minott or Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican roots crooner Tarrus Riley smoothly blends conscious lyrics and lover’s rock. Yet even though Riley’s a bit of a throwback, the production on Contagious is very modern. Highlights include “Love’s Contagious,” a re-lick of Bob Marley’s “Coming in From the Cold”; a timely cover of Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature”; anti-violence anthem “Living the Life of a Gun”; “S-Craving,” a slinky tale of infidelity; “Herbs Promotion,” a ganja tune with DeMarco and Vybz Kartel; and “Start a New,” which finds Riley counseling a woman to end an abusive relationship. “You got to love yourself before you love someone,” he sings in a voice sweeter than sugar cane and intoxicating as rum.

credits

released August 3, 2009

Executive-Producer – Chris Chin, Dean Fraser, Joel Chin

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VP Records Queens, New York

Miles Ahead

NYC • MIA • KIN • LDN • TYO • JHB • RJ

With origins in Kingston, Jamaica in the late 1950s as Randy’s Record Mart, Vincent and Patricia Chin’s small used record business would grow to become one of the world’s largest independent record labels, with a catalog of 35,000 recordings. ... more