Sí, sí, la banda que a fines de los ’70s incendiaba locales en el D.C con punkrock, reggae y espiritualidad rasta ha vuelto. Lo hace de un modo impecable, con Adam Yauch (MCA de Beastie Boys) en la producción… hay amor en el sonido, y se nota: “I kind of felt like I knew the way they should sound -dice Yauch- because I grew up listening to them, going to see them when they first came up to New York from [Washington] D.C. and were playing CBGB and Max’s [Kansas City]. My feeling was that the ROIR tape [Bad Brains’ self-titled debut record, released on cassette only] really sounded right-a lot of the stuff after felt to me like people were trying to clean them up and make them sound more palatable for radio. So I guess I sat around thinking, ‘Man, if I could just get in there.’”
Los cuarenta-cincuentones se las arreglaron para volver a sonar como en la vieja escuela, lo que está buenísimo. Lo mejor de todo es que el line-up (H.R, Dr. Know, Darryl Jennifer y Earl Hudson) tiene cero olor a refritura. No es algo así como Bad Brains Clearwater Revival Revisited.
De regalo, un mixtape ad-hoc con muchos himnos de aquello que evocan los Bad Brains y con 3 canciones del nuevo disco. I-and-I-yo, I-blessings, Chavez iz tha new negus, Ras Chavez-I cristo negro, holy Emmanuel-I. Lo que faltaba.
01 bad brains - natty dreadlocks pon the mountain top 02 augustus pablo - king tubby meets the rockers uptown 03 junior murvin - police & thieves 04 the itals - herbs pirate 05 the congos - Fisherman 06 bad brains - pure love 07 bad brains - jah people make the world go round 08 los olvidados - something new 09 tsol - in time 10 big boys - assault
3 clásicos grime. 3 "novedades"; 2 de Dizzee -1 de nuestros favoritos- y 1 de Wiley. 50 y 50%. I’m 50/50 nifty nifty. Got the best deal nobody can twist me. Anytime somebody try to shoot me. I flip the board, they miss me, miss me.They don’t wanna to fist me, fist me. I’m quick.I used to kick ball with?.And now, I fly through the air like a Frisbee. Or paper aeroplanes see my life is risky. They like the hype, and I like the mic. We both like to fight, them girls like to lips me.I don’t mind I’m an artist, don’t take part if you dont like drama. Everyday I make history.If I wanna turn Muslim. I’ll go ‘n see Ibby and Shifty. I got a brand new deal; at the other end it’s 50/50. BOMBO KLATH
