In the Streets to Africa

In the Streets to Africa
Studio album by Richie Spice
Released January 27, 2007 (2007-01-27)
Recorded 2006-2007
Genre Reggae, Roots reggae
Length 61:15
Label VP Records
Producer Alton Smith, Andre Lue, Donovan Bennett, Christopher Clark, Dwight Lue, Delroy Foster, Stephen Gibson, Clive Hunt, Joseph Bogdanovich, Bobby Konders, Robert Livingston, Richard Myrie, Antonique Smith, Devon Wheatley
Richie Spice chronology
Spice in Your Life
(2006)		 In the Streets to Africa
(2007)		 Motherland Africa/Africa Calling
(2007)
Singles from In the Streets to Africa
  1. "Youth Dem Cold"
    Released: December 24, 2005

In the Streets to Africa is the fourth studio album (third released with VP Records) by Jamaican Recording artist Richie Spice. This album featured the number 54 charting song Youths Dem Cold which was also featured on the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack.[1][2] The album features vocals from Joseph Hill of the Roots reggae group Culture, Richie's brothers Spanner Banner & Pliers and Richie himself.

Track listing

All track written by B. Bonner unless otherwise stated

No. Title Length
1. "Get Up"   4:33
2. "Open the Door"   3:41
3. "Youth Dem Cold"   3:45
4. "Babylon Gwaan"   3:01
5. "Digital Ways" (ft. Joseph Hill of Culture) 4:34
6. "Sunny Day"   3:38
7. "Baby Face" (ft. Spanner Banner & Pliers) 3:36
8. "Uptown Girl"   3:37
9. "Brown Skin"   3:36
10. "Groovin' My Girl"   3:47
11. "High Grade"   3:53
12. "Take it Easy"   3:34
13. "Mind off of Me"   4:06
14. "Can't Stop Loving Jah"   3:29
15. "Motherland Calling" (also featured on his next album of the same name) 4:38
16. "Heng On" (Bonus Track) 3:37

Reception

AllMusic gave the album an average "3/5 Stars" but gave a somewhat positive review stating that "Richie is undeniably a master of a certain variety of modern roots reggae", "listeners can probably all agree that praising a woman for her domestic skills is better than bragging about how many people he's shot", "Highlights include the brilliant sufferer's anthem "Youth Dem Cold," a very fine duo performance that features Joseph Hill (of Culture), and the sweet and simple "Take It Easy"." Whislt also saying "at times the Rastafarian version of social consciousness can sound an awful lot like retrograde conservatism to Babylonian ears" and "Less inspiring are the strangely desultory "Get Up," which opens the album, and the generic nyahbinghi repatriation anthem that ends it".[3]

However, the BBC gave a more positive review saying "This year’s In The Streets To Africa has remedied all that, maintaining an unerring level of quality control and flowing end to end despite being a hefty 15 tracks long", "Like the best Jamaican singers, Spice’s success comes down to being equally at ease with both religious or pan-African themes and romantic relaxation" and "the consistency of this album makes for one glorious, uninterrupted listen."[4]

Chart History

References

  1. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/365013/richie+spice/chart?f=367
  2. ↑ Gta iv soundtrack#Massive B Sound System 96.9.E2.80.A0.E2.80.A0
  3. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-the-streets-to-africa-mw0000556837
  4. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/p6zf
  5. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/365013/richie+spice/chart?f=336

External links

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