Phantom War
Artist(s):
Lutan Fyah
Label: Greensleeves
Publisher(s):
Greensleeves
Studio: Greensleeves
Manufacturer: Greensleeves
Binding: Audio CD
MPN: 290
Format(s): Enhanced
List Price: $15.98
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Track Listing
1.
Plant a Seed (I & I)
2.
Blood Stain
3.
Wi Nuh Gangsta (Fighting for Equal Rights)
4.
Rasta Still Deh Bout - Lutan Fyah, Campbell, D.
5.
Phantom War
6.
Bits & Pieces
7.
Wipe Those Tears
8.
Mother Earth's Healing
9.
Screaming for the Poor
10.
U Left Me
11.
Reflections
12.
Learn the Hard Way
13.
Rich Little Ghetto Girl
14.
Bet on It
15.
This Fire
16.
Still Deh Deh
17.
Turbulent Time
18.
Snares of Death
19.
Plant a Seed (Reprise)
Customer Reviews
Must Have
I bought this CD because I found it somewhere for cheap. It is easily one of the best culture CD's I have purchased! Lutan Fyah rides each riddim perfectly, and his delivery is right on point. Every single track on this album is GOOD! If I had to pick a favorite it would be between "We Nuh Gangsta" where he gives you straight attributes of rastafari. Or "Mother Earth Healing" tellin you about the Ital livity. To sum it up, Buy da cd rasta!!
Give thanks for life, Keep the faith, Remember the Sabbath
Prophet, Priest, & King
Holy Emmanuel I Selassie I Jah Rastafari!!
Selah
TRAMPLING THE BEAST!
PHANTOM WAR: This Greensleeves release is Lutan Fyah's third long-player, following DEM NO KNOW DEMSELF for the Minor7Flat5 label, and TIME & PLACE for the US-based Lustre Kings outfit. PHANTOM WAR collects nineteen sides recorded for various producers in Jamaica and elsewhere, including BITS & PIECES, which was one of several cuts on Pow Pow's BLAZE rhythm (alongside Richie Spice's massive BLOOD AGAIN), and the hit combination with singer Josie Mel, RASTA STILL DEH BOUT, which really tore up the reggae charts last year. Overall, this is a very solid collection that hits several sizzling highlights, and includes a nice blend of both cultural and lovers numbers. Best of the rootswise material is the excellent STILL DEH DEH, featuring a magnificent - and uncredited - performance from singer Mark Wonder, as well as the moving SCREAMING on Kemar McGregor's TRIUMPHANT rhythm, and the concious THIS FIRE, which seems to employ a slightly revamped version of the rhythm used for I Wayne's READY FE LIVE UP. Lutan Fyah handles the lovers themes just as convincingly, especially on U LEFT ME and RICH LITTLE GHETTO GIRL, demonstrating that he can move with ease between cultural concerns and romantic rumination.
In addition, PHANTOM WAR includes video footage for RASTA STILL DEH BOUT, as well as a quality liner with nice photos and proper musicians, engineers and producers credits; a classy package, all in all.
That Lutan Fyah and the various producers involved effectively maintain quality control over an extensive nineteen track play list is of enormous credit to everyone involved, not forgetting the UK-based Greensleeves label, whose releases have previously been directed almost exclusively toward the dancehall market. PHANTOM WAR is a massive success, and I can only offer the highest recommendation - this is the best roots and culture reggae album so far in 2006, hands down.
Bordering on Perfection!
Call me biased if you want to.
I first heard of Lutan Fyah abou 3-4 years ago on a great Lustre Kings compilation called Culture Dem. His tune was called No More War and there were a ton of artist on the album that I hadn't heard of and some of them, to this day I don't know what became of them (i.e. Shadrach) but there was something that set him apart from the rest of the young artists on the compilation. His tune had a 'finished' feel to it that even some of the more established artist didn't have on that riddim, No More War was excellent.
Apparently the people at Lustre Kings felt the same way about the artist as they released his first (US) album, Time & Place and it was a big big album, and it showed (along with his official debut, Dem No Know Demself) that he had more than enough vibes and lyrics to go throughout an entire album and carry it. Lutan Fyah is full of talent and he's at a point at his career where he's either going to fall into the category of artists such as Junior Kelly and Jah Mason where he'll make great music, have the occasional big hit and be continuously be appreciated for it on some level, but never make it to the big stage of such artists as Sizzla, Capleton, Luciano and Anthony B, or he can set himselfup to fall into that category of truly massive artists.
If its based on talent alone (and its not) then he'll fit into the latter category. Phantom War is downright awesome! I don't know who woke up at Greensleeves over the last year that realized that people were calling more for real roots music over the continuous head-knocking dancehall that made up 99.9% of their releases and that roots artists, outside of the obligatory annual Sizzla release could sale to the reggae massive and prove profitable, luckily they chose to involve Fyah early in that eqaution, and they've proved to be whole-heartedly more reliable in releasing roots projects over their typical 'coming soon' dancehall schedule.
Phantom War has 19 music tracks on it, and one video track, they are all worth listening to and I don't know how I'm going to deem one the best of them all. The way GS presents the album is also a big thing, nice and simple, but powerful cover and the liner pictures are nice as well, always been GS' strength to make the project look well done, regardless of the music itself.
Big songs here are plentiful, check Wi Nah Gangsta, big big song dismissing the flashier and more 'viable' gunman lifestyle of the gangsta for the more clean Rastaman lifestyle. The tune shows more of Fyah's normal dj style, but he leaps in and out of flat djaying, singing and full on chanting. The big song here (and the reason why I think GS checked him for this album) was Rasta Still deh Bout with Josie Mel (also on Mel's album of the same name) the song might be my favorite on the album, but I'm very accustomed to playing it regularly, big big tune. Also check the title track here, the powerful Phantom War explains whats going on and who the real enemy really is. And its interesting, Fyah has much more of a story-telling style in that he won't just drop and rely on the methods of some of his Rasta peers where you'll say nothing but cliches, and ultimately resort to the punchline of "Emperor Selassie IIIIIIIIIIIII", the man, lyrically has truly studied his craft.
What I am calling the best tune here is Wipe Those Tears. I loved that tune from the first time that I heard it, late last year, its a really really poignant tune and it works works works! Also love Mother Earth's Healing; LOOOOOVE Screaming For the Poor over that big Triumphant riddim, have yet to hear a bad tune on it, Fyah does an excellent job. Poor Little Rich Girl, This Fire, U Left Me. . .
Still Deh Deh! Love that tune! Turbulent Time, Snares of Death! What can I say, its full of big big tunes. This is the album that should show everyone what Fyah is capable of, been listening for a few years and still he gets better. AND, check the video, worth watching as well.
Overall, this one is almost madatory. This is the groundfloor for an excellent career. Ultimately, I think Fyah may maintain an Anthony B like position in that he won't be the one closing the big shows, but just as popular and more consistent than his peers (in his case we'll be looking at Turbulence, Fantan Mojah and probably Jah Cure as the dominant singer), just take a listen to Phantom War, from a purely lyrical standpoint, you won't find too many better in or out of JA.
AMAZING! GO GET IT!
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