Rebelution (W/Dvd)
Artist(s):
Tanya Stephens
Label: Vp Records
Publisher(s):
Vp Records
Studio: Vp Records
Manufacturer: Vp Records
Binding: Audio CD
Brand: Stephens
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Track Listing
1.
Welcome to the Rebelution
2.
Who Is Tanya
3.
Put It on You
4.
The Message - Tanya Stephens,
5.
Still a Go Lose
6.
To the Rescue - Tanya Stephens, Livingston, N.
7.
Damn You
8.
The Truth - Tanya Stephens, Sherkan
9.
Spilt Milk - Tanya Stephens, Gotthard, E.
10.
Saturday Morning - Tanya Stephens,
11.
Cherry Brandy
12.
Sunday Morning - Tanya Stephens,
13.
You Keep Looking Up
14.
Come a Long Way
15.
Do You Still Care
16.
Warn Dem
17.
To the Limit - Tanya Stephens, Rodney, W.
18.
These Streets - Tanya Stephens, Gotthard, E.
19.
Home Alone - Tanya Stephens, Amos, N.
20.
Don't Play
Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Tanya Stephens is a songwriter with the sense of humor and irony that's perfect for her Jamaican background and the reggae music she promotes. Having made her name on the dancehall circuit of the late `90s, Tanya took it to another level with the 2004 album Gangsta Blues which thoroughly grew her audience beyond the boundaries of reggae. Songs like `What A Day' and the international hit 'It's A Pity' helped position her as an import musical voice. Her songs tell the stories of many women while remaining intensely personal. Tanya tells her truths without fear or regret as she plots a musical Rebelution.
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Customer Reviews
Excellent Album
While this also contains the down and dirty dancehall style that Tanya Stephens is known for, it also contains several songs which provide social commentary for serious issues facing Jamaicans, women, and the world in general. One of my favorite Tanya Stephens albums thus far.
Warn Dem
This Album is great!!!! I justed wanted to warn dem on the content. If you get this album be careful you will not stop listening to it. Tonya Stephens, I love you!
Skip the skit!
I love this whole album with the exception of the parts where Tanya decides to do skits or talk. I think she should cut out the skits and put more songs on the album. This CD is very very good and I love that she is spiritual without being preachy. I love the song that advises us not to look up but to look around. Her vocal skills are as superb as always. I definitely love this album.
Exceptional
I swear I don't work for Amazon, but Gangsta Blues and Rebelution are better together. "These Streets", "It's a Pity" and "Little White Lie" have become radio standards, but these CDs deserve to be heard in their entirety.
Listen to the political content of "Sound of My Tears", "Warn Dem", "Do You Still Care", Keep Looking Up", and "The Other Cheek" and the emotional honesty of "Damn You", "Cant Breathe", "Spilt Milk" and "What a Day".
Now, as I am a nice girl from Upper St. Andrew, there were many times when my neck snapped back of its own volition directing my unbelieving eyes to the stereo as if they could contradict what my ears had registered in the... aah.... explicit lyrics of songs such as "Boom Wuk", "Good Ride" and "Don't Play". But after I recovered from the shock I almost fell over laughing. This girl is funny.
But that is not why I praise her work. My enthusiasm extends way beyond Tanya Stephens' competence as a songstress and the outstanding musical quality of the songs of Gangsta Blues and Rebelution. Its the power of her pen that impresses me. Tanya Stephens has an exceptional mind; she's an original thinker. She boldly challenges concepts that are so ingrained in our culture that they are accepted as unchallengable "givens". There is no holding on to Bob's coat tails here.
I do have serious reservations about her work. I take exception to the self destructive philosophy which informs woman against woman lyrics such as "Still a go lose him" and "To the Rescue". And as I have no tolerance for Gangsta culture, and no intention of cultivating any, I am not amused by the lyrics of "Gangsta Gal". "These Streets" are vicious and ugly; it does us no good to romanticize them.
I will say this though, even though I often disagree with her premise, Tanya's reasoning is always linear.
Another Lyrical Masterpiece from Tanya
Probably the best album from Tanya ever. The lyrical content is masterful, she is indeed a true wordsmith. Mixing hard core lyrics with smooth and insightful ballads plus a dose of culture to round it off. Every song is a story, has something to say, be it a lesson learned, a poignant observation, or just Tanya's hard core Rebelution! It all blends to perfection.
