Chant Down Babylon: The Island Anthology by Burning Spear

Pros: 35 great songs, some great live performances, good sound quality
Cons: the songs on the first CD are better than most on the 2nd

Ok, when I saw the low rating, I knew there must be a problem. This is NOT the Bob Marley cd that people think is a bad reproduction.
THIS IS BURNING SPEAR!

Chant Down Babylon is an amazing collection of Burning Spear's earlier work from...

Pros: A fun new facet to the Marley Experience
Cons: Sometimes a little corny and overdone

First, a note: This is not about the 'Burning Spear' CD! It's about the Marley CD! I've been a Marley fan ever since the memorable day when I bought Legend, and while my friends became true purists, I've just kept him as an honored part of my...

Pros: Marley classics and hip-hop beats should appeal to reggae and hip-hop fans alike.
Cons: Sometimes too formulaic in its approach to reinterpretation

Thanks to the hard work of his son Stephen, Bob Marley gets the Natalie Cole treatment in "Chant Down Babylon," a collection of classic Marley protest songs remade into hip-hop duets. The album can be formulaic at times, but overall "Chant...

Pros: A solid chunk of Spear's best
Cons: Not sanctioned by the man Does not contain his latest

Two CDs, thirty five tracks from one of the stalwarts of roots reggae music. Burning Spear is one of the oldest and most respected reggae singers. His music shows a heavy influence of the rastafarian religion, and it has a definite vibe of pan africanism...

Pros: Marley's Reggae Classics remade into hip hop duets
Cons: Failure to take some license from the Bob Marley's formula

The greatest acts of heroism are those of a man who manages to transcend his origins, his limited resources and his own environment. In a lot of ways, Bob Marley has managed to transcend Jamaica's geographical limits to take over the whole world with...

Pros: A couple of good performances
Cons: Overall, it was a butcher job

Ok, first of all I'm wondering if anybody has noticed that the album they have been reviewing here - Chant Down Babylon (by Bob Marley) - is not the album pictured above? Oh well, when doing a search on this site, I couldn't find the right one...

Pros: Exposes Marley to new generation of music fans
Cons: Shameless hucksterism

Bob Marley
Chant Down Babylon
(Tuff Gong/Island)

In recent years there has been an explosion of Bob Marley tribute material and, touching as that sentiment may be, honoring the reggae legend isn't the motivation behind every one of...