Ghetto Revolutionary Explained

Ghetto Revolutionary
Type:Album
Artist:Sizzla
Cover:Ghetto Revolutionary.album.jpg
Released:September 24, 2002 (U.S.)
Recorded:2001
Genre:Dancehall, reggae
Length:65:17
Label:Greensleeves Records[1]
Producer:Philip Burrell (executive)
Donald Dennis
Miguel Collins
Courtney McLaughlin
Prev Title:Blaze Up the Chalwa
Prev Year:2002
Next Title:Up In Fire
Next Year:2002

Ghetto Revolutionary is a studio album by the reggae and dancehall artist Sizzla.[2] [3] It was released on September 24, 2002. The album is a mix of dancehall and reggae. The album's hit single "Ghetto Revolution," is about the trials and tribulations that people have to go through in the ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica.

The album peaked at #6 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart.[4]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that the "mix of themes and attitudes offers a nice break from the unrelenting 'fire bun' rhetoric that has been Sizzla's stock-in-trade in the past, and makes this album a good introduction for those unfamiliar with this important artist."

Track listing

  1. "Ghetto Revolution"
  2. "Jah Will Be There"
  3. "That's Why"
  4. "The Truth Is Revealing"
  5. "Don't Say"
  6. "Just Fine"
  7. "Don't Waste Time"
  8. "I Want You"
  9. "Love The Little Children"
  10. "Have You"
  11. "Live It Up"
  12. "Won't Stop"
  13. "So Serious"

Notes and References

  1. Book: Larkin, Colin. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. May 27, 2011. Omnibus Press. 9780857125958. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Sizzla | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  3. Book: Moskowitz, David Vlado. Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall. September 7, 2006. Greenwood Publishing Group. 9780313331589. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Sizzla. Billboard.