Recorded 2006-2007 Artist Richie Spice Label VP Records | Length 61:15 Release date 27 January 2007 Genres Reggae, Roots reggae | |
Released January 27, 2007 (2007-01-27) 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 Spice in Your Life
(2006) In the Streets to Africa
(2007) In the Streets to Africa
(2007) Motherland Africa/Africa Calling
(2007) Reggae albums Confrontation, Exodus, Reign of Fire, Spirits Having Flown, Live | ||
Richie spice youth dem cold album 2007 in the streets to africa
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. The album features vocals from Joseph Hill of the Roots reggae group Culture, Richie's brothers Spanner Banner & Pliers and Richie himself.
Contents
Richie spice get up rise in the streets to africa
Track listing
All track written by B. Bonner unless otherwise stated
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".
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."
Chart History
Songs
1Get Up3:30
2Open the Door2:56
3Youth Dem Cold3:03