It's a "one riddim release", which is pretty popular in dub/reggae world. That's why every song is built over thesame rhythm pattern and bassline. This kind of music is not for everybody and it demands some concentration and some knowledge.

Anyway "See Mi Yah" is simply a masterpiece. Can just anybody appreciate a masterpiece?

Yes, you´ll find the same rhythm in all songs here, but with different pulse in each one; in this kind of music the details are very important, and here they are continuously changing. It´s a progression of 46 minutes where you travel around different landscapes, and must be understood as a long jam, a big trip in dubworld with each narrator taking your hand to drive you to a new story. Deep and spiritual, it's two steps above the rest, a meeting point for innovation and tradition. You'll hardly find a better reggae/dub release this year.

A massive disappointment. I feel like a right sucker shelling out for this set, despite enjoying the samples from Boomkat. Mark and Mauritz ARE BORED. Or they're just getting plain LAZY. What we have here are 14 versions of "See Mi Yah", with the same backing track (adding minor variations, the usual delay wank, Paul St. Hilaire adds some sublime but rather restrained guitar on his song, there's some trumpet here and there but that's about it), but with various different vocalists each singing different lyrics. On paper it sounds like an interesting idea, but in practise I was bored stiff after about 4 tracks.

Bobbo Shanti adds some rather powerful vox on "Poor People Must Work", and Hilaire - again, as always - shines on "Free For All", but the rest are far too similar to "See Mi Yah" to bother with. All of the vocalists perfom well here, certainly, but...

Message to Ernestus and Von Oswald: End the dub! We've had enough! I can't be the only one who is sick and tired of this minimal nonsense any more. If you can't be bothered to program something new for each artist to sing to, then I shan't bother buying R&S releases in future. After your astonishing, genre-defining "Artists/Versions" compilation, "See Mi Yah" seems like a half-assed toss-off.

Time for BC 11+, I'd say. Didn't they learn anything from the praise received for "Arrange And Process"?