Oswald Priest is a Jamaican artist born in London, later moved to Brooklyn. Between '94 and '95, in the same period in which this project was created and published, he's considered one of the best reggae artists, winning the prize of The Source magazine in both years.
By releasing "Shoot to Kill" followed by "Take It Easy", Priest seems destined to take up the legacy left by Supercat, which gave him the nickname Mad Lion, an acronym for Musical Assassin Delivering Lyrical Intelligence Over Nations. Those are the two best rhythms on the record, hard, fresh, powerful, solid musical carpets for Mad Lion's rough, raw, harsh, hardcore flow. Both bear the signature of KRS-One, a great fan of the genre who has tried the dancehall lane several times over the course of his rap career.
Apart from these two songs, which fans could easily and rightly define as hits, the rest of the album is really difficult to appreciate. KRS & Mad, the only responsible behind the keyboards, which split about half an album each, practically, create the same two beats, one for the ragga songs, the other for the MC hardcore shots. It's all pretty normal, in my humble opinion as amateur. At eighteen tracks all straight without pauses and skits, for a total of 70 minutes, it's tough to tackle. Not necessary for anyone who's not a ragga die-hard.
Rating: 4/10.
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