Lately, I’ve been listening to Matisyahu quite a bit. His music is a little different, and he doesn’t fit any particular genre. Most of the music world can’t quite decide what to classify him as. Because of that, you probably won’t hear his music on any terrestrial radio stations. I would classify his music as reggae, with a little rap thrown in.
Despite not being played on the radio much, he is getting a lot of recognition in the music world for the quality of his performances, and the lyrics of his music. His songs are really amazing. Watch the music video of Jerusalem below to see what I mean.
Check out his MySpace Music page for more samples of his music: Matisyahu
Also, here is a link to the CD on Amazon: Matisyahu - Youth
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Good sound, good music. More a “hard” kind of reggae - not so cool as e.g. good old Bob Marley is (was)…
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