Rasta Got Soul (album)
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Rasta Got Soul is reggae
, dancehall
artist Buju Banton
's ninth studio album. It was released on April 21, 2009. The album features the hit single "Magic City". The album received a Grammy nomination in the Best Reggae Album category.
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, dancehall
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...
artist Buju Banton
Buju Banton
Buju Banton is a Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae musician.Banton has recorded pop and dance songs, as well as songs dealing with sociopolitical topics....
's ninth studio album. It was released on April 21, 2009. The album features the hit single "Magic City". The album received a Grammy nomination in the Best Reggae Album category.
Track listing
- "Hurt Us No More" - 5:28
- "Magic City" - 5:13
- "I Rise" - 5:10
- "Rastafari" - 6:03
- "I Wonder" - 4:44
- "A Little Bit of Sorry" - 4:01
- "Affairs of the Heart" - 4:15
- "Lend a Hand" - 4:54
- "Optimistic Soul" - 4:15
- "Make You Mine" - 5:11
- "Mary" - 4:09
- "Bedtime Story" (featuring Wyclef JeanWyclef JeanWyclef Jean is a Haitian musician, record producer, and politician. At age nine, Jean moved to the United States with his family and has spent much of his life in the country...
) - 4:09 - "Sense of Purpose" (featuring Third WorldThird World (band)Third World is a Jamaican reggae band formed in 1973. Their sound is influenced by soul, funk and disco.-History:Third World started when keyboard player Michael "Ibo" Cooper and guitarist Stephen "Cat" Coore, who had originally played in The Alley Cats then Inner Circle, subsequently left to form...
) - 4:07 - "Be on Your Way" - 3:33
- "Lights Out" - 4:57
- "Mirror" (Bonus Track) - 4:10