Master Piece

After legendary reggae producer burned down his Black Ark studio and gave up the mixing desk for the microphone, the formerly rule-breaking leader became an off-the-wall reggae singer, and plenty of purists will tell you all the late-era stuff is "crap." They have their point, since releases like 2014's will never have the cultural impact of , , etc., but know that this is merely a vocal session, and one that's EP-sized and recorded with the reggae label/production crew/PR firm, a crew that favors the digital groove of acts like and . On that level, it's an enjoyable lark as vamps like a broken mystic on the misty and very -influenced dubstepper "Soul Man," while "Mr. Upsetter" is another swaggering and nonsensical theme song from a man who's already delivered plenty of swaggering and nonsensical theme songs. "Medusa Dub" truly grooves and echos into space like have landed in Jamaica, but so many extra remixes and so many minutes of music with no to hear make this one strictly for the hardcore fans. ~ David Jeffries