Lutan Fyah

Phantom War

(p) 2006-may-02

CD:

Tracklisting:

LP:

01 Plant A Seed (I & I) b 06
02 Blood Stain a 05
03 Wi Nuh Gangsta (Fighting For Equal Rights)  
04 Rasta Still Deh Bout (ft Josie Mel)  
05 Phantom War a 03
06 Bits & Pieces a 02
07 Wipe Those Tears a 01
08 Mother Earth's Healing a 04
09 Screaming For The Poor b 02
10 U Left Me b 01
11 Reflections b 03
12 Learn The Hard Way  
13 Rich Little Ghetto Girl  
14 Bet On It a 06
15 This Fire  
16 Still Deh Deh (ft Mark Wonder) b 05
17 Turbulent Time b 04
18 Snares Of Death  
19 Plant A Seed (Reprise)  
GREENSLEEVES, GRELCD290 CD
GREENSLEEVES, GREL290 LP

REVIEW IN ENGLISH:
SOURCE: ROOTS MUSIC Reggae & Dancehall
AUTHOR: Teacha Dan



Lutan Fyah is one of the few true Rasta singers of today. He is always strives to be positive and tolerant though he is a militant Bobo dread. Introduced to the Jamaican music business by the likes of Buju Banton and Jah Mason he always attempts to spread positive vibes and upliftment through his music. He stepped out of the limelight because of strong singles and his first full, very good, European produced album for Minor7Flat5, named Them No Know Demself (2004).

Two years after his debut album he now releases his third album on Greensleeves records. Now he can rest assured that his music will spread to all the corners of the globe thanks to Greensleeves' international distribution network. All in the name of spreading and spreading the works of H.I.M.

Phantom War is a very good and rootsy cross-section of his body of work of these past few years. It includes his singles on some hit rootsriddims like 'Bits And Pieces' on Pow Pow's Blaze riddim (2004), 'Screaming (For The Poor)' on the Triumphant riddim (No Doubt Records, 2005) and 'Learn The Hard Way' on Al.Ta.Fa.An's Tsahai riddim (2005). Also included is a bonus mpeg video of his monster combination hit with Josie Mel 'Can't Believe', included here as 'Rasta Still Deh Bout'. Strange than that this hit song has not been included on the vinyl pressing of the album.

Undoubtedly his best album release yet, Phantom War promises more and more greatness from Lutan Fyah. It Is rather unheard of that a roots singer in modern-day Jamaica tops himself and stays true to his roots at the same time. His first album was absolutely great, his second even a bit better and now he presents us with no less than nineteen very potent tunes.

(Teacha Dan, June 2006)