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Skarra Mucci - Return Of The Raggamuffin

By Erik Magni on Monday, April 23, 2012 - Comment

Skarra Mucci's intoxicating energy drink.

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I came across Jamaican born singjay Skarra Mucci about three years ago when I heard his take on Million Stylez’ riddim Love We a Deal Wit. Skarra Mucci’s cut – Everybody Bawling – was almost as great as Million Stylez’ title track.

A decent album from Skarra Mucci titled 912 followed the same year. Its follow-up – the crossover hip-hop effort 'Skarrashizzo' – was naturally a big disappointment, when it reached the street in 2010.

'Return of the Raggamuffin' is Skarra Mucci’s latest album. And this time he has managed to get everything right. Almost anyway. The closing calypso track Suppa Star should have been left out.

But the other 16 tracks are way above par, and European producers such as Bizzari, Oneness and Weedy G Soundforce have made an excellent job with these riddims, including both fresh originals and relicks.

Some of the tracks are previously released, such as Jah Blessings on the solid Jaguar riddim, Love Mi fi Me the first single of Reggaeville riddim and Herbman Anthem on Hyper Slam riddim.

Skarra Mucci’s energetic vocal style suits the intense and often minor key riddims perfectly. His style is at times like a deep-voiced Perfect or a more melodic Burro Banton and he has obviously studied deejay’s from the early 80’s to learn his craft.

Almost all of these 16 tracks would make it to the final in any contest, but the Delroy Wilson combination Movie Star, the 90’s dancehall-tinged tongue twister Raggamuffin and Big Dreams, where he shows some of his rap technique, are particularly tasty.

Skarra Mucci has more than made it up for the hip-hop detour with this relentless and first-rate effort.

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