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Da Future is Looking Bright

Achis | Kingston, JA/Philipsburg, SxM | 06/04/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Every time i hear Turbulence, I come away with the opinion that he is just getting better and consistently developing as an artist. He has made some SERIOUS progression as far as lyrical ability since i first hear him a few years back, and even when 2 years ago he released his album Rising, on VP, I thought he had reached his pinnacle, but I was wrong. I admit it.
Different thing is a very very good album. Very rootsy, of course, thats Turbulence's natural way, but not so spiritual. Of course Rastaman writes Rasta songs, sings Rastaman lyrics and so forth, but you don't have to be a Rasta at all to enjoy tunes like the opener Girlfriend, I mean, that is just a part of life for basically everybody, its a very comforting tune, very well put together. "Da Future", as he and others have now deemed him (rightly so), maintains a consistently very good singing voice (which is even better in concert) and on a song like Burn Dem Down with rising roots superstar Luton Fyah, Turbulence shows his incredible ability to wade between the worlds of djaying and singing without missing a step, the tune is a wicked wicked combination and one of the main reasons I bought this one. Also really like Pride, which is probably my favorite tune on the album, Leaders with Taffari, Dread Times with Mark Wonder and even the flat out strange sounding Holiday. Oh and Marihuana.. .. .. and Unite. I could say every tune here, there really are no bad songs.
Overall, I say this is a definite one to get. You can certainly see the evidence of Turbulence's apprenticeship with Kalonji, especially in his writing. With so many young great roots artists prospering in Reggae music right now along with Turbulence, like Jah Cure, Warrior King, Luton Fyah and others, Turbulence with his overall talent, consistent recording schedule, great stage presence, the backing that he has (namely Xterminator) and 3 very very good albums under his belt, seems poised to be "Da Future" and then some when he is called upon to do so. Different Thing is not too different from what we're used to from the artist, which is a good thing. GO GET IT!"