Groundation with. Don Carlos &The Congos - Hebron Gate (2002)

01. Jah Jah Know

02. Babylon Rule Dem

03. Silver Tongue Show

04. Weeping Pirates

05. Picture On The Wall

06. Something More

07. Hebron

08. Freedom Taking Over

09. Undivided

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Hebron Gate is the third release by American reggae band Groundation. The album received a nomination for Germany's coveted World Music Award. For this release, reggae artists Cedric Myton of The Congos and Don Carlos of Black Uhuru were united for the first time in reggae history to collaborate with Groundation.

The album's nine tracks tell the story of a Dragon War coming upon the nations. The story unfolds over a twenty-four-hour timespan; with the sun rising in the beginning, setting in the middle, and finally rising again at the end. For the final two tracks Groundation calls upon their elders and reggae legends Don Carlos and The Congos to take up the fight.

 

 

 

The Congos - Revival (1999)

01. Enemy & Spy
02. Bad Intention
03. Arron & Moses
04. Take One Step
05. Prophets Are Dying
06. What You Gonna Do
07. Institution
08. Reggae Revival
09. Evil Woman
10. Lonely Without You
11. Arron & Moses (dub)
12. Enemy & Spy (dub)

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Revival, one year later, was generally not very positively reviewed. As a stand-alone album, I can understand that. However, seen in the legacy of The Congos, and compared to the previous Natty Dread Rise Again, it isn't all that bad. As a whole, it might even be better than the album that came out two years before Revival, as it is more consistent. 

Those who claim this to be a bad album might have expected something similar to Heart Of The Congos, but that would be an ignorant expectation. On 'Enemy & Spy' you will hear that they have not lost the electric guitar. Labelled as 'irritating' on other websites, I would definitely disagree.

 Having listened to all previous material of The Congos, leading up to this album, 'Enemy & Spy' is a nice track and represents where The Congos stand before the start of the 21st century. 'Bad Intention' fluently follows up. "Locking up the people in jail is not the solution", we are told. This is a song that can linger on in my mind for days. "you and you colleagues, you and your colleagues, drinking champagne, eating caviar, having the largest bank account in the whole hemisphere".

 Cedric speaks of a gathering in 'Aaron & Moses', referring to Exodus, where Aaron and Moses gather the elders of the people of Israel. Myton not only mentions Aaron and Moses but also Gideon, Joseph and Joshua and sings about repatriation. Then "'Take One Step', never look back", in a melodic tune. Another one of those songs that remains in your head for a long time.

 A good vibration starts 'Prophets Are Dying', and Cedric is able to give this song strength with his vocal quality. "All nations must unite, come together, live as one" in 'What You Gonna Do', where he tells that we should live in harmony because this world was created to be free. He does so, even though the music itself does not seem so serious. It is not like the similar titled Peter Tosh track at all. 

In 'Institution' it definitely is. "So you keep on building those institutions, now you keep on build more human factories", talking to the government, and "we are the scapegoats, we plant those cane-fields, we are the victims of society, we are the victims of brutality". Then the spiritual Reggae revival sets in, in the form of a 'Reggae Festival', "chanting to The Congo rhythm", with nice tenor additions of Ashanti Roy. This song has a very nice nyahbinghi-like ending. 'Evil Woman', Cedric shouts, rhyming seeds with weeds and deeds. The album ends laidback, with a sweet tune, 'Lonely Without You'.

'Closer To Jah' is recorded on a rhythm from a Danish Reggae band, Action Taken. It is a very sweet song, with a strong harmony of The Congos. Although an addition on the album, it is one of the best songs on the album as well. The Reggae Fruit Basket Volume 1 gives us 'Love And Company', and various other songs from a variety of artists not included in the discography of The Congos. 

'Freedom Sound' is a bit one-sided and Cedric sings about freedom exclusively. 'Romeo & Juliet' is a song that The Congos play on Inna De Yard, a live album, but the quality is good enough to make its appearance on this studio album. 'Form A Gang' is from the same album as 'Romeo & Juliet', Cedric asks us to come together on this song.