Skarra Mucci - Greater than great (Album review)

22-09 | album review: skarra mucci - greater than great (2014)

Skarra Mucci - Greater than great

Skarra Mucci is one of many rising artists in the Reggae scene nowadays but Skarra Mucci really sticks out of the crowd with his own style. Combining some old skool reggae dancehall sound with his own Ragga muffin new style. Skarra is also known as the lyrics millionaire referring to his great vocal skills. The title 'Greater than great' and the tune 'My Sound (are the champion inna di dance)' proves Skarra Mucci is confident and determined to go for the top. Earlier this year he released his album 'Greater than great' and after the Super Mario videoclip for the title track we got curious and wanted to know more.

album review:

Greater than great is Skarra Mucci's fifth full album and it takes off with the title track 'Greater than great' (briljant video). This track directly takes you back in the days of earlie 90s Dancehall music and sets the trend for the rest of the album. 'Not impossible to me' continues on that 90s flavour and is an obvious hommage to Sister Nancy's legendary tune 'Bam Bam' 'Come fi take ova' is one of the highlights of the album for sure. Skarra's voice is made for this tune, powerful and militant. All three songs come with classic style riddims and Skarra proves to be one of the most original artists around these days. 'Love train' is in a different 'feel good' style and a nice combo with A-lex. The uptempo dancing riddim (sweet trumpets!) give this tune some serious hit potential and that's exactly what this artists needs to get his name across to the massive. 'Boxing' easily lives up to the expectations set by the first three tunes and fits easily in Skarra's Ragga muffin style. This tune will get the massive to dance fi sure. Skarra is going Dancehall style for 'Marijuana' and this tune proves the diversity of Skarra. One of our favorite Riddims 'Stop that train' is used for a massive collabo with Perfect. The tune is called 'Bomboclaat' and this combination will turn the dancehall in a madhouse for sure. Teacha Dee reporting for duty on the next combo track 'Inna di Dancehall' also on a classic riddim with some sweet baselines. The people Forward inna di dancehall when they here tha boom chune a play. 'Life so rich' and 'Dancehall energy' are two different tunes but yet they are the same. They will make the massive move for sure! Pure energy coming from Skarra. 'Get Gal' is for the ladies inna Dancehall stylie. 'War dem a Get' a militant dancehall tune which will blow your speakers. A musical explosion. 'Red' is a combination tune with Teacha Dee. The absolute highlight of the album (in our humble opinion) is 'My Sound' (Fantastic video!!). Skarra is going all out on this one . This tune has some serious hit potential. Again carried by a sweet old skool reggae riddim, this album is a real treat to the oldskool reggae lovers.'Tear drops' is a serious one alongside Madinka Warrior and A-lex. 'Bubbler' closes the album in Dancehall style.

Conclusion:
Skarra Mucci really stands out of the crowd with his original sound and his taste for the old skool 80/90s reggae dancehall riddims. This album is a real treat for the fans of this genre/style. A definite must-have which proves the quality and diversity of Skarra Mucci as a musician and artist. The videoclips released are little pieces of art and we just could't stop listening to 'My Sound'. Maybe Skarra Mucci is aiming a little bit too high with his title 'Greater than great' but then again we cannot think of an MC who can compete with his vocal skills live on stage. Skarra Mucci for sure is one of those artists who deserved way more attention then he is getting (so far) and we were very disappointed that his show on Reggae Sundance got cancelled due to the (almost) collapsing tent and we hope to see him around soon!!

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Skarra Mucci - My Sound (Official video)