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The People's Champion is the name of the offering that we take a listen to and 'look at today'. The song was released today via Julian Promos on Islandmix and immediately the threads lit up. Obviously there was a lot of hype and behind the scenes talk about this song that resulted in the anticipation of the release. Well it is here and you have to be the judge... I have my opinion and will express it here.

People are praising the production as if it was manna sent from heaven but in reality the reason is very simple - it is the live instruments that has given the music 'its distinctive sound'. Of course the production team had to be creative enough to put the riddim together - kudos to them.

I am not very surprised at the reaction because I  understand what is going on. People have been deprived of live instrumentation in today's music production to the extent that when someone releases music with live instruments (not a computer generated sound) they get tizzy. "Oh my goodness this track real wicked!" 

All of a sudden they chime in with 'this song real nice... it is sweet etc etc. Here is another wake up call for those of you reading this post... the song is nice, the music is really good but does not make me want to pick up my phone and call a friend and tell them... "man you have to hear Benjai's new song"! Did you get that?

OK, let me try again. Sometimes you hear a song and conclude that it is a game changer, I can't say the same for this song. I love to hear Benjai sing but this song does not change anything and they still need to come better to unseat Cosmic Shift by Ian "Bunji" Alvarez.

Hold on now, before you call me all kinds of name (nothing new here) do you remember the rhythm captioned "Antilles Riddim"? It was supposed to be the game changer... remember? Where is it today? I rest my case!

Production Notes:

The song was Produced and Mixed by Precision Productions; it was written by Full Blown Entertainment and Kasey Phillips. The heart and soul of the music are the live music instrumentation and here are the participants: Bass - Billy Joe Saunders. Drums - Alpha Simpson. Guitars - Jeremy Mc Intosh. Keys & Additional Production - Reuel Lynch. The background vocals were done by Tricia Hamilton. The track was Mastered by Sterling Sound in New York.

Please be advised that the music is presented here for your listening pleasure and for promotional purposes only ("Fair Use" Musical Content Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976). Lend me your ears... Enjoy!

♫ Please press the play button to listen (small triangle below).
The People's Champion - Benjai