Maxi Priest Archives

Maxi Priest And Bunji Garlin At VP records 35th Anniversary Concert, Summerstage, Saturday, June 27th, 2015

Iman Lababedi / June 27, 2015

Maxi Priest we expected to be great, on record he is pop and reggae and on stage he is a rock and reggae with a masterful lead guitarist. Sly and Robbie produced some of last years Easy To Love, but on stage this was not Lover’s Rock. he opened the set with the 1990 “A Little Bit Longer” but while the recorded version is bright eyed UB40ish reggae riddem soul pop, on stage it was a barnstormer

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10 Songs: Wednesday July 3rd, 2014

Iman Lababedi / July 3, 2014

Easy To Love – Maxi Priest – He should have joined UB40 for good but since he didn’t this will have to do and the title track of his first album in eight years holds up as a lively little Reggae love song. And you can dance do it – B+

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Be Here Now: Snapshot Reviews Of New Albums 7-1-14

Iman Lababedi / July 1, 2014

These Days – Ab-Soul – An incredible 90 minutes by the last man to break out of Black Hippy, this is a stupendous album, brainy, beautiful, tons of guest stars, all of his former band, deep grooves, smart rhymes; miles away from Gangsta. This is the best rap album of the year and to sustain it for 90 minutes is mind binding – ALBUM OF THE WEEK – A