Track Listing

1. Jerusalem
2. Truth
3. Gone Are The Days
4. Jah Kingdom
5. Mankind
6. Hotta Fiyah
7. Ruff Times (featuring Luciano)
8. Jah Souljahs
9. Perfect Love
10. Be Together
11. King Of Kings
12. What A Day
13. Universal Love (featuring Mikey General)
14. A Tougher Battle Dub
15. Jerusalem

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #128012 in Music
• Released on: 2007-03-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .12 pounds

Album Description
Joseph Israel's CD is released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."

To further reduce the amount of paper in the Eco-Pack, the CD booklet will no longer be offered. UMe is the first North American music company to replace the traditional jewel case with recycled paperboard sleeves and the plastic tray with trays made from PaperFoam®, a new packaging technology from Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, that is paper-recyclable and biodegradable. Shorewood Packaging is the first North American packaging supplier to produce disc trays from PaperFoam®.

Customer Reviews

Who Feels It Knows It
Like the previous review, this is the best roots reggae album I've heard in a long time, and I can't believe it's from a white Arkansan. But he did it up right, and it's extraordinary for three reasons: one, it's all live musicians; two, he's got veterans like guitarist Earl "Chinna" Smith, bassist Chris Meredith, and Marley's mix engineer Errol Brown on the case; and three - and, to this writer, most importantly - Israel is a songwriter. There are actual songs here, not just grooves with lyrics on top. Now, rest assured, when he hits a groove, it's murderous, but at the core is a song - verses, choruses, bridges - and they're all originals. And within those songs are splashes of different styles - some jazz saxophone here, some rock guitar there. In a marketplace with a surfeit of mediocre reggae, Israel is a refreshing breath, an artist who not only understands the past, but for whom there's a bright future.

The standout tunes are "Jah Souljahs" (and its dub "A Tougher Battle Dub"), "Mankind," "Ruff Times" with Luciano, "Perfect Love," "Gone Are The Days" and the extended 'discomix' of "Jerusalem."

not great but okay
i should have stopped at Matisyahu & Ta-shma. this guy is okay i guess but i wasnt too impressed. i'll probably end up giving this one away.

Reggae from Arkansas ?????????
This is the best roots reggae album to have come along in some time! Its hard to believe this is a guy from Arkansas. Joseph Israel was born a Christian, who resides in Arkansas. He turned Rasta, and recorded this cd in Kingston Jamaica. From start to finish this cd is flawless, start forward "roots" with a little dub thrown in, along with some great guests, including Luciano.
If your a fan of reggae you soon will be a fan of the Rasta from Arkansas.