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With his sweet falsetto and smooth croon, Cornell Campbell is a heralded name for the reggae faithful, but he's often in search of a suitable showcase and seems to go years without finding one. In 2005, he experienced a career renaissance when he joined the German techno-dub team Rhythm & Sound on their single "King in My Empire," but it's been drips and drabs since then, and now it's a full-on flood. Part of the Strut label's collaborative series Inspiration Information, the wonderful Nothing Can Stop Us teams Cornell with the London-based dub crew Soothsayers, and while previous entries have found a reggae great meeting thoroughly modern producers (Horace Andy with Ashley Beedle being one example), it isn't the usual revelatory genre-buster. It is revelatory, though, as Cornell has found his ultimate backing band in this lively but anchored crew, who kick it into double-time overdrive during the great "We Want to Be Free." The track crackles with that Marley & the Wailers' energy, and yet the uptempo "Conqueror" steps both lightly and lively, playing to singer's strengths and winding up with that quintessential, dreamy, and majestic Campbell cut. The title track is an intoxicating mash of revolution music and lovers rock as "Nothing can stop us, we gonna take it slow" becomes a chant to chill the masses, and while most of the album plays it straight and earnest, "Never Give Up" is pure joy, supported by the boisterous, horn-driven funk of Soothsayers. Closing with a slow journey down a river called "Jah Jah Me No Born Ya," Nothing Can Stop Us is a triumph for the backing band, but Campbell's number has been due for years, and now that it's been pulled, it's time to wake the town and tell the people.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers, Main Artist - Idris Rahman; Robin Hopcraft, Composer, Lyricist - Idris Rahman; Robin Hopcraft; !K7 Music Publishing
2013 Strut 2013 Strut Records
Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers, Main Artist - Cornell Campbell; Robin Hopcraft; Idris Rahman; Nick Raphael, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control; Robin Hopcraft; Idris Rahman; Nick Raphael; !K7 Music Publishing
2013 Strut 2013 Strut Records
Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers, Main Artist - Cornell Campbell; Idris Rahman; Robin Hopcraft, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control; Idris Rahman; Robin Hopcraft; !K7 Music Publishing
2013 Strut 2013 Strut Records
Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers, Main Artist - Idris Rahman; Robin Hopcraft, Composer, Lyricist - Idris Rahman; Robin Hopcraft; !K7 Music Publishing
2013 Strut 2013 Strut Records
Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers, Main Artist - Cornell Campbell; Idris Rahman; Robin Hopcraft, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control; Idris Rahman; Robin Hopcraft; !K7 Music
2013 Strut 2013 Strut Records
Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers, Main Artist - Robin Hopcraft; Idris Rahman, Composer, Lyricist - Idris Rahman; Robin Hopcraft; !K7 Music Publishing
2013 Strut 2013 Strut Records
Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers, Main Artist - Cornell Campbell; Robin Hopcraft; Idris Rahman; Rhys Adams, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control; Idris Rahman; Robin Hopcraft; Rhys Adams; !K7 Music Publishing
2013 Strut 2013 Strut Records
Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers, Main Artist - Cornell Campbell; Robin Hopcraft; Idris Rahman, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control; Idris Rahman; Robin Hopcraft; !K7 Music Publishing
2013 Strut 2013 Strut Records
Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers, Main Artist - Robin Hopcraft; Idris Rahman; Ricardo McKenzie, Composer, Lyricist - Idris Rahman; Robin Hopcraft; Ricardo McKenzie; !K7 Music Publishing
2013 Strut 2013 Strut Records
Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers, Main Artist - Roger Williams; Robin Hopcraft; Idris Rahman; Andrew Gibson; David Amos, Composer, Lyricist - Idris Rahman; Robin Hopcraft; Roger Williams; Andrew Gibson; David Amos; !K7 Music Publishing
2013 Strut 2013 Strut Records
Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers, Main Artist - Cornell Campbell, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control
2013 Strut 2013 Strut Records
Album review
With his sweet falsetto and smooth croon, Cornell Campbell is a heralded name for the reggae faithful, but he's often in search of a suitable showcase and seems to go years without finding one. In 2005, he experienced a career renaissance when he joined the German techno-dub team Rhythm & Sound on their single "King in My Empire," but it's been drips and drabs since then, and now it's a full-on flood. Part of the Strut label's collaborative series Inspiration Information, the wonderful Nothing Can Stop Us teams Cornell with the London-based dub crew Soothsayers, and while previous entries have found a reggae great meeting thoroughly modern producers (Horace Andy with Ashley Beedle being one example), it isn't the usual revelatory genre-buster. It is revelatory, though, as Cornell has found his ultimate backing band in this lively but anchored crew, who kick it into double-time overdrive during the great "We Want to Be Free." The track crackles with that Marley & the Wailers' energy, and yet the uptempo "Conqueror" steps both lightly and lively, playing to singer's strengths and winding up with that quintessential, dreamy, and majestic Campbell cut. The title track is an intoxicating mash of revolution music and lovers rock as "Nothing can stop us, we gonna take it slow" becomes a chant to chill the masses, and while most of the album plays it straight and earnest, "Never Give Up" is pure joy, supported by the boisterous, horn-driven funk of Soothsayers. Closing with a slow journey down a river called "Jah Jah Me No Born Ya," Nothing Can Stop Us is a triumph for the backing band, but Campbell's number has been due for years, and now that it's been pulled, it's time to wake the town and tell the people.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:33
- Main artists: Cornell Campbell Soothsayers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Strut
- Genre: World Reggae
2013 Strut 2013 Strut
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