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Phat N Heavy, Volume One, sub-titled Garage, is a multi-artist compilation featuring tracks by various British “gospel garage” oriented artists, independently released in the UK on Reyach in 2002. Also released in the US on N•Soul Records the following year.
Remember the ‘New Flava‘ various artists from a few years back which promoted itself as the first gospel garage album? Well now another brave new independent label has emerged to make an identical claim. And it’s a much more believable one. There’s at least one killer cut, «Faith (Phatabulous Mix)» by The Phatness with a delicious groove and a tongue twisting rap. And though Witness is more ragga and Open Gate Crew hip hop than garage, who’s splitting hairs? Not all the cuts are great (and how can “all vocals” be by Paladimo when Paladimo is, according to the photo on the back sleeve, a bloke?). But producer Norman Sealy has done a great job in catching the compulsive grooves of pirate radio while the divine Niki Carless is one of the new divas to emerge on the British scene while DJ Proclaima and DJ Dust make a compellingly joyful noise to the Lord on «Testimony». The whole thing has been given a continuous live mix by DJ El Nino so all you get is a taste of some of the cuts. But with 19 tracks to groove to you’re bound to find some stuff to your taste. A groundbreaking album. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, July 2002]
CD tracklist:
01. Phat N Heavy
02. No Matter
03. I Love You
04. Faith
05. Give Him Da Praise
06. RAPture
07. Peer Pressure
08. Testimony
09. Indentify
10. Latin Flava
11. The Choice
12. Don’t Trouble Me
13. Lift Him Up
14. The Lord Is Your Keeper
15. War
16. 4 Is Company
17. Time To Praise
18. Giving You All The Praise
19. In My Heart
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