Reggae vocalist Junior Reid (”Mr One Blood”) teamed up with DJ Power to put out a mixtape which succesfully defends the (mediocre) title: Why I’m Hot. It’s really good, especially the first quarter — street rap thuggery & synth beats coexist with conscious lyrics, sweet vox, etc. “Superstar reggae music singer” according to his MySpace ‘Occupation’ field.
buyable here (itunes). 47 tracks (!), several barely over a minute, several mislabeled, its hard to know where to begin….
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June 19, 2007
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October 20, 2007
JR.REID is hot because of his good reggea voice and his also good looking face.HOT IS JR.REID.may the most high JAH BLESS HIM AND HIS MUZIC.
April 4, 2008
Is JR really a Ghanaian? want to know the history behind his usage of Ghana Flag in most of his video clips.
June 22, 2008
do you still have this mixtape?