One of the best reggae albums of recent
years, Black Gold was cut with a
spot-on band in the Virgin Islands by the songwriter and singer Toussaint.
While he can vocalize commandingly in reggae style, Toussaint also has the
chops of a testifying soul singer and R&B balladeer. Much of Black Gold moves in strict reggae tempo,
accented by cool horns and tasty guitar licks, but several tracks are indebted
to reggae’s roots in American R&B. Perhaps the catchiest song, “Roots in
the Modern Time,” is a meaningful critique of contemporary society from a
Rastafarian moral perspective.
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