Mahogany Road:
1.Don't Feel No Way
2. Consideration
3.Good Vibez feat. NiyoRah
4.Mahogany Road
5.Praise the Day
6.Good Sensimilia
7.Dread Time
8.Preservation of the I
9.Long Time
10.One Shot
11.Rejoice
12.Wanted
13.Dange Zone
14.Whitewash
15.Jah Love
Inna Red I Hour:
1.Red I Tune
2. War
3.Crucial Confessions
4.Rise Up
5.Rebel I Lion
6.Lion Walk
7.Love Jah
8.Chances
9.Love Potion
10.Pass de Kahn feat. Yahdanai
11.Play On
12.Still Have Love
13.Love Jah Dub
14.Lion Walk Dub
Influences
Abja & The Red I Band@Club 54 in St. Croix, USVI (Preservation of the I)
Sounds Like
Abja w/Tuff Lion & We A Dem Band@ Caspar Inn (Whitewash)
ABJA, the Original Red I Soul-Jah, is a multi-talented singer, song writer, and producer hailing from St. Croix, USVI. As an artist Abja holds himself acountable to the message that he sends out to the universe. If words are a combination of units of language that function as the principal carrier of meaning, then song is what is created when Abja lends his spiritual and intelectual strength to his lyrics, and music is what is emited when Abja lends his physical abilities to bring words into audible frequency.
Empowered by his anscestral history, Abja began his musical trek in the 1990’s as a vocalist, engineer, and producer with the Survival Soundz crew out of Brooklyn, NY. Emotionally attached to his African Diasporic community, Abja took the necessary time to hone his skills as an educator-artist-performer so that he could effectively deliver uplifting word-sound-power through the medium of music to all people; hence came the release of his first solo album in 2003 titled Inna Red I Hour. Following the release of Inna Red I Hour, Abja’s first national tour, with fellow I Grade recording artists, touched down in 15 cities across the country strengthening the buzz in the reggae arena that there was a Cruzian revolution taking over the genre. In 2006 I Grade Records released Abja’s second album Mahogany Road, a holistic album which showcases the many facets of Abja’s strengths as a producer, singer, songwriter and story teller. The release of Mahogany Road was followed by a 25 city, six week national tour that touched audiences from Vermont to Maui, including a performance at the North West Reggae Festival. On the international level that year, Abja was a featured artist on TEMPO, the Caribbean equivalent of MTV, and he further strengthened his credibility as a socialy conscious artists with his performance at the World Social Forum in Caracas, Venezuela. In 2007 Abja performed with his label mates in the I Grade Showcase at the world renowned Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, which was followed by another 25 city national tour. In 2008 Abja branched out further internationally with his first AFRICAN tour, which included a performance at the Kafountine Carnaval in Senegal, an emotionally charged performance on Goree Island, and club dates throughout the Sene-Gambia region of West Africa.
Abja continues to redefine the meaning of Rebel Music and erase the boundaries placed on true reggae. Abja creates music that lifts the spirit and the mind. His voice possesses the qualities necessary to convey emotions ranging from love to revolution. Abja is a powerful performer whose spirit and energy transmits to everyone around him. He sings with a strength of purpose, with a dynamic and confident, yet humble, stage presence. Abja’s highly anticipated third album is set to be released before the end of 2008, and it will be followed by both national and international tour dates.
"I sing songs of rebel harmony to balance me and help me break these mental and societal chains. With love everything is possible. With love, life isn't an obstacle. The art form of music is a communication device, which can send good, or bad, frequencies through the air waves. Therefore, it is important for us to create original, positive music to shine or reflect onto a suffering nation. Rhythm: balance in life, natural progression that correlates with equality. Through the guidance of the Most High, Jah Rastafari, my spirit is as free as a song roaming around as it echoes in your head, an ever rising crescent."
- Abja
This is my wish for you Abja: "Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.”
Jah blessings & a shower of love Haile I Selassie I - JAH RASTA FAR I
Raspect red i souljah nuff love me sendin yah to yah n all of di st croix reggae artists and bredda me have no patiense to hear di new album One Love Iyah
I FAMILY, RISE UP FAMILY, VERMONT FAMILY REJOICE! FOR THE DAYS HAVE COME TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS RED IWAH. MY YOUTH WON'T FORGET YOUR WORKS.. REMINDING I ALWAYS OF THE RISE UP SOULJAH! YOU ARE LOVED...
GATHERING SPEED... RISE UP VERMONT IS PULSING WITH A HEAVY VIBE...
RISE UP FAMILY MUST STAY LINKED IN THIS TIME... AS WE MOVE
IGZIA"BHIER YIMASGAN! PRAISES TO THE ONE GOD ALMIGHTY FROM TIMELESS TIME EVERLASTING! Give thanks for the honor of your friendship. Be wisely guided and highly blessed. BURUK FIQIR~ BLESSED LOVE
'DEM NAH KNOW ROYALTY' WAS CREATED BY ALL THREE MEMBERS OF R.M.S. (SENSISTAR + MALACHI + KING ASAD) COMING TOGETHER AS ONE... A LOT OF MEDITATION PUT INTO THIS ONE AS IT IS THE LARGEST PROJECT TO DATE RELEASED UNDER THE BANNER OF ROYAL MAJESTIC!!!
STARTING IN LATE SUMMER OF 2006 MALACHI OF R.M.S. WAS BLESSED TO HAVE ESTABLISH A CLOSE CONNECTION WITH SABBATTICAL AHDAH & HIS FAMILY... THROUGH TIME / WORKS / & REASONING A VISION WAS MADE CLEAR...
TOO OFTEN THE RIGHTEOUS GET TRAMPLED... YET INI KNOW THAT THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH. TOO OFTEN THE HUMBLED ONES GET OVERLOOKED AS WELL AS THEIR GIFTS OVERLOOKED... BUT DEM NAH KNOW ROYALTY THAT'S WAY THEY GWAN THE WAY THEY DO... WITHOUT RECOGNITION OR RESPECT FOR A 'R'IGHTEOUS AHDAH & THAT'S WHY THE WORLD IN SUCH A STATE THAT INI FIND IT IN TODAY...
'DEM NAH KNOW ROYALTY' MIXTAPE COME TO BURN OUT THAT DIRTY SORTA MIND.
SORTA RUFF AHN RUGGED VIBES... WITH LYRICS OF PURE CONSCIOUS FYAH... SIMILAR PHILOSOPHY OF DEAD PREZ... SOMETHING THAT THE STREETS ACTUALLY WANT TO HEAR...
WHOLE SLEW OF DUBPLATES / REMIXES / PRE-RELEASES ON THIS ONE... IT WELL WELL NICE JUST TRUST.
u know i was thinkin', its been 2008 for a while now and i cyant hear from my favorite island Lion, c'mon Abja, where u roamin' these days??? ;) sendin' love as always
Jalil - what up son - we used to work together in the after school program at a high school in manhattan - back in 2003 - i remember ure album had just come out - come to find the music isnt half bad - for real tho man Crucial Confessions has become one of my fav roots songs
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