''In the Streets to Africa'' is the fourth studio album (third released with

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) by Jamaican singer

Richie Spice Richell Bonner (born 8 September 1971), better known as Richie Spice, is a Jamaican reggae artist. He is a member of the Rastafari movement. Some of his most famous songs include, "Brown Skin", "Youth Dem Cold Rel Bad", "Grooving' My Girl", "Ear ...

. This album featured the number 54 charting song ''Youths Dem Cold'' which was also featured on the ''

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'' soundtrack. The album features vocals from Joseph Hill of the

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group

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, Richie's brothers

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Track listing

''All track written by B. Bonner unless otherwise stated''

Reception

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gave the album 3 stars out of 5, and its review states that "Richie is undeniably a master of a certain variety of modern roots reggae", "listeners can probably all agree that praising a woman for her domestic skills is better than bragging about how many people he's shot", "Highlights include the brilliant sufferer's anthem "Youth Dem Cold," a very fine duo performance that features Joseph Hill (of Culture), and the sweet and simple "Take It Easy"." Whilst also saying "at times the Rastafarian version of social consciousness can sound an awful lot like retrograde conservatism to Babylonian ears" and "Less inspiring are the strangely desultory "Get Up," which opens the album, and the generic nyahbinghi repatriation anthem that ends it". However, the

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gave a more positive review saying "This year's In The Streets To Africa has remedied all that, maintaining an unerring level of quality control and flowing end to end despite being a hefty 15 tracks long", "Like the best Jamaican singers, Spice's success comes down to being equally at ease with both religious or pan-African themes and romantic relaxation" and "the consistency of this album makes for one glorious, uninterrupted listen."

Track listing

Reception

Charts

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