It might be because he’s not a media regular. To me Sizzla like a myth, a living legend or an enigma. Together with singers such as Luciano and Mikey General and deejays like Capleton and Buju Banton, who both had shifted from slackness to a more conscious style in the mid 90s, Sizzla was part of the rising Rastafarian movement in Jamaica. He swept Jamaica like a storm when he arrived on the scene in the mid 90s and firmly established himself with the highly acclaimed albums 'Black Woman & Child' for Bobby “Digital” Dixon and 'Praise Ye Jah' for Phillip “Fattis” Burrell, both released in 1997. And that’s from an artist that has yet to turn 40. His most recent album 'The Messiah' is said to be his 70 th. The reason is not the man’s passion or talent, but his extremely prolific output. The popular and insanely productive Jamaican deejay Sizzla has done his fair share of ridiculously wicked tunes, but also a truckload of bland output. The album is as usual spiritual and conscious and for United Reggae Sizzla describes his aims with the album, the importance of doing good and also reveals three of his favorite albums. Jamaican fierce and controversial chanter Sizzla has recently put out his 70 th album 'The Messiah', a mostly self-produced and self-written set released partly via his own imprint Kalonji Music.
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