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Youth | 
 enlarge | Artist: Matisyahu
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $8.99
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Rating:  117 reviews
Sales Rank: 3594
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 82796976952
UPC: 827969769522
EAN: 0827969769522
ASIN: B000BYCOD6
Release Date: March 7, 2006
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| » | Fire Of Heaven / Altar Of Earth | | » | Youth | | » | Time Of Your Song | | » | Dispatch The Troops | | » | Indestructible | | » | What I'm Fighting For | | » | Jerusalem | | » | WP | | » | Shalom/Saalam | | » | Late Night in Zion | | » | Unique Is My Dove | | » | Ancient Lullaby | | » | King Without A Crown |
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Product Description
Youth Matisyahu Label: Sony Release Date: 3/7/2006 1 Fire of Heaven/Altar of Earth - 3:58 2 Youth - 4:18 3 Time of Your Song - 4:27 4 Dispatch the Troops - 4:05 5 Indestructible - 4:09 6 What I'm Fighting For - 2:11 7 Jerusalem - 4:00 8 WP - 3:58 9 Shalom/Saalam - 1:05 10 Late Night in Zion - 3:13 11 Unique Is My Dove - 3:24 12 Ancient Lullaby - 4:18 13 King Without a Crown - 3:42
Amazon.com
The thumbnail description of Matisyahu: File under Hasidic Beatbox Reggae. Despite having markings of novelty, it's really nothing of the sort. Fronted by a man named Matisyahu (born Matthew Miller), they are truly a band. Two independently released CDs brought them a rapid and well-deserved ascent, making their signing with a major label a logical step. Youth benefits from a more expansive sound and production by the fantastic Bill Laswell (Golden Palominos, Laurie Anderson, the Last Poets). Matisyahu's singing and the substance of his songs (spiritual living, self-awareness, the value of knowledge and learning, kindness to others) are presented with a loving sincerity, and buoyed by tremendous musicianship. In particular, drummer Jonah David and guitarist Aaron Dugan bring a wider set of influences and interests to their playing than the reggae tag the band often gets. Free of any proselytizing, this melding of Talmudic teachings and Jamaican rhythms flows so naturally that it underscores the shared roots of the two cultures. --David Greenberger More from Matisyahu 
Live At Stubbs | 
Matisyahu's Music You Should Hear | 
The So Called Seder: A Hip Hop Haggadah |
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 Good one June 23, 2010
T. Smith (TX)
i bought this becasue i like the live at stubs cd.. it is good music but ilike his live stuff better.. thisis an excellent cd for worship or dance or fun listening
 It's Aight March 14, 2010
D. Ashal (Aztlan, holmes)
This isn't a bad album, but it's not anything amazing either. First off, let me just get something out of the way; Matisyahu's 15 minutes were based entirely off the novelty of a beatboxing chasid. If a Black Rastafarian had made Live At Stubbs, nobody outside of the reggae scene would have given it the time of day. The production is good, the musicianship is good, the vocals are fast and clear but lack punch, and the lyrics are mostly sort of corny. A couple of songs are genuinely really engrossing; Late Night In Zion is actually moving, and Jerusalem has a really well-executed lyrical flow, even if I don't find a rich American kid's ruminations about historical antisemitism horribly compelling. Chabad would disagree with me, as they probably have never had as good a piece of recruitment material as this disc, but hey, whatever. I'd say that there's too much actually interesting reggae out there to bother with pop reggae, and it's perfectly valid for someone else to say they personally prefer this or can identify more with it. And I'm glad it doesn't have the ridiculous homophobia/misogyny that often pops up in Jamaican reggae and dub. But the slate of five star reviews here is kind of baffling.
Not Bad, Got some good tracks March 3, 2010
A. Brunelle (Myrtle Beach, SC)
This album has a bundle of good tracks, but not all of them are worth listening to in my opinion. It is probably second-best to Live at Stubb's. My favorite tracks are Youth, Time of Your Song, Indestructible, and Jerusalem. King Without a Crown is pretty much the same song as on his previous album, which is good as well. It's interesting, but it seems a bit overproduced to me. I just live raw, live music I guess. I don't like this studio-produced, overbearing music. It just lacks soul for the most part. It's all enhanced and overdone. I like music that comes straight from the heart, much like Live at Subb's did. You could feel the passion in his voice. The few songs on this CD I liked had some of that soul and passion. The rest of the songs were kind of dull and listless. He's got talent and he needs to do more live albums that show his real voice because this studio version falls short IMO. Still good in some parts, but I miss the rawness of his live performances. I miss the raw emotion. It's all canned, sort of.
good music February 1, 2010
Fallyn A. Stickles
i was introduced to him by a friend and i must say i fell in love!!!
Youth is Exuberant October 21, 2009
Michael Nielson (Willamette Valley, Oregon)
I must say that I was intrigued by the concept of a reggae band fronted by a Hasidic Jew, but what really drew me in is the quality of his beats, the fluid movement of the rhymes and the spiritual messages in the songs, I'm picky about music and I can't seem to find a song on this album I don't at least enjoy. My wife and I even chose to play "Unique is my Dove" as our first dance at the wedding. Keep an eye on this band, they'll be going places.
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