Culture Riddem Tribute To Joseph Hill (Various Artists)

produced by Christos DC & Kenyatta Hill 'Jr Culture'

for Honest Music
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Culture Riddem - Tribute To Joseph Hill

The first single by Christos DC from the upcoming album with the same title set to drop on October 15, 2021.

Crisis 2.0

Honest Music presents, Be of Knowledge featuring Nick Sefakis (Iya Terra) and music by The Skankin Monks. The second single from the upcoming album Crisis 2.0 by Christos DC.

Be Of Knowledge

Be Of Knowledge (feat. Nick Sefakis, The Skankin Monks)

Christos DC fifth album release. Gatefold case with Art Work by Henry L, Maria Papaefstathiou

Better To Be Free

What A Crime

Silence

Culture Riddem

World Revolution

Sweet Reggae Music

Om Shanty Om

Protect And Defend

Good And Great

Inna Dance

Thanks For Life (Gracias Por La Vida)

Opinion

More Vacancy - Mastered 24 - 44 - V2

To The Roots

Cool It Off

Look How Long

02 Lovely Lady

Righteuos Chant - Don Carlos featuring Christos DC
Coming Soon! Release Date: July 14 2015
Lyrics by Don Carlos & Christos DC
produced by Christos DC


"Righteous Chant" began with a four-track instrumental that Christos DC played for Don Carlos while touring with him back in 1997. Don was inspired by the riddim right away, and agreed to record it. He added lyrics with a powerful message that stays with you from the first listen. It was never officially released, and it had to be transferred to digital format years later. There are elements of guitars and keys from the world of analog tape; however, other parts are new, which creates a great sonic contrast. In the song, Don sings of ‘coming together in Love & Unity.' This is evident in the way the tune bridges music from the past and present in perfect harmony. 

lead vocals: Don Carlos, Christos
backing vocals: Christos DC
drums: Leslie ' BLACKSEED" James Jr
bass: English Man
guitar - Christos DC
keys - Darryl 'D-Trane' Burke, Randy Choice
percussion: Bongo Herman

recorded at Lion & Fox Studios & Honest Music Studios
record engineer Jim Fox & Darryl 'D-Trane' Burke
mixed by Laurent 'Tippy I' Alfred - I Grade Records
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Righteuos Chant - Don Carlos featuring Christos DC

from the album  In One Accord  by Puma Ptah(formerly known as Ras Puma of Thievery Corporation live band). www.honestmusicdc.com

Business Of Confusion

Holy spirit non holy spirit does it even exist
Fiction non-fiction reality with a twist
Info enter in but can’t articulate an exit
What is the use if you alone ah profit

Verse 1:
Claim I have knowledge, wisdom of old
Can I teach it to the young and not just the old
And if the answer is no do I really overstand it myself
Alright
Are we all in denial of where our heart is at
Will it balance in this day with the feather of Maat
Fact or theory that we’re speaking 
When India, say the Kundalini sleeping
Are the dark ones really cursed
Descendants of Ham
Have we brought a myth to life cause we refuse to overstand
Not every version is for you
Some were translated now to destroy you

Chorus:
I say here comes another one
Not in layman’s term but confusion
The evolution of slavery
Then say you go pray for me 
Don’t you dare
I say here comes another one
With an incentive to separate the human yes
Before there was a book, or a scripture
We were here
Talk to me

Verse 2:
Well when this empire fall, should a next one rise
And what common cause should we use to centralize
Will we all have dominion
Opulence, prospering in every season
We put truth, success, and beauty in a box
Get degrees go to church and use bleaching products
Anything to keep up now
Convenience, won’t let you speak up now
True equality will neva be, in this country
In denial but this was shown by Malcolm and Garvey
Most see you as inferior
So share your heart, with Palestine and Syria 

Chorus:
I say here comes another one
Not in layman’s term but confusion
The evolution of slavery
Then say you go pray for me 
Don’t you dare
I say here comes another one
With an incentive to separate the human yes
Before there was a book or a scripture
We were here
Talk to me
 
Verse 3: 
So here comes another one, to take another son
Who had potential to likely be free
Here comes another one, aiming another gun
My mother weeps cause it could’ve been me
Here comes another one, well from some chosen race
I have a limited time to save my soul
They say look nor here nor there, 
The kingdom is within 
Still I have will have the chance for full control 

Business of confusing yeah
There is no shame in their game
Business of confusing yeah
Business of confusing yeah
There is no shame in their game
Business of confusing yeah


Puma Ptah - Business Of Confusion

Puma Ptah - Business Of Confusion Dub. Mix by Mr. B out of Switzerland. mastered by the late great Delroy "Spiderman" Thompson at Anchor Studios in KIngston, Jamaica

recorded at Honest Music Studios
vocals: Puma Ptah
drums: Leslie "BlackSeed" James Jr
Bass: Dwayne Clunie
Guitar(s): Christos DC, Tanash
Keys: D-Trane Burke, Scott Schoem
Sax: Brian Falkowski
Trumpet: Joseph Brotherton
Percussion: Leslie "BlackSeed" James Jr
www.PumaPtah.com
www.honestmusicdc.com

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Business Of Confusion Dub (Mr B. Dub MIx)

Honest Music presents 
Police Man - Kenyatta Hill​ feat. Akae Beka​ (Vaughn Benjamin of Midnite) & Puma Ptah​ (of  Thievery Corporation​)
Official Release Date: May 27, 2016 (Digital Only)
distributed by Zojak WorldWide
drums, percussion: Black Seed
Bass: Stephen Stephen Bigyard Samuels​
Guitar, Backing vocals, Juice Harp: Christos DC​
Keys: D-Trane 

Lyrics - Joseph Hill , Vaughn Benjamin, Christopher Smith
produced by Christos DC,   D-Trane & Leslie "Black Seed James Jr
mixed & mastered by Laurent Tippy Alfred​- I Grade Records​
Artwork by Maria Papaefstathiou​
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Police Man - Kenyatta Hill​ feat. Akae Beka​ & Puma Ptah​ (Preview)

Kingston 16 Riddim Mix

1. Real Reggae Reggae - Scotty P
2.Mama Makusa -  Lone Ranger
3. Ms Rose Bwoy  - Perfect Giddimani
4. What A Feeling - Shadrach
5. Marijuana (We Ah Bun) - Ras Attitude
6 . Reggae Truck  - Tomawok
7. Look At You Now - Monsoon
8. Move Out Of My Way - Lenny Kurlou
9. It Must Be Love -  Carl Malcolm
10. Rock Star Now - Yusuf The Starlight Rocker
11. Fire Burn  - Desii Hyson
12. Boots and Tie - Christos DC

 In collaboration with notable Jamaican producers Bebo Phillips and the late Clive Jarret, Honest Music presents Kingston 16 Riddim LP. Originally recorded in the early '80s, this obscure treasure features Grammy winners    Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare on drums and bass and a never-before  released song "Mama Makusa" from Lone Ranger, one of the most lyrically inventive deejays of his era and a major influence on the early British dancehall scene.
     
      Fast forward to 2016, the lead single, “Real Reggae Reggae” features the golden voice of Scotty P, lead singer of Jah Works, one of top bands on the US east coast. Perfect Giddimani aka “Mr Perfect” lends his voice on the nostalgic ”Ms Rose Bwoy”. Ras Attitude, the soulful  Rastaman from St Croix, US Virgins Islands delivers the anthemic “Marijuana (We Ah Bun). Jamaican pioneer, Carl Malcolm aka “Mr Fatty Boom Boom” himself, joins a cast of veteran and upcoming artists: Christos DC, Tomawok, Lenny Kurlou, Shadrach, Desii Hyson (Moja Nya), Monsoon and Yusuf the Starlight Rocker. 

      “We here at Honest Music are proud and humbled to be apart of the revival of a tune from the classic era in dancehall reggae,” conveys singer, producer Christos DC.  “We must always remember the true origin: the roots,” Bebo Phillips explains. “They are the foundation of life and the wings of the future.”
    
      Kingston 16 Riddim album is scheduled to be released digitally on Friday July 22, 2016. Distributed exclusively by Zojak World Wide. 


kingston 16 Riddim

Kingston 16 Riddim

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KINGSTON 16 Riddim (Honest Music Mix)

Honest Music Label presents

Speak The Fire 
 Christos DC feat. Zafayah & The Skankin Monks
Release Date: April, 07 2017

This is the first single release from the upcoming album by Christos DC featuring Zafayah, one of the best up and coming reggae artists from Bulgaria alongside The Skankin Monks, powerhouse band/ production unit from Amsterdam.  
"Love is the frequency of which the Creator works through one another," Christos conveys. "It's the Fire..."

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Tessera

Speak The Fire

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Speak The Fire - Christos DC feat.  Zafayah & The Skankin Monks

Christos DC's highly anticipated fourth album release "Tessera" mines the deepest wells of reggae's talent pools, while highlighting a diverse range of styles. 
 
Christos leads this powerful anthemic collaboration entitled "Communion" with Harrison Stafford, the voice of Groundation, and Kenyatta Hill, son of the legendary Joseph Hill of Culture. "Communion of the mind, it's a union of the heart," Christos sings.  It is in this spirit that he continues to offer Honest Music.

COMMUNION Harrison Stafford, Kenyatta Hill
(C. Vrenios, A. Hill, H. Stafford)

Communion of the mind 
Is a union of the heart (straight love inna mi thought)
Communion of the mind (we deh tell dem long time)
Is a union of the heart

Kenyatta Hill:
Babylon keep calm, don't make the Rasta turned the heat on
Poor people cyan tek di system we a gwaan .. 
can't find no food so di youth a bust corn corn corn
Yo Missa man in a your jacket and tie
don't want to see the poor man them strive
You are a rip and you a rob and you a sell Samfy
oh what a pity, reggae music lock down the whole damn city. 
Babylon can't take it they must be Sicky sicky 
Di bass line hold dem like the sticky icky icky. Are you listening?

Communion of the mind (we a tell dem long time)
Is a union of the heart (straight love inna mi thought)

Harrison Stafford:
Me and the music we've reached a Heartical thought 
Protecting creation from all of the wickedness that Babylon brought
Great king Selassie made a speech on to the nation 
rejecting war and segregation, it will be world communion without exception
All Jah people throw out thy evil. All Jah people throw out thy evil, in this

Communion of the mind (we a tell dem long time)
Is a union of the heart (straight love inna mi thought)

Social need in media, fed by propaganda and social economical hysteria. And everything you run down pon, can get jump out of hand.. everything you run down pon, do you understand?


Vocals: Christos DC, Kenyatta Hill & Harrison Stafford,  
Drums & Percussion: Joslyn "Speckle" McKenzie
Bass: Pierre Stone 
Guitar: Christos DC & Eduardo G.
Keys: Darryl “Trane” Burke, Earl “Mitch” Michelin
Sax: Megan Nortrup
Trombone: Paul Hamilton III

recorded at Honest Music Studio by D. Burke & C. Vrenios
mixed & mastered by Laurent “Tippy I” Alfred at Aqua Sounds Studio, STX

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Communion

Communion - Christos DC feat. Harrison Stafford, Kenyatta Hill

From the album Tessera, Christos DC. visits his roots with a reggae rendition of the classic Greek song by Grigoris Bithikotsis.

Ρολόι κομπολόι (A. Bakritzi, G. Bithikotsis) 
Vocals: Christos DC 
Drums & Percussion: Kenneth Joseph 
Bass: Pierre Stone
Rhythm Guitar: Christos DC 
Acoustic Guitar: Gregory “Tanash” Tanyi
Keys & Drum Programming: Darryl “Trane” Burke
Flute & Sax: Brian Falkowski
Trombone: Brian Priebe
Trumpet: Joseph Brotherton

produced by Christos DC
recorded at Honest Music Studio by D. Burke
mixed & mastered by Laurent “Tippy I” Alfred at Aqua Sounds Studio, 
STX

 Ρολόι-κομπολόι (Watch rosary) (A. Bakritzi)
Lyrics (English Translation)

A clock I gave you
That I was looking at when you were running
That I was looking at when you were running
And I asked if you loved me

I'll give it the clock
And I will get a rosary
To measure the whims
And sighs

Now you are not in my arms
And my heart the jealousy eats
What to do such a clock
Every beat and laughter

I'll give it the clock
And I will get a rosary
To measure the whims
And sighs

Ρολόι κομπολόι

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Christos DC - Ρολόι Κομπολόι (Watch Rosary)

PRESSURE
(C. Vrenios, Jah Pelikaho, L. Dunbar, R. Shakespeare)

Vocals: Christos DC
Drums & Percussion: Leslie “BLACKSEED” James Jr 
Bass, Guitar: Christos DC
Keys: Darryl “Trane” Burke
Organ Bubble: Laurent “Tippy I” Alfred
Sax: Herb Scott
Trumpet: Joseph Brotherton
recorded at Honest Music Studio by D. Burke
mixed & mastered by Laurent “Tippy I” Alfred at Aqua Sounds Studio, STX

Pressure (C. Vrenios)


Pressure that they living under. Pressure that they living under . Oh what oppression , what a pressure that they living under (repeat) . 

Full-time pressure dem a living under
Turn good people into street hustler
When you look into the ghetto see them on the corner
 dem a lick see them run like water  
See what oppression, pressure that they live in what oppression pressure that they living under 
Uptown the rich see them living sweeter
Downtown they break their back just to make a dollar
but I know why life for some is so much harder
cause when you look into the ghetto area
you see such oppression ,say what a pressure that they're living under
I know what the pressure, what a pressure that they're living under
I say Babylon I charge you for murder
for slavery and mental torture 
Have to put on trial your new world order
revolution spread, tell you it a conquer 
Gonna lick your head like lightning and thunder 
Tell you that jah people can't take it any longer
Every day, more and more people just suffer
Just to get by they have to work much harder 
Oh what a pressure. What a oppression that they living under

Pressure

Christos DC - Pressure

Pressure Dub featuring reggae dub legend Mad Professor. The first single from the highly anticipated Dub album of the critically acclaimed Lp "Tessera" by Christos DC. Featuring Mad Professor, Sly & Robbie, Don Carlos, Tippy I, Dub files & more!

Tessera Dub

Pressure Dub

Pressure Dub - Christos DC feat. Mad Professor

The latest album release from Honest Music drops worldwide June 22, 201 on all digital platforms. Entitled "Communion Riddim", produced by Christos DC, features an unreleased Don Carlos tune "Oh Jah", recorded over 20 years ago back in 1997. The album also includes Harrison Stafford (Groundation) Puma Ptah (Thievery Corporation), Perfect Giddimani, Ras Attitude, Dada Yute, Kenyatta Hill (Culture), Zafayah, Jamaican songstress Racquel Jones (Thievery Corporation) and various talented artists from around the world.
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Communion Riddim Official Mix By DJLass Angel Vibes
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Track List
1.  Oh Jah - Don Carlos 
2.  Rastafari In Me - Ras Attitude 
3.  Communion -Christos DC feat. Harrison Stafford, Kenyatta Hill
4.  Zion's Shore - Lenny Kurlou
5.  Uncle Sam - Perfect Giddimani
6.  Quick To Rise - Puma Ptah
7.  Collection -  Dada Yute
8.  Humble - Scotty P
9.  Lesson Is a Blessing - Zafayah
10. Take It Easy - Racquel Jones
11.  Ghetto Mi Born - Monsoon
12. Shashamane Living - Shadrach
13. Personal Power - SynchroShakti

Communion Riddim

Communion Riddim Mix By DJLass Angel Vibes

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Communion Riddim Official Mix By DJLass Angel Vibes

Honest Music is an independent reggae record label based in Washington, DC. The company was founded by singer/ producer Christos DC in 1997 celebrating releases with Don Carlos, Sly & Robbie, Akae Beka, Kenyatta Hill, Perfect Giddimani, Christos DC & many more. Visit us at www.honestmusicdc.com

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