The spiritually uplifting themes and largely up tempo arrangements that form most of Elliot's works speak greatly of the quality of roots music that emerged in the mid to late nineties. Paul Elliot's work, with the likes of Everton Blender and such ilk, brought promise to a struggling genre, as it braced against the odds of the industry to bring the music full circle, as a vessel for positivity and spiritual renewal. This of course lands him squarely, somewhere in that half of reggae that has not often been told. Nonetheless, what has always been clear about Elliot is that he is a man that takes his own sweet time with his music. Against the grain of recycled riddim tracks and general mass production

While curiosity might have killed the cat, the voice of he who was once called Paul Christopher Hudson is perpetuating life through music. The name Chrisinti is the combination of Chris as in Christopher and Hinti, a nickname that stuck to him as a youth due to his unmatched curiosity. But the days of roaming the Marverly and Drewsland streets are far over. Now the singer has much more pressing business to attend to.

For what could be considered a relatively young career, it seems like Chrisinti is in line with his goal of creating life through music. 1993 was the get go. That year he released his first track titled Aware of Drugs for Star Trail Records. That was just a drop in the bucket. 

There will be no more grocery packing for this supermarket bag packer. Oh no, Turbulence has a much more colourful story to tell

His catalogue includes a staggering 60 plus albums; which stretches well beyond the scope of many legends gone and many legends present. Retrospectively, his works have often been considered as a precursor to what we now often term as lovers rock. Holt is still after all a pioneer who introduced a totally different aesthetic to the Jamaican music business, and after all, still an unsung hero. Long before it was cool to blend genres, Holt played London with a full orchestra accompaniment and long before it was cool to be a lyricist, he was penning mind boggling reggae anthems.

His local anthems which made him sensational in Jamaica have been covered many times over by a host of singers; in effect attesting to his innate songwriting gift. When Blondie covered his ''The Tide Is High'' record, the resonance was global. The band hit charts worldwide with the cover (#1 in the UK and US, 1980) and sparked a greater interest in the singer/songwriter and not to mention reggae...

The artist was born in 1962 and his early entry into the music business has granted him ample time to deliver a rather impressive tally of albums all the while maintaining an active presence in studio and onstage. From his 1981 debut Presenting Triston Palma (Black Roots) his versatility held a current with global dancehall fans. He has frequently collaborated with other early dancehall contemporaries, but more so with the late Sugar Minott. Palma is often credited as a forerunner in this arena and has also represented himself well as a producer.

His stand out albums include Joker Smoker Greensleeves/Clocktower; Triston Palma Meets Early B The Doctor (Fantastique); and of course works like The Big Showdown in 1984 for the Black Solidarity label which teamed him up with Phillip frazer.

From the very onset, the stage was set for a musically inclined Ra Deal to emerge. Perhaps it was the greenery; growing up in Gordon Town offered the chanter a chance to commune with nature in humble, quiet surroundings. Unlike many of his musical counterparts, it is nature and not the garrisons that has always been his point of inspiration. It is this mere fact that not only puts him at a lyrical advantage, but clearly gives him a greater validity as one professing and living the Rastafari tradition. “The hills grew me on a natural meditation, which itself linked me to Hailie Selassie,” Deal acknowledges.

The sound of shakers and nyabinghi drums that permeated the air during his childhood helps to define that forever evolving Ra Deal Sound. On the magnificent hip hop flavoured 'Kushite Wissi,' Ra Deal leaps ahead of the pack, in a perfectly synchronized offering of kete' drums and break-beats.

Though his first single was Hard Times, it was the the B-side Baby I Love You which kicked him straight up to a modest #4 spot on the local charts. There began a stint of largely great recordings all through the 1970s. His #1 hit and most memorable track Satisfaction is full of history. History of the 'unknown' that is. The song has been many a times played on vintage radio, but few actually throw the stellar vox credit to Dawkins:

''Tell you truthfully/About this good world and me/Want peace of mind don't you see/Wanna get it/I know it's there somewhere for me/ Gonna get love/ I know that I will/ Satisfaction won't come until/Don't you fret/I'll get love yet/ I know it's there somewhere for me...''

Born in Trench Town, and after having released more than nine (9) albums, Norris Man feels like there's still a lot more to go.