| Youth |  | Artist: Matisyahu
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  117 reviews
Sales Rank: 12,423
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
Release Date: March 7, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | 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
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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| Customer Reviews:
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 Hasidic Reggae S. California Jamrock March 14, 2006
James Eaves-Johnson (Iowa)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
The perfect customer to buy this CD is a Hasidic Jew who has enjoyed the sounds of Sublime, 311, No Doubt, and maybe a little Phish, Grateful Dead and Bob Marley. While characterized as reggae, Matisyahu's music isn't really packaged into a genre. If you are Jewish don't expect Carlebach, and if you are into reggae, don't expect anything Jamaican.
Overall, the CD is good, but the sound departs from Matis' earlier work. If you liked 'Refuge' on Live at Stubbs,' or 'Shake off the dust ... Arise,' you will really like this album. If you thought he was a bit too reggae before, but liked his music nonetheless, you will really like this album. This album is a bit more rock, but generally slower. You will still find some beat-box, some double-time rhymes, and some jump-up-in-the-air music, but it is not 'King Without a Crown' remixed into 12 new songs.
I've always like Matis' music and I still do. I always thought it was because I am Jewish, but once I pulled out my old 311, Sublime and Bob Marley albums, I realized why I like Matisyahu. He combines those sounds with a positive message. If you are not familiar with Judaism, some of the lyrics will be lost on you, but the same could be said of a lot of secular Jews. Admittedly, in order for me to get all the lyrics I had to get out my Hebrew Bible and Google a few things ... the bottom line is that even if you are secular, you probably won't object too much to Matisyahu's message. His most religious messages should be easier for the most secular listener to tolerate than the misogyny one can hear in similar sounding music.
The Jewish Bob Marley March 17, 2006
Patrick Link (Patton, PA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Recently saw the video for "King Without a Crown" on VH1 and I knew I had to buy this CD, I'm glad I did, this guy is an amazing talent...Best Tracks..1,3,5,7 and 13
Different @ first glance, but still the same old Matisyahu March 9, 2006
scotty p (Pittsburgh, PA)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Many people already familiar with this artist seem to think former pot-smoking/Phish-head turned devout hasidic jew Matisyahu Miller has changed his sound for more popularity and airplay, I can't agree with this statement at all. Comparison to Live @ Stubbs is moot - it's a live album, and for someone with a lot of hip hop influence in his music, live and studio albums are going to sound pretty different.
Matisyahu has not changed his sound, he's merely expanded it. On this album, you hear songs with some more rock (title track "Youth"), some redemption song-esque folk("what im fighting for"), some calypso and afro-cuban ("ancient lullaby"), and some songs more focused on hip hop ("WP", "Indestructable"), but all these songs and the rest of the album still stand firm in the genre of reggae, which is what has gotten Matis to where is he today.
After seeing him perform "Jerusalem" last night on Jimmy Kimmel, a song with pretty strong hip hop beats on the actual album, it's even more apparent live that Matisyahu has stayed true to his sound - songs that have strong hip hop influence/beats on the album or sound "overproduced" still sound like vintage Matisyahu live.
I have long been someone who reads reviews on amazon for music and movies, but never actually written one. I feel this album and Matisyahu truly deserve the recognition that seems to be exponentially coming their way, and I felt compelled to give this album my first review - I think this album/musician is that good, original, and worth getting. I would actually give this album 4.5 stars, but in Matisyahu's case, I think his refreshing music and sound deserve a 5 instead of a 4. His lyrics are as strong and powerful as ever, and his music (not to overlook his band members either) has expanded to new levels while still being recognizable to previous efforts. The whole album, in my opinion, has no weak points, but standout tracks include: "fire of heaven/altar of earth", "time of your song", "dispatch the troops", "late night in zion", "jerusalem", "ancient lullaby", and the previously recorded but changed "king without a crown" (which is over half the album, and I could list more good songs).
All in all, if you're already a Matisyahu fan, pick this album up - you won't be disappointed unless your expecting the same exact thing as Live at Stubb's. If you've just heard of him or are interested in hearing more, I highly recommend picking this album (or Live at Stubbs) up. After all, you could do a lot worse with the music being released these days, as like Matisyahu or not, its still music more enlightening and original than 90% of other music coming out.
GREAT STUFF... too bad MTV entered the fray March 18, 2006
GEEEEEEE (USA)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
The new lion from zion does not dissappoint.
I noticed that MTV started playing his videos. Too bad. It means you get teenyboppers looking for Ryan Seacrest's newest fave. The most imporant thing to know about this album and his albums in general are that this is not the "Jewish" Bob Marley, traditional reggae (is there such a thing), or Sean Paul feat. Beyonce. It's enjoyable and spiritual: the man creates great music, has great charisma and a great message. Back to my original point, it is a different reggae-- Bob Marley, Shaggy, Sean Paul and (say what?) Sublime (some posts mentioned these) are just a few popular manifestations of a diaspora of beats that have notably conquered the world--South Africa and Brazil are great examples of reggae hubs. So why not Crown Heights already? In the tradition of the greatest reggae master Jimmy Cliff, he gives props and plenty of freedom of expression to his band. And yeah.. he's Chassidic. BFD. He could be an Eskimo and his music would still feel good!
Gabriel Elias
AMAZING!!!!!! 10 STARS April 6, 2006
Yair Marx (Funville, USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
words cant describe how good this album is, just a solid reggae album. buy it.
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