When he sings about an unhappy marriage in "Put a Little Love," for example, he doesn't settle for the usual cliches but pictures the wife standing on her front lawn in the middle of the night, reluctant to go back to a cold bed but just as reluctant to turn her back on her children and church. But no reggae songwriter since Bob Marley has penned lyrics with the evocative detail of Dube's newest songs. Dube has always had a gritty baritone reminiscent of Peter Tosh with a larger range, and he has always had a sure grasp of classic Jamaican rhythms. Riddim House Johannesburg's Lucky Dube has been Africa's biggest reggae act for 16 years, but with his new album, "Soul Taker," he emerges as the strongest reggae artist on any continent.
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