Various - The World is Troubled (2014)

01 - intro (tony rebel - one love)

02 - dennis brown - the world is troubled

03 - jeb loy nichols - to be rich is a crime

04 - skit (intro - the upsetter riddim)

05 - manu chao - politik kills (prince fatty remix)

06 - pad anthony - dangerous system

07 - skit (bill hicks - it's just a ride)

08 - lee scratch perry - justice to the people

09 - sharon jones - what if we all stopped paying taxes

10 - max romeo - chase the devil (out of earth)

11 - charles bradley & menahan street band - the world (is going up in fames)

12 - skit (gil scott-heron - who'll pay reparations on my soul)

13 - nina simone - revolution

14 - gil scott-heron - the revolution will not be televised

15 - danny williams - rat race

16 - bob marley & the wailers - top ranking

17 - ras michael & the suns of negus - mr wicked men (7inch)

18 - brother & sister w. b. grate - power is in the heart of man

19 - rhetta hughes - crisis (instrumental)

20 - tackhead - for the love of money

21 - skit (i'm mad as hell)

22 - chocolate snow - inflation

23 - icho candy - blood sucker (ujama 7inch)

24 - skit (chronixx - world under siege)

25 - jeb loy nichols - hard times (new clean & straight)

26 - stupid human - mass madness

27 - outro - earl sixteen - victims

BONUS TRACKS:

Barry Reid - The System

King Short Shirt - Press On

Death - Politicians In My Eyes (...For The Whole World To See)

Charlie Clemons - The Devil Has Made This Land His Playground (Tom Noble Edit)

Here is a little selection of tunes dealing unapologetically with the mounting pressures of everyday life around the world. ''The world is troubled & living ain’t easy'' for many of our fellow brothers and sisters out there. Politricks, War, Corruption, Lies, Killings, Warmongering, Banksters, Gangsters, Money, Greed. Tribal War Ina Babylon. 2014 had it all. Or as funk/dub/industrial hip-hoppers Tackhead put it on For The Love Of Money (track #20), their first album in twenty three years:

''Welcome to Liberty City... the busier you are the less you see. Two thieves and a liar... they want to privatise the air. For the love of money''.

I wish I could find the right words to do a nice write-up for this mixtape. But I think it might just be better to let the music speak for itself. If you listen carefully to a lot of songs, old and new - so many of them share a message which is now more true than ever. And more needed than ever! Play it loud and spread the message! Let us do something. Let's make 2015 a better year. I love the lyrics on King Short Shirt's Press On, which I added as a bonus track to this mix. Sweet Caribbean Disco Groover with true words of prophecy:

Sometimes, it seems

Ignorance conquers all

Knowledge and wisdom fall

Press on, Press on

Sometimes, It seems

Like peace gone on holiday

And violence come out to play

Press on, Press on

Happy New Year to all the readers & listeners of my blog. I wish you all the best for 2015! PRESS ON, PRESS ON...! DubMe