Am I Black Enough for You?: Jamaican Songs of Freedom (2004)

About this title: Black pride and cultural awareness were exploding across the globe in the '70s, from soul and funk rave-ups in the U.S. to Afrobeat and highlife workouts in Africa and finally to reggae meditations in Jamaica, ground zero for the Trojan collection Am I Black Enough for You? Jamaican Songs of Freedom 1970-1979. A slightly different stripped-down mix of Ken Boothe's classic (and hauntingly paranoid) reading of Syl Johnson's "Is It Because I'm Black" leads off the set. Covers of U.S. soul tunes have always been popular with Jamaican crowds and artists, yet the resonance between the two black ... read more

Tracks:

1. Is It Because I'm Black [Ja. Mix] [Johnson/Watts/Jones]
2. Black a Kill Black [Isaacs/Lawrence]
3. Am I Black Enough for You [Gamble/Huff/Hall]
4. Message from a Blackman [Whitfield/Strong]
5. Black On Black (Be a Man) [Morgan/Llewellyn/Si]
6. Equal Rights [Sibbles/Dodd/Llewel]
7. Africa Is for Black Man [Thompson]
8. Black and Proud [Clarke]
9. Arise Blackman [MacIntosh]
10. Blackman Time [Reid]
11. Black Man's Word [Ellis]
12. Macabee Version [Version] [Romeo]
13. Botheration [Hinds]
14. Fire Burning [Anderson]
15. In Dis Ya Time [Davis/Sinclair]
16. Don't Call Me Nigger [Eccles]
17. Black Man's Time [Perry]
18. Black Oppressor [Simpson]
19. History [Jackson]
20. Proud to Be Black (aka Be a Man) [Sinclair/Sibbles/Ll]
21. Born to Be Black (Reprise) [Sinclair]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.