| Gangsta for Life | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 34762
Category: Music
Artist: Mavado
Publisher: Vp Records
Studio: Vp Records
Manufacturer: Vp Records
Label: Vp Records
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 1781
UPC: 054645178129
EAN: 0054645178129
ASIN: B000QCQUJ2
Release Date: July 10, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Parental Advisory | | • | Angriest Introduction | | • | Real McKoy With A Full Clip - Busy Signal, Mavado | | • | Weh Dem A Do | | • | Father's Prayer | | • | They Fear Me | | • | Defitition Of A Gangster | | • | Dreaming | | • | Don't Cry | | • | Cassava Piece Radio | | • | Dying - Mavado, Serani | | • | David's Interlude | | • | Top Shotta Nah Miss | | • | Joey D. Ratt | | • | Last Night | | • | Snitch's Eulogy | | • | Amazing Grace | | • | Touch The Road | | • | Me And My Dogs | | • | APB | | • | Gully Side | | • | Squeeze Breast | | • | Heart Beat | | • | Sadness | | • | Born & Raised |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Best album in the Past 10 Years April 18, 2009
No need to argue this is the Best Album to be release in the past 10years. Real Hardcore with some nice positive songs. I think the Heartbeat song, Dying, and Born and Raised took the Album. Those are my favs. The skits are good and the music is excellent.
 To Each His Own.. February 9, 2009
Some friends of mine highly recommended this CD, and it's pretty good, but wayy too many slow depressing songs for my taste. Mavado has a GREAT voice though! Try it..
Movado old CD'S August 22, 2008
I am trying to find some of Movado's old CD'S but I have not been able to find them online. Any suggestions anyone?
JT
 Dancehall at its darkest and hardest May 31, 2008
I first heard Mavado on Reggae Gold 2007, where he has two contributions (Hey, I live out in the bush in Colorado so I'm not up on breakout dancehall artists). "Top Shotta Nah Miss" is a hard-hitting anthem with a killer beat and could be Mavado's best song. "Last Night" was his other offering, which is also one of his best tunes. So I bought Gangster For Life and haven't listened to anything else for the last 5 days.
Dancehall doesn't get much darker, harder, or better than Mavado. His delivery is top notch and I enjoy his flowing verses more than the choruses. He is genuine and real when he sings about going for days and days without food in "Born and Raised." "They Fear Me" might take the prize as the best song on the album, where he calls to Selasie while "sipping Hennessy, smokin' all mi get/girls dem in mi bed." It's strange these days to hear some dancehall artists working Rastafarianism into violent lyrics. I often see this as hypocritical, but instead, for Mavado it comes of as an internal struggle, where the realities of ghetto life cross with a willingness to walk the straight and narrow. "Don't Cry" is also a noteworthy song. Those 5 tunes I mentioned are perfect, and many others are great. Mavado has done songs with Jay-Z and Usher and is making a name for himself the music business. Any dancehall or rap fan will like this album.
I give this album 4.5 stars. I would consider giving it 5 if it weren't for the JUNK between every track on this CD. Why do artists ruin great albums but putting in dumb skits and egotistical rants? Mavado, I want to hear you sing, not talk about killing snitches. I had to rip this album and re-burn it without the junk tracks. Next time, leave this off, my man. Otherwise, I'm looking forward to his next release.
Best CD March 27, 2008
This album is boss. When you thought you had heard it all from Mavado, he twists some of the beats and lyrics on this album. Much better than the radio play versions.
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