Chicago Massive
2006, JumpUp! Records
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Disc 01
01 Fidelity Dub
02 Urban's Fight
03 Yureru
04 Satet Rock
05 Anqet
06 10(2)k(6)
07 Najib Najib
08 Chicago Crazy Roll
09 Dark Premonition
10 Ghetto Drastic
11 The Vacillator
12 The Alarm
13 Ataraxia
14 Rollin' On
15 Al Q'runka

Disc 02
01 Nice (w Jahn the Baptist)
02 Fidelity (w Mario Valentine)
03 Slip Away (w Fada Dougou and Low Key)
04 Satet Version (w Dr Ring Ding)
05 Good Timin' (w Cory Dixon)
06 Ransom the Senator (w MC Zulu)
07 Dancefloor (w Mario Valentine)
08 Nyabinghi Blues (w Dayna Lynn)
09 Tell Me Goodbye (w Todd Hembrook)
10 Musical Shark Attack (w King Django)
11 Adjust Jah Works (w Jah Scoob)
12 Me a Rasta (w Ghanaboy & Family)

With their second release, Chicago Massive, The Drastics undertook their biggest endeavor to date. Chicago Massive is a 2 disc album boasting 27 tracks and 24 friends sharing the mic in a variety of styles. Guest musicians on the first disc include Chicago reeds player Charles Gorczynski (Silences Sumire, Leaves), Mike "Spyder" Hobson (Deals Gone Bad), and trumpeter Rich Graiko (Westbound Train). Guest vocalists include Drastic mainstays Fada Dougou and MC Zulu as well as friends King Django, Dr. Ring Ding, Dayna Lynn, Todd Hembrook (Deals Gone Bad), and Corey Dixon (formerly of The Zvooks). Selected cuts off this record were also treated to remix album appropriately titled "The Drastics Remixes" by electro-acoustic duo Silences Sumire (Rope-a-dope).

What People Say ...

" ... niceness from a Midwestern band who play dub-rich music ... I'd endorse this double album most heartily. 4/5 Stars.
Tom Orr, Reggae-Reviews.Com

"Following their widely praised 2005 debut, "dub masters" The Drastics don't mess with success on Chicago Massive."
Illinois Entertainer

"So creative are the riddims, so intriguing the dubs ... The Drastics deserve much credit for moving deep into unchartered territories ..."
allMusic Guide