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| | Amazon.ca: Music: The Best of Pato Banton [Import] [Best of] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Birmingham, England native Pato Banton (born Patrick Murray) was mentored by the English Beat's Ranking Roger, and actually made his debut guesting on Special Beat Service. |
 | | But it's as a solo artist he's made his particular mark, with a chirpy mix of consciousness and humor that's both disarming and attractive, combining patois (or "patwa" as he calls it) and English. |
 | | "Pato And Roger Come Again" brings his mentor back to record, with Banton giving appropriate props, but after that he turned to a smoother pop-reggae sound, and a more conscious, spiritual outlook, typified on "One World (Not Three)" and "Stay Positive," which comes across as almost a self-help manual with an off beat accent. |
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