Matisyahu Light CD

Few artists make an impact as complete as the one Matisyahu made with his Top 40 smash "King Without a Crown", the song announced-a Hasidic Jewish musician from New York City singing reggae songs about his religious devotion. Fans responded to this one- of-a-kind voice, too, driving Youth, Matisyahu's Grammy- nominated 2006 studio disc, to the top spot on Billboard's reggae albums chart. Light is anything but safe. Produced by David Kahne (Paul McCartney, Sublime, the Strokes), the 14-track collection covers a dizzying amount of stylistic ground, from hard-edged Dancehall ("Smash Lies") and Ska-inflected New Wave and Ska-inflected New Wave ("We Will Walk") to laidback pop-rock ("So Hi So Lo") and acoustic folk-soul ("I Will Be the Light"). While reggae is far from absent here-see the old-school toasting in "Motivate"Light finds Matisyahu edging away from his comfort zone into more daring territory.

1. Smash Lies 2. We Will Walk 3. One Day 4. Escape 5. So Hi So Lo 6. I Will Be Light 7. For You 8. On Nature 9. Motivate 10. Struggla 11. Darkness Into Light 12. Thunder 13. Silence