Ras Shiloh
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Ras Shiloh, born Thomas Williams on June 3, 1974 in Brooklyn
, United States, is a reggae
artist who made From Rasta to you in 2002 and Only King Selassie I in 2007 concerning Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
the God reincarnate or the king by holy appointment of the Rastafari movement
. His tenor
vocals have been compared to the late Garnett Silk.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, United States, is a reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
artist who made From Rasta to you in 2002 and Only King Selassie I in 2007 concerning Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Haile Selassie I , born Tafari Makonnen, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974...
the God reincarnate or the king by holy appointment of the Rastafari movement
Rastafari movement
The Rastafari movement or Rasta is a new religious movement that arose in the 1930s in Jamaica, which at the time was a country with a predominantly Christian culture where 98% of the people were the black descendants of slaves. Its adherents worship Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia , as God...
. His tenor
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
vocals have been compared to the late Garnett Silk.
Discography
- Chants (1997), Melchezidek - Ras Shiloh & Idrens
- Babylon You Doom (1998), Shiloh B
- Listen Well (1999), Who Dun It
- From Rasta To You (2002), VPVP RecordsVP Records is an independent reggae record label, located in Queens, New York. It is best known for producing Caribbean singers.-The foundation:...
- Coming Home (2007), VP
- Only King Selassie (2007), GreensleevesGreensleeves RecordsGreensleeves Records & Publishing is a record label specialising in dancehall and reggae music. The company was founded by Chris Cracknell and Chris Sedgwick and started as a small record store in West Ealing, London, in November 1975 and is based in Britain....