T.O.K. - Unknown Language
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Track List: Unknown Language
- Hey LadiesDownload & Buy
- Solid as a RockDownload & Buy
- Fire FireDownload & Buy
- She's HotterDownload & Buy
- Tell Me If You Still CareDownload & Buy
- FootprintsDownload & Buy
- Wah GwaanDownload & Buy
- SurvivorDownload & Buy
- Music's PumpingDownload & Buy
- WeakDownload & Buy
- No Way JoseDownload & Buy
- HighDownload & Buy
- Galang GalDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Unknown Language
- Release Date:
- 06/21/2005
- Label:
- Vp Records
- UPC:
- 054645171120
Pro Reviews: Unknown Language
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews T.O.K. enjoyed a lot of breakout success in 2001 with their My Crew, My Dawgs album, which was exceptionally popular in the U.S. for a dancehall album, perhaps because it was so poppy. This was prior to Sean Paul's truly massive breakout in 2003, remember, so T.O.K.'s success is all the more remarkable in retrospect. By the time the group returned in 2005 with Unknown Language, however, the dancehall craze ignited by Sean Paul's "Get Busy" and its Diwali riddim had subsided quite a bit, supplanted by the reggaeton craze led by Daddy Yankee and his breakout "Gasolina" single. Not that T.O.K. care either way, though (even if fans might have, given the long fouryear wait). Trend or no trend, wait or no wait, their second album picks up right where their first one left off, with another large serving of catchy dancehallpop well engineered for both dancing and singing along to. Highlights are aplenty here on Unknown Language, much as they had been on My Crew, My Dawgs. The albumopener, "Hey Ladies," gets the party started right from the getgo. And T.O.K. don't relent from there on, with numerous other standout songs sequenced early, most notably "Fire Fire" (a real barnburner with an appropriate title), "She's Hotter" (a Pitbull feature that seems to address the concurrent reggaeton craze), "Tell Me If You Still Care" (a fun, lively cover of an old S.O.S. Band favorite from 1983), and "Footprints" (a touching antiviolence plea with an sugarysweet beat). The album fans out a bit from there, though there are still some gems sequenced late, like "Gal You Ah Lead" in particular. With 16 songs in total, there's a lot of music on Unknown Language. Not all of it is firstrate, and it begins to sound a bit rote toward the end, but that tends to be the case with most any dancehall or reggaeton album. And when you do hold up Unknown Language against any of those other dancehall albums out there in 2005 or any reggaeton albums, for that matter it shines, especially the phenomenal first half. So even if four years for a sophomore album is a long time to wait (and yes, it is), Unknown Language was undoubtedly worth that wait. - Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide |
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From their generally tough stance, it's hard to believe that the reggae dancehall crew known as T.O.K. was originally inspired by crooners BoyzIIMen, but that's the way it was. Alistaire McCalla, Roshaun Clarke, and Craig Thompson were all in the sch...Full T.O.K. Biography
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