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The most fully realized statement from the underground massive in quite some time.–VIBE

Inna City Pressure is a world music masterpiece.–CMJ

The most adventurous and cohesive reggae album of the late 90s…the most fully realized reggae concept album since Bunny Wailer’s Blackheart Man, and it reflects a level of originality and power that’s rare in any genre. – Boston Phoenix

Dr. Israel’s Inna City Pressure is as catchy a fusion of dub-ragga weirdness and power-chorded rock as you’ll ever hear…Original & inspiring. – Rolling Stone

one of the best CDs of 1998 - Rick Anderson, All Music Guide.

dr israel drops a major bomb with inna city pressure – Raygun

This brooklyn dub meister and his protégé, Lady K make throwback reggae feel utterly contemporary in this deep groove about perserverence - Spin Magazine

music you need to download now 12 – Spin Magazine

dr. Israel returns with a masterpiece, this is an understatement… – XLR8R

His compelling music, his beautiful voice, and his powerful presence are so fucking impressive that you know he’s gonna be huge. So sit back, chill out and inhale the wisdom, then go out and buy the damn disc! – Seconds

Suffused in gritty urban poetry, a sense of humor, a surprising respect for hard rock (Rancid and Clash covers, not to mention a whole song based on a loop of Black Sabbath’s “The Wizard”), and a deeply rooted sense of spirituality, records such as Dr. Israel’s late-’98 Inna City Pressure rise above the base elements of today’s stoned-slow reggae, melody-deficient hip hop, songless electronica, and crotch-grabbing Korn-metal. – Village Voice

Of special notice is a truly ragga remake of “Armagideon Time,”…It’s safe to say, with the improved production, that this may just be better than the original. – MTV.com

Did you ever wonder what it would be like to take the best portions of virtually every music genre, throw ‘em in a big cauldron and stir? Maybe it would be pleasing, and maybe a little chaotic. For Brooklyn-based artist, Dr. Israel, it’s that and a whole lot more…places him on the tounges of underground/alternative fanbases worldwide. – Black Beat

Deserves to be the sort of Next Big Thing the many, many publicists who get wet over the smooth integration of genres claim he’s going to be…The doctor really understands what dub, jungle, punk, metal and reggae have in common, and is demonstrably skilled enough to make them work together. In doing so, he drives home musical points that an army of hack critics haven’t yet been able to figure out…a rock and a hip-hop fan can groove to this.– NY Press

The album in both a history lesson and foretelling prophecy to the suburban rude-boys and girls looking for the futuristic, afro-mythic dub versions on The Clash. Buy this record.– URB

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