Light by Matisyahu

Light, Matisyahu's third studio album, came out on August 25, 2009, through Epic and JDub, three years after Youth and his second trip through the major-label system. The singer, rapper and beatboxer born Matthew Paul Miller had made his name folding spiritual themes into reggae, rock and hip-hop, and with David Kahne producing, Light pushes that blend toward the big and glossy.

The grooves bounce between dancehall pulse, rock crunch and pop sheen, and Matisyahu toasts and sings over all of it with a preacher's conviction. "One Day" is the song countdown listeners have held on to for years. The reggae world embraced the rest: Light sat on top of Billboard's Reggae Albums chart for 34 weeks.

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