Ossie Dellimore

The Roots Reggae Library brings to you Reggae music in unique collections. This edition features the discography of Ossie Dellimore, a musician from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 

Ossie Dellimore is a Reggae musician from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a group of islands in the Caribbean. He has released two albums and is currently working on a third. Dellimore resides in the United States Of America. He has lived in New York and is currently living in Los Angeles. In his own words, he aims to be "feeding the people this spiritual food of music". Dellimore has a deep vocal voice which is unlike any other. His backing band is called Soldiers of Justice.

Ossie Dellimore - Freedom's Journal

01. The System

02. Fire Man

03. Time Has Come

04. To The Limit

05. Rockers Reggae

06. Got To Be Free

07. Downpressor Man

08. A Better Way

09. Justice

10. Sharp As A Razor

The Freedom's Journal is available with two different album covers. The one not seen here shows the text "righteousness exalteth a nation". 'The System' is "messing up the whole wide world". Ossie asks if it is "the mark of the beast to love war over peace". A nice opening of the album but Dellimore hits even much stronger with 'Fire Man'. "What goes around surely comes around", "two wrongs don't make a right, why must we kill and fight" is the wisdom he shares with us. "Fire man give me some fire, have to burn them down, never with the water would they put it out". Get yourself ready for the best song that Ossie Dellimore ever wrote, if you'd ask me. 'Time Has Come'. This song has everything a Reggae song needs. "Solomon is the wisest man, Solomon generation come. "Time has come, truth have to start raining down children". The piano and electric guitar fill this all up with great music. There is a dub version of this song called 'Soloman Dub'. "I'm gonna take it 'To The Limit' and the whole world have to feel". Once they do, they will overstand that "I must answer to the critic so I will speak on your behalf, and when they think about the logic all the truth will come to pass, but if they want to get the message they have to read between the lines, all the wisdom and this knowledge it was right here all the time". Like Bob Marley once said 'Roots, Rock Reggae', Dellimore sings 'Rockers Reggae'. The two have a similar electrical Reggae vibe. Let it blow your radio or stereo. 'Got To Be Free' is more relaxed and laid back, although it's message is not. "Open your jails and let me out". We probably all remember how Peter Tosh went from 'Sinner Man' in The Wailers to 'Downpressor Man' on Equal Rights. Ossie Dellimore sings 'Downpressor Man' with lyrics such as "you just mash up me frying pan, downpressor man, trying to drive me out of my land". He asks for equal rights and justice like Tosh often did. 'Downpressor Man' is a great song. 'A Better Way' is a song with deep lyrics. Dellimore suggests to look around yourself and make things better for yourself. It's got to be possible to do it. "Freedom is the sole survivor for the people of the world all over" in 'Justice'. But there are people who would rather not see things change so they try to keep us down. Junior Demus features on 'Sharp As A Razor' who definitely has a different style to bring to the album. I am personally a bigger fan of keeping it at Roots Reggae but this is alright for a change.


Ossie Dellimore - Reggae Music

01. The Secret To Success

02. Reggae Music (ft. Ruff Scott)

03. How Come

04. Hold On Tight

05. Restless Soul

06. Caribbean And American

07. Old Time Something

08. Keep The Faith (ft. Mikey Jarrett)

09. Global Warming

10. Scandal Monger

11. Overstanding

There are ten years in-between his first and second album, Reggae Music. Dellimore wants to teach us 'The Secret To Success'. "You give your more, get you less", he sings about the crisis, and about "a boy with a men's shoes on his feet". It is easy to recognise that Ossie has continued in the same style as the previous album, regardless of the years that it took. In his own words, it took this time because he also has to raise his two sons and obviously that deserves the highest priority. There is a video clip to this song where we see how he gets some of the lines of his song. from the Autobiography Of Martin Luther King. Ruff Scott introduces 'Reggae Music', the title track of the album. I would say the same thing as for 'Sharp As A Razor' on Freedom's Journal, which is that for me there is no need for the change in style. It might be good to have a change of vibe, on the other hand we hope for sweet Roots music. But 'Reggae Music' teaches us that the spectrum of Reggae is wider than only Roots. There is another video clip for 'How Come' where Dellimore asks how it is possible that there are so many hungry people, while at the same time there is so much food around. And "how come people work so hard yet don't get their just reward" and "how come politician don't care now that the vote is won, since the election gone, me say they stopped come around". It is not difficult to start liking songs like 'How Come' if it has such good lyrics. "Forward the joruney" and 'Hold On Tight'. Jah is by our side so everything will be good. "Jah is the source of preponderance and plenty", he is like a shepherd leading the way. The Father tells Ossie what to do to lead his live in a righteous way. 'Restless Soul' is a very quiet song, relaxing the album. A careless heart is torn apart and he sings with emotion. The typical Ossie sound is back in 'Caribbean And American' where he sings about the wrongs of colonial invasion and the maroon land. The colonialists had no appreciation of culture but in this age and time of today we should educate ourselves and read the history books. Ossie doesn't stop here but continues in 'Old Time Something', another great track. "Yeshemabeth was crying" but on a joyous morning "she saw the king arise". 'Old Time Something' is one of the best tracks from this artists if you ask me, together with 'Time Has Come' on Freedom's Journal. I am personally not the biggest fan of 'Keep The Faith' with Mikey Jarrett, but I know others may disagree with me here. But even here the lyrics of Dellimore are rather good. In a similar rhythm to 'Old Time Something' there is 'Global Warming' which obviously discusses the topic of the earth atmosphere heating up. "Natural resources that Jah Jah has provided, we must make use of this to reduce our risk". "It is the greenhouse effect we will live to regret". Then the 'Scandal Monger' is "spreading the name all over". And "how could you profess to be a brother, just to take your news around the corner, don't you know it's not the thing to do, while you're judging someone, someone else is judging you". Relaxed like 'Restless Soul' but yet again quite different as well Ossie asks "oh maker please let me know" as to 'Overstand'. Ending the album with a pling of the electrical guitar, we hope Dellimore will live up to producing a third album, which I'm sure we would all love!

Studio Albums

««««« (2000) Freedom's Journal

««««« (2010) Reggae Music

Original Date Of Publishing: March 2017