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Matisyahu
fuses the contemporary styles of reggae, rap,
beatboxing, and hip-hop in general, with the more
traditional vocal disciplines of jazz's scat singing
and Judaism's hazzan style of songful prayer.
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In
2004, Matisyahu, after having signed with JDub
Records, a nonprofit record label that promotes
Jewish musicians, released his first album, Shake
Off the Dust...Arise.
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In late 2006, he released No Place to Be,
a remix album featuring re-recordings and remixes
of songs from all three of his earlier albums,
as well as a cover of "Message in a Bottle"
by The Police.
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At the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival, the film
"Unsettled," in which Matisyahu appears,
won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary
Feature.
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On
June 3, 2014 Matisyahu released Akeda,
which is slightly different from his previous
work. Matisyahu himself described it as a "stripped
back sound" and in a style as he describes
as "less is more."
