Late reggae crooner Dennis Brown was earlier this month featured in the New York Times as part of promotions to release a box set entitled Dennis Brown: The Crown Prince of Reggae: Singles 1972-1985. The story appeared in the music section of the New York Times on November 16.

The story which was written by Ben Ratliff describes Brown "as one of the greatest singers of the last half century". The article adds: "his voice improvisationally resourceful, graceful, resonant, optimistic: maybe Jamaica's Sam Cooke. His reggae records - made with the best Jamaican producers and rhythm sections, full of Rasta rhetoric while covering the American soul and pop he had his ear to maintained a high level through the '70s and '80s."

The article adds that there was a similar box set out which was released with a very similar title released by Trojan Records with many of Brown's popular songs. However, Ratliff noted that this latest box set went deeper in the late crooner's catalogue and featured songs produced by Phil Pratt, Joe Gibbs and Niney the Observer.

Songs appearing on the box set include What About the Half, So Long Rastafari Calling; a cover of Black Magic Woman; and Rocking Time. The box set also features a DVD which contains a charismatic show from the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1979, which Ratliff said "Brown beams through some of the hits not included elsewhere in the set, like Wolves and Leopards and Money in My Pocket.