Pure Pleasure 8/24/1993, Yahoo! Music, Stephen Peters
A drum machine, an almost juvenile obsession with sex and a thickly-accented rap style are the prominent elements of this major label debut, though cuts like "Oh Carolina"...
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Shaggy's debut album, Pure Pleasure, has been described as a dancehall album for those who generally don't care for dancehall and, to be sure, the CD managed to reach a lot...
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Boombastic 7/11/1995, Yahoo! Music, Stephen Peters
Crossover is the name of the game on this sophomore disc, with covers of Mungo Jerry's "In The Summertime" and Ken Boothe's "The Train Is Coming" sliding in next to the...
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Midnite Lover 8/26/1997, Yahoo! Music, Stephen Peters
The loping groove of "My Dream" and bare, sensual balladry of "Tender Love" are just two of the low-key surprises here, though many of the remaining cuts rely too much on...
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While most reggae features a draggy stoner beat that seems to encourage the smoking of marijuana and loitering at local convenience stores, this fella named Shaggy--whose...
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Midnite Lover, the followup to Shaggy's career-making Boombastic, doesn't have anything as memorable as that album's title track or his dancehall reworking of "Oh Carolina,"...
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Shaggy's fourth album is a classic hybrid of reggae, R&B, and pop. Following duets with Maxi Priest ("That Girl") and Janet Jackson ("Luv Me, Luv Me"), the Jamaica native...
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Like bootlegs and collections of outtakes, remix albums are not meant to convert non-believers; they make money by preaching to the choir. And in the case of Hot Shot...
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After finally achieving U.S. superstardom with his last album, Hotshot, pop-reggae phenom Shaggy appears to be working without a net on the follow-up. To wit: none of the...
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Both commercially and creatively, Hot Shot was a tough act to follow. That 2000 release boasted some of Shaggy's best work (including the naughty smash "It Wasn't Me"), and...
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Before achieving major success in 2001 with his album Hot Shot and its chart-topping singles "It Wasn't Me" and "Angel," Shaggy had managed to rack up an impressive number...
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