Shaggy

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Born: Oct 22, 1968 in Kingston, Jamaica
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Genre: Reggae, Pop
Styles: Dancehall, Ragga, Reggae-Pop, Contemporary Reggae, Club/Dance, Urban
Biography: Emerging in the early '90s, Shaggy was the biggest crossover success in dancehall reggae. Not only did he become the genre's most commercially potent artist in the international market, he was also more than just a typical flash in the pan, managing to sustain a career over the course of several highly ...Read full biography
Boombastic
Released: 1995
Label: EMI
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Boombastic confirmed Shaggy's status as one of the most popular dancehall acts of the '90s, and for good reason -- the record is an infectiously entertaining collection of deep, funky grooves that celebrates ...Read full review
Midnight Lover
Released: 1997
Label: EMI
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Midnite Lover, the follow-up 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," but that hardly makes the ...Read full review
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