Album: Hot Shot by Shaggy

Artist Background: Orville Richard Burrell (born October 22, 1968), better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American Grammy Award-winning reggae singer and rapper. He is perhaps best known for his 1995 single "Boombastic" and 2000 single "It Wasn't Me". He has been noted as having a baritone-range singing voice, and he is easily identifiable by his signature slurred rapping and vocal style. He is said to have taken his nickname from his shaggy hair. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, at the age of 18 his f... Part of the Kingston, Jamaica music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Reggae movement.

Related Artists: Sean Paul, Beenie Man, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Inner Circle

Music Scene: Part of the Kingston, Jamaica music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Reggae movement.


Though rooted in reggae, <i>Hot Shot</i> is pop in the broadest sense. Shaggy doesn't just mix in '70s funk, fresh hip-hop and light oldies—he reduces his source material down to melodies and hooks, then rebuilds the track around his joyous, nasal croak. Exhibit A: tender slow jam "Angel", which gives soft rock torch song "Angel of the Morning" a dancehall makeover. "Luv Me, Luv Me" pulls a similar boom-bap-fueled trick on Rose Royce's "Ooh Boy", while the lusty, horn-backed cheater’s anthem "It Wasn't Me" is a true hybrid.

Hot Shot

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