Beenie Man, The Doctor (1999)
On this project, Beenie bangs us in the head with dance hall banger after dance hall banger. Unfortunately, the album gets off on the wrong foot with of all things, a gospel tune. Although praising the higher being you believe is never wrong, it is odd and out of place on a dancehall album. But after the first track, this thing is done well.
Just what you'd expect from Beenie Man, joints like Let Him Go, Bad Man Nuh Flee featuring Mr. Vegas and Bookshelf gives your body automatic gyrations and is exactly what dance hall is all about.
In Better Learn, a song about social differences (not political correctness either) or burning fire (Jamaican slang for calling out another's foul) Beenie chants "Imagine, you dress up in your latest wear/ put on your Versace, 'cause a tight pants dem wear/you come out, you hear a Rasta man a say burn down the queer/ you feel like you want disapear." Pure fire dat!
On the downside, the anticlimactic Tell Me Remix with Angie Martinez elicits yawns especially from Angie's corny raps. One More Time featuring Little Kirk and World Gone Mad aren't too hot either.
All in all, this is a solid project from the self professed king of the dance hall. Tight production and fantastic dancing rhythms make up for some sub par material.
Rating: 7 Gold Teefs.
Buy or Copy: If you host dance parties, buy it, why not?
Just what you'd expect from Beenie Man, joints like Let Him Go, Bad Man Nuh Flee featuring Mr. Vegas and Bookshelf gives your body automatic gyrations and is exactly what dance hall is all about.
In Better Learn, a song about social differences (not political correctness either) or burning fire (Jamaican slang for calling out another's foul) Beenie chants "Imagine, you dress up in your latest wear/ put on your Versace, 'cause a tight pants dem wear/you come out, you hear a Rasta man a say burn down the queer/ you feel like you want disapear." Pure fire dat!
On the downside, the anticlimactic Tell Me Remix with Angie Martinez elicits yawns especially from Angie's corny raps. One More Time featuring Little Kirk and World Gone Mad aren't too hot either.
All in all, this is a solid project from the self professed king of the dance hall. Tight production and fantastic dancing rhythms make up for some sub par material.
Rating: 7 Gold Teefs.
Buy or Copy: If you host dance parties, buy it, why not?
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