Track Listings (17) - Disc #1| All Artists: Beenie Man Title: Art & Life Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Virgin Records Us Original Release Date: 7/11/2000 Release Date: 7/11/2000 Album Type: Explicit Lyrics Genres: International Music, Pop Style: Reggae Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 724384909321 |
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Warning: Art and Life is Beenie Man's "fusion" album--an attempt to stretch the boundaries of reggae. Those who like their dancehall straight up may find themselves unimpressed. The Art Beenie has created sounds slightly a... more » |
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Amazon.com Warning: Art and Life is Beenie Man's "fusion" album--an attempt to stretch the boundaries of reggae. Those who like their dancehall straight up may find themselves unimpressed. The Art Beenie has created sounds slightly artificial. It's extremely disconcerting to hear "de girls dem sugar" spouting off about "fake-a$$ n**@s," as he does on the "Hate Me Now"-esque "Haters and Fools." Thematically, the album is all over the place with an emphasis on mainstream hip-hop and R&B. Apparently Beenie called in his favors for this one. Art features a whole heap of high-profile guest stars, who don't really add anything spectacular to the mix. Two better-deserving Jamaican vocalists could've easily replaced R&B princesses Mya and Kelis. Wyclef's "eclectic" persona is abrasive and Redman's contribution to "Love Me Now" actually manages to come off as offensive. On the plus side, Beenie and the Cherry Poppin' Daddies' Steve Perry score with "Ola," a groovy little reversal of Sugar Ray and Supercat's "Fly." --Rebecca Levine Similar CDsSimilarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsBeenie Man tries something different... again petekalik | Denver, Colorado USA | 01/07/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "Beenie Man has been an innovator his entire career so I don't understand the outcry about his new sound in some of his songs. The whole fun of Beenie Man is you never know what he'll come up with. He has a freaking country-western track for pete's sake! And it's good! In this world of manufactured pop garbage, thank god there are still guys like Beenie Man around who aren't afraid to push the boundaries and try something new.Moving on, I'd like to talk about a couple tracks that stood out to me. 1)Haters and Fools- This is a classic dancehall track, it's a pretty good way to start the album. 2)Ola- This song starts will a little piano riff and then all of the sudden the bass comes in. It's a great moment that you have to hear. These moments are why we listen to music. 3)Love Me Now (Remix) - I really like the remix, but I really don't like Redman's performance here. It sounds like he just put something together at the last moment. 4)Love Me Now (Original)- Wyclef and Beenie make a great team. How long until they put out an album together a la Tanto Metro & Devonte? How cool would that be? Everyone write your congressman, this must happen. 5)Some Tonight- I hate to say it but Tanto Metro's performance on this track is so good he outshines Beenie! No one ever outshines Beenie Man! (With the exception of Machel Montano in "UFOs", of course. Machel rules in that song.) 6)I've Got a Date- Beenie Man should sing more." He advocates the killing of gays Human Rights | Earth | 01/30/2007 (1 out of 5 stars) "
In his music, Beenie Man advocates killing gays. More than 30 gays have been killed in Jamaica where he comes from. His music has lots of influence there. In some cases mobs sang his anti-gay songs while they killed a man who might have been gay. When asked to apologize and change his ways he wrote a song about how he would not apologize. If someone advocated the killing of Blacks or Jews, they would not be tolerated. It seems strange that in the 21st century the world still tolerates someone who advocates the killing of gays. Please don't support him by purchasing his music. " |
