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| | Back to Basics | | | Music Artist : | | Beenie Man | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Virgin Records Us | | Release Date : | | 2004-07-13 | | Store Price : | | $18.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $18.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Dude - Beenie Man, Ms. Thing
2. King of the Dancehall
3. Love All Girls
4. Dr. Know - Beenie Man,
5. Grindacologist - Beenie Man,
6. Get On Bad
7. Good Woe
8. Doctor Mi Rate Yu - Beenie Man, Ms. Thing
9. Set Away
10. Eloh
11. All Girls Party
12. Pu**y Language
13. D-O or G-O - Beenie Man, Ghost
14. If a Neva God - Beenie Man, Kirk Davis
15. Back Against the Wall
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 He advocates the killing of gays
Submitted on: 2007-01-30 |
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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 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. |
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 Beenie's gal and bwoy fans should already have this album.
Submitted on: 2006-10-12 |
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I love me some reggae! Beenie is a reggae genius to all those who can't say anything nice about synthetic reggae or the man shouldn't say nothing at all. This is one of his best albums that I really enjoy. When it comes time for me to move away from radio music or anything mainstream I go international or should I say overseas.
Even though he goes deep with "Back Against the Wall," he still nails the naughty numbers like he was born to strut. "Doctor Mi Rate Yu" and "Grindacologist" is one of my favorites due to its catchy and irresistible chorus. The Timbaland-produced "All Girls Party" has some frisky beat and gives Beenie plenty of lyrical inspiration that fits rather nicely. "Dr. Know" with Jimmy Cheezetrix has an old and new vibe reggae that's on point as well as "If A never God", which is also a good song. R. Kelly is the only other singer who can actually pull off "Take off your Underwear," and get away with it but I couldn't help but to like this song.
Beenie also does a excellent job with "King of the Dancehall" an anthem that he puts out convincingly, and when he mimics Yellowman's faux Chinese on "Love All Girls," it's an admirable nod to an obvious influence. It's good to see Beenie moving away from just odes to booty with these little lyrical touches. I will also add "Get on Bad," and "Set Away," as standout tracks from this album.
`Back to Basics' is a keeper because you can't go wrong with the King of Dancehall.Even if you don't understand him lyrically the rhythm of this album will make up for it. Highly recommend to all reggae lovers and to those who are interested in this flavor.
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gay people die from hatred in Jamaica
Submitted on: 2005-10-22 |
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BBC: Growing up gay in Jamaica
The homophobic lyrics of Jamaican reggae stars have hit the headlines, but what is the reality of being gay in a society where it is illegal to practise your sexuality?
Elephant Man's lyrics call for gays to be killed
Michael is verbally abused, threatened and spat at every time he leaves his home in Kingston, Jamaica, but the 20-year-old student considers himself lucky.
He has friends who have been beaten and stabbed because they are gay but, as yet, he has not been attacked. He knows it could happen anytime.
"My friends have been chopped up and all of that, you'd think they were a piece of meat in the slaughter house. It is terrible," he says.
Every time he goes out he is called a "battyman" - an abusive term for a gay man - and says the general attitude in Kingston is if you are homosexual you may as well be dead.
[A] major influence in people's lives is dancehall music. Its stars, including international artists such as Beenie Man and Buju Banton, are regarded as "teachers" by the young, says Michael. The music is steeped in homophobia, with lyrics from Buju Banton's Boom Boom Bye Bye, threatening gay men with a "gunshot in ah head" and Beenie Man's stating "I'm a dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the gays". |
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 "FIRE" .................... Another Classic.
Submitted on: 2005-06-05 |
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| Man Oh Man. Just when prople think that Beenie Man is Done he comes out with another hot album. He really went Back to the Basic Beenie. He really shows his domination of dancehall through out the years with all of the major production on the album. He has "Dude" on the Festa Riddim by Mad House, "Good Woe on the Coolie Dance Riddim, "Love All Girls" on the Ching Chong Riddim by Black Shadow, "Doctor Mi Rate Yu" on the Mad Guitar Riddim by Don Corleon and "Dr Know" on the Pretty Pretty Riddim. My favorite songs have to be "All Girls Party", "Set Away" and "Get On Bad". This is a classic CD |
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Great Album from Beenie Man
Submitted on: 2005-03-15 |
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This is my favorite release from Beenie since his The Doctor release. This is the kind of CD you can put in your player and just let it play and play. After buying my copy, I had it playing in my CD player for a straight week. The beats on this album are awesome. The lyrics make you want to sing right along or just get up and dance. Dude is one of my favorite cuts on the album, but I actually like the remix version that I have as a single with Shawna and Ms. Thing. Her verse adds a little something to the cut and it's a shame it was not included on the album. I'm a huge dancehall fan, and Beenie has enough dancehall cuts on the album to keep you satisfied. This is a must have album to have in your collection.
I will admit there are times I don't totally understand what Beenie is saying, but I'm so caught up in the rhythm I really don't care. I enjoy some of the songs to dance and work out to. Beenie seems to always have one song praising God on his albums, and this album is no different. "If A never God", is a nice song. It has a nice beat to get your praise on with.
Cuts I enjoyed the most:
1. Dude
2. King of Dancehall
3. Love all Girls
5. Grindacologist
6. Get On Bad
7. Good Woe
8. Doctor Mi Rate Yu
9. Set Away
10. Eloh
11. All Grind Party
12. P***y Language
This album is worth having in your CD collection for sure. |
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