Baha Men is the name of a pop group that plays an updated style of Bahamanian folk music called junkanoo. The group's debut, Junkanoo, was released in 1979 (see 1979 in music), and was very traditional in its sound. They soon began aiming their music at a more mainstream audience, however, and finally succeeded with 2000's (see 2000 in music) remake of Who Let the Dogs Out? originally composed by Anslem Douglas; the titular track won a Grammy Award. Their latest album is Beach Baby (2002; see 2002 in music).
Discography
"Junkanoo" (1979) "Kalik" (1994) "I Like What I Like" (1997) "Doong Spank" (1998) "Who Let the Dogs Out" (2000) "2 Zero 0-0" (2001) "We Let the Dogs Out" (2001) "Who Let the Dogs Out" (2002) "Move It Like This" (2002) "Underwater Moonlight" (2002) "Beach Baby" (2002)
Anslem Douglas was sued in 2001 and lost a lawsuit with regards to full authorship for the song Who Let the Dogs Out? The chorus was originally composed by Patrick Stephenson and Leroy Williams in 1995 of Just Platinum Recording Studios/Action House Studios in Toronto, Canada for a radio jingle. It was proven at this time Anslem was a client of the studio and used the chorus to compose the song. The lawsuit was settled with an undisclosed financial amount.
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