Shaggy

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Shaggy is the name of, at least, two artists.
1, Shaggy (born October 22, 1968, in Kingston, Jamaica as Orville Richard Burrell), is a Jamaican reggae artist who takes his nickname from Scooby-Doo’s companion (possibly from the similarity of their first names). He is especially notable for his distinctive sub-baritone voice.

His family immigrated to the United States and they settled in the neighborhood of Flatbush, Brooklyn, located in New York City, New York, USA.

In 1988, he joined the United States Marine Corps and served during Operation Desert Storm during the Arabian Gulf War.

On his return from Iraq, he decided to pursue his music career and his first hit in 1993: “Oh Carolina”, was a dancehall re-make of a ska hit by the Folkes Brothers. The same year, Shaggy appeared on Kenny Dope’s hip hop album “The Unreleased Project”. He worked together with producers such as Sting Intl., Don One (who cut his first track), Lloyd ‘Spiderman’ Campbell and Robert Livingston. He had further big hits, including “Boombastic” in 1995.

He then had a major comeback in 2001, featuring worldwide number-one hit singles “It Wasn’t Me” and “Angel,” the latter of which was built around Merrilee Rush’s 1968 hit “Angel of the Morning” (which was remade in 1981 by Juice Newton). The album Hot Shot, from which those cuts came, would hit number one on the Billboard 200.

However, his 2002 release Lucky Day, and the 2005 album Clothes Drop failed to match Hot Shot’s success.

Shaggy performed the theme for Showtime (film), a 2002 movie.

1	Angel	1,280
2	It Wasn't Me full track	1,246
3	Boombastic full track	775
4	Feel The Rush	451
5	Oh Carolina	346
6	Hey Sexy Lady	260
7	In the Summertime	211
8	Church Heathen	156
9	Hope full track	92
10	Mr. Bombastic	90
11	Body A Shake	85
12	Keep'n It Real full track	82
13	Feel The Rush (Club Mix)	80
14	Freaky Girl full track	77
14	Mr. Boombastic	77

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The_Master_Key wrote:
Wednesday morning

Hero.

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bemoludek wrote:
Saturday evening

Miłego dnia!

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gleeding wrote:
7 days ago

http://bit.ly/shaggy

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zuzacz wrote:
11 days ago

love ;]

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rigoisphat wrote:
25 days ago

all the fruits loved this shit in 6th grade, ugh

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kaciexrocks wrote:
last month

wasnt me <3 its old but i still love it :)

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NIXU20 wrote:
last month

I saw shaggy at Pori jazz festival last weekend. Gig was fantastic ;)

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dobranocka12 wrote:
last month

Koncert był zajebisty!!! kochany Shaggy :D :*

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huBelial wrote:
last month

It Wasn't Me brings back so much memories of when I was young. I use to love him!

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elma-- wrote:
last month

pori jazz '08 <33

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josecharts wrote:
last month

feel the rush! xD

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misiasty75 wrote:
last month

Rush! Rush!

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radmery wrote:
last month

Feel the rush!

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asinan01 wrote:
last month

Bir zamanlar herkes shaggy öldü,"shaggy is dead" diye dedikodu çıkarttıydı,nasıl şişmişlerdir :)))

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lurker64 wrote:
last month

Yeah FEEL THE RUSH :]

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Kartelisha wrote:
last month

EVERY SWEET.

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Noodle-CAT wrote:
June 2008

feel the rush \:D/

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gueopardo wrote:
June 2008

jAh...Jah...jaH... RASTAFARIANS LISTEN IN http://www.lastfm.es/music/Lion+Sitte PROMISE REGGAE SPANISH... rasta rastah rastafaari. bless

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dominoodancing wrote:
June 2008

hey sexy lady xD classic xD

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June 2008

Europe feels the rush :D

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