Def Jamaica (Explicit Version) (2003)

Product Summary Label: Universal Music Group UPC: 00602498607398 Release Date: 10/14/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60617437 Item#: MKT9QC Buy.com Sales Rank: 24281 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Straight Off The Top - Dipset/Wayne Marshall/Vybz Kartel ~ Various Artists 2. Anything Goes - CNN/Wayne Wonder/Lexxus ~ Various Artists 3. Mardi Gras - Tanto Metro/Devonte/Joe Budden (remix) ~ Various Artists 4. Lyrical - Method Man/Redman/Damian "Junior Gong" Marley ~ Various Artists 5. Na Na Na Na - 112/Spragga Benz/Lady Saw/Buccaneer/Damian "Junior Gong" Marley (reggae remix) ~ Various Artists 6. Sweetness - Buju Banton/Cam'Ron ~ Various Artists 7. True To Me - Major Damage/Anjulah/Blak Twang ~ Various Artists 8. Murda - Scarface/Nokio/Dru Hill/T.O.K. ~ Various Artists 9. Together - Black Ice/DYCR/The Jungle/La Bruja ~ Various Artists 10. Girls Callin' - Ghostface/Killah/Elephant Man ~ Various Artists 11. Love Is On My Mind - Shawnna/Baby Cham/Sisqo ~ Various Artists 12. Nah Mean - X-Cutioners/Delano ~ Various Artists 13. Dude - Beenie Man/Ms. Thang/Shawnna (remix) ~ Various Artists 14. Top Shotta - DMX/Sean Paul/Vegas ~ Various Artists 15. Frontin' Dancehall - Pharrell/Jay-Z/Vybz/Kartel/Wayne Marshall (remix) ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Initial pressings included a bonus DVD. Includes liner notes by Scott Hunter Smith. Includes liner notes by Scott Hunter Smith. This compilation highlights a musical form that has been a shot in the arm for the ailing U.S. hip-hop collective. Beset by warmed-over gangsta-style imagery and threadbare production values, the industry came up with a winning formula in the combination of hip-hop and Jamaican dancehall, a perky amalgam of bossa-nova beats, reggae, and old-school toasting that had been popular almost everywhere but the U.S. since the mid-1980s. DEF JAMAICA features established American artists such as Cam'ron, Shawnna, and Juelz Santana on infectious cuts spiced up with insistent ubiquitous dancehall beats. On the triumphant (and wildly popular) "Dude," Ms. Thing gets sultry in Indian style with Shawnna, assisted by the broader-than-Broadway vocal stylings of Beenie Man. Nokio puts recent U.S. gangsta rap efforts to shame with the crisp production style and rhythmic smarts of "Murda," while the Ghostface Killah/Elephant Man collaboration, "Girls Callin'," shows that gangsta rappers and dancehall toasters can play together quite nicely, thank you. With musical influences ranging from R&B to Indian pop, DEF JAMAICA combines the energy of Jamaican pop with sophisticated American production techniques in an irresistible mix.   Technical Info Release Date : 10/14/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 0001195 Label : Def Jam (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602498607398    Product Image