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Shaggy’s anti-HIV message
Shaggy taped an anti-HIV pro-safe sex message for MTV’s Staying Alive (he recently also did an anti-hiv pro-safe sex song “A Nuh U, A Nuh Me” with Ninja Man on the Big Yard Riddim). For more information on the Staying Alive campaign and on what you can do, go to the Staying Alive web site, Shaggy’s message is there as well at the blog and at Vlog It.Intoxication
Shaggy’s new 2007 upcoming album Intoxication might be released in Japan on August 8, other countries might follow later in August or even later this year. Although most sources write Intoxication will be released internationally near the end of August, a couple of German music stores now have Intoxication slated for release in the second week of October! I don’t know how much the track listings (bonus tracks) of the International Intoxication album will be different, but once I have more information I’ll post it here! More about the Intoxication album (or you can go here for more info).

Funkmaster Flex interviews Shaggy on his career in music and his new 2007 upcoming album Intoxication at Funkmaster Flex’s Custom Car & Bike Show and the International Sneaker Competition in Hartford, Connecticut

Reggae Sumfest 2007 photo
Were you as curious as I was reading the Jamaica Observer’s description of the Reggae Sumfest 2007 in Jamaica (see my July 22 post)? Well, there’s at least one picture online right now, more will follow on several other sites. Pic of Shaggy, Ninja Man and more. I think Shaggy can wear orange clothes and still look good, don’t you?

Fan video to the already famous Rihanna and Shaggy Official Reggae Remix.
BTW This is not the full song, it was taped from a radio show. This tune is still an unreleased promo of which several different versions exist. The full lyrics to the song are on this site.

Thanks to a Japanese Reader, here’s the track list to Shaggy’s new 2007 album Intoxication:

1. Can’t Hold Me – listen
Authors: O. Burrell, R. Livingston, A. Fennel
2. Bonafide Girl feat. Rik Rok & Tony Gold
Authors: O. Burrell, R. Ducent, P. Morrison, S. Pizzonia
3. Intoxication
Authors: O. Burrell, A. Fennell
4. Those Days feat. Nasha
Authors: O. Burrell, C. Birch, E. Raskin
5. More Woman
Authors: O. Burrell, A. Kelly, A. Fennell
6. Woman Scorn
Authors: O. Burrell, R. Ducent, C. Birch
7. Mad Mad World feat. Sizzla Kalonji & Collie Buddz
Authors: O. Burrell, R. Ducent, C. Birch
8. Out Of Control feat. Rayvon
Authors: O. Burrell, B. Brewster, D. Shippy, S. Pizzonia
9. Church Heathen – watch
Authors: O. Burrell, A. Kelly. R. Ducent, A. Fennell, C. Birch, S. Pizzonia, M. Gregory
10. Wear Di Crown feat. Mischieve
Authors: O. Burrell, S. Haughton, D. Shippy, R. Livingston
11. Criteria
Authors: O. Burrell, A. Kelly, M. Gregory
12. Body A Shake
Authors: O. Burrell, D. Shippy, R. Livingston
13. What’s Love feat.Akon
Authors: O. Burrell, A. Kelly, R. Ducent, M. Gregory
14. Holla At You
Authors: O. Burrell, D. Shippy
15. All About Love
Authors: O. Burrell, A. Kelly, M. Gregory, M. Darson, R. Browne,
16. Wrong Move (Bonus Track)
Authors: O. Burrell, A. Kelly
17. Reggae Vibes (Bonus Track) – watch
Authors: O. Burrell, D. Harriott

And that’s not all. You can listen to Can’t Hold Me, which isn’t online anywhere else as of yet, at the same page. You can watch the Church Heathen and Reggae Vibes video there as well.

Thank you Japanese Reader!

Triveneta TV Italy Recap of Rototom Sunsplash
The Italian TV station Triveneta TV will have a daily 120 minutes recap of Rototom Sunsplash (where Shaggy, Rayvon, Na’Sha and Tony Gold performed as well) from today, Monday July 30, to Friday August 10 (weekdays only). Since Shaggy performed on the last day of the Rototom Sunsplash reggae festival, I think he’ll be on tv on August 10 but of course I’m not sure of that.

If you don’t get Triveneta TV, you can also watch the program featuring part of Shaggy’s concert and an interview here (external resources).

Direct 8 France Splash Dance
The French Direct 8 TV is broadcasting a dancing show from the beaches of St. Tropez, every Tuesday to Friday night at 20.10h (repeated at midnight and later at 17.30h). Shaggy will be one of the guests in this 40 shows program (I can’t tell you yet on what date).

MTV Japan Shaggy Special
MTV Japan will broadcast a Shaggy special to celebrate his upcoming album Intoxication. An exclusive version of the Intoxication cd featuring Na’Sha, Rayvon, Sizzla Kalonji, Collie Buddz, Rik Rok, Tony Gold and Mischieve will be released in Japan on August 8 2007.

MTV Japan’s Shaggy special will allow the audience to get an idea of what Grammy Award winner Shaggy’s life is like, featuring his background, home and recording studio in Jamaica, his music and an interview.

The Shaggy special will air on
August 2 21.00-21.30h
August 3 19.00-19.30h
August 4 27.00-27.30h (or whatever that means)
August 6 12.00-12.30h

And since there’s still room for a video, the Jamaican RE-TV promo: Don’t watch me… watch yuself! Featuring Shaggy pictures and an interview
Other celebrities in the video include Sean Paul, 50 Cent, Sizzla Kalonji, Kiprich, Wyclef Jean, Jinx, Beenie Man, Kevin Lyttle, Quizz, Tami Chynn and many more.

MTV Japan will broadcast a Shaggy special to celebrate his upcoming album Intoxication. An exclusive version of the Intoxication cd featuring Na’Sha, Rayvon, Sizzla Kalonji, Collie Buddz, Akon, Rik Rok, Tony Gold and Mischieve will be released in Japan on August 8 2007.

MTV Japan’s Shaggy special will allow the audience to get an idea of what Grammy Award winner Shaggy’s life is like, featuring his background, home and recording studio in Jamaica, his music and an interview.

The Shaggy special will air on
August 2 21.00-21.30h
August 3 19.00-19.30h
August 4 27.00-27.30h (or whatever that means)
August 6 12.00-12.30h

If any of our Japanese readers wants to record the interview… please let us know 🙂

It’s video time again! Here’s another video of Shaggy’s super performance at the Rototom Sunsplash 2007 in Italy. It’s the opening of Shaggy’s part of the show and Shaggy and Na’Sha performing Wild 2Nite. If you want to watch more Shaggy videos of Shaggy live at Rototom or at other Italian or other venues, there’s a whole lot more live videos in the July news archive!

Shaggy has a tune called “Video Light” featuring Voicemail on the new 2007 Big Yard “Gyal Whind Riddim”, which, as the title of the riddim says, is also the background riddim of Shaggy’s “Sexy Gyal Whind” (which you might know from his Ready Fi Di Ride / Sexy Gyal Whind single or as a bonus track on the UK release of the 2005 Clothes Drop album). The song was said to be on Shaggy’s 2007 forthcoming album Intoxication, but if you take a look at the track list of the Japanese version of Intoxication, it doesn’t appear to be on there. Rayvon also has a tune on the Gyal Whind Riddim which is called “Fire Burning”. Too bad Video Light is a Jamaican release only, it sounds pretty cool!

Listen to the songs on Big Yard’s new site.

[edit] This song is also on the Japanese Dancehall De Luxe Volume 2 cd, which features a lot more Big Yard songs:

1 We Like To Party / Shaggy, Maxi Priest, T.O.K. & Iceman
2 Video Light / Shaggy Feat. Voice Mail
3 Same Complain / Morgan Heritage
4 Fiance / Vybz Kartel
5 Your Smile / T.O.K.
6 Salsa / Voice Mail
7 Should I Tell Her / Rik Rok
8 Spy / Elephant Man
9 No Love Tonight / Cecile
10 That Girl / Kiprich
11 Show / Shaggy Feat. Rayvon
12 Sexy Lady / Shaggy, Brian & Tony Gold, Sean Pall & Will Smith
13 We Got The Flavor / Wayne Marshall/Ward 21
14 Almighty / Bounty Killer
15 No Quickie / Rayvon & Elephant Man
16 Step Up / Kris Kelly
17 Lock Like / Black-Er
18 Banging Tree / Red Fox
19 Don’t Wanna Be Alone / Ky-Enie
20 Rationalize / Brian & Tony Gold

The new Big Yard web site (Shaggy’s label), is finally online! Go check it out!

They also published a list with more upcoming Shaggy concerts and performances in 2007 than I knew about, so dates and places courtesy of Big Yard Music.com, additional info and links by shaggy.v3x.biz:

August 4 Tartola, Virgin Islands
August 5 Independence Sunday Market, OAS, Washington D.C.
August 8 Singfest 2007, Fort Canning, Singapore (Big Yard has Phillippines)
August 10 Reggaefest 2007, AICC, Accra, Ghana
August 11 Reggaefest 2007, AICC, Accra, Ghana
August 12 Reggaefest 2007, AICC, Accra, Ghana (Big Yard has Liberia)
August 18 Champion in Action, Jamaica (German sources say Shaggy will be at RLP Rheinland Open Air 2007 in Mainz, Germany)
August 26 Leeds Reggae Concert, Leeds, UK (Big Yard has Trinidad)
August 27 Notting Hill Carnival, Notting Hill, UK (Big yard has Guyana)
August 28 Notting Hill Carnival Afterparties, Choice FM and BBC 1Xtra, London, UK
August 31 On the Reggae Tip
September 2 New York
September 6 FYE Stores Convention, New York
September 19 MOBO Awards, London
September 21 Club Lido, Boston
September 22 Club Crossroads, Washington D.C.
October 15 Jamaican National Heroes Day, Shaggy will receive an Order of Distinction in the Rank of Commander, Jamaica
October 2007 Shaggy’s new Intoxication album will be released internationally

If there are no links present at the concert descriptions it means there is no further information available at this time / TBA. Go for the latest updated Shaggy & crew tour dates to the Concerts page. Thanks Marin for the email letting me know he found the renewed Big Yard site.

Shaggy, Rayvon, Rik Rok, JG and Notch did a press conference yesterday at the Cayman Islands and a lot of photos are online. Go check them out! Same gallery here, here and here.

In August, Jamaica will be an independent country for 45 years and celebrations are set to mark this independence anniversary. Shaggy will headline the annual Independence Sunday Market, a market that displays Jamaica’s cultural heritage, art and music. The all-day Jamaican festival takes place on the lawns of the Organization of American States in Washington D.C. on August 5. Source.

A pic and review of Shaggy’s concert at Rototom Sunsplash in Italy (the video is one among many videos of the Rototom Sunsplash 2007 that you can find on the news page of the news site).

Doesn’t Shaggy’s new album cover look so cool!? I’ll give you an EDITED preview of part of the album cover. Remember it’s just a part of the cover, the boxes are NOT on the real album cover. The original cover is copyright of its original owners, no copyright infringement intended. The album will be released on August 8 in Japan. There might be a Greatest Hits album to follow Intoxication soon!

Yet another possible track list for Intoxication has surfaced. Here ya go:

1. Can’t Hold Me
2. Bonafide Girl feat. Rik Rok and Tony Gold
3. Intoxication
4. Those Days feat. Na’Sha
5. More Woman
6. Woman’s Scorn
7. Mad, Mad World feat. Sizzla Kalonji & Collie Buddz
8. What’s Love feat. Akon
9. Outta Control feat. Rayvon
10. Church Heathen
11. Criteria
12. Wear Di Crown feat. Mischieve
13. Holla At You
14. All About Love
15. Wrong Move
16. Body A Shake *
17. Reggae Vibes *

* = the asterisk indicates the song is a bonus track

Shaggy, Rayvon, Rik Rok, Kiprich as well as local artists JG, Andrea Rivera, and Notch will perform at the Cable and Wireless Red Stripe Summer Fest 2007 at the Cayman Islands. On Thursday July 26 there’ll be a VIP Party that the artists will attend. The main concert by Shaggy, Rayvon, Rik Rok, Kiprich and others will be taking place on Friday July 27.

More info at Cayman Net News or Summer Fest 2007 site. Flyer © of its original owners.

The Japanese “Oldies but Badies” Vol. 1 mixtape by DJ Maximum, containing 80s and 90s dubplates, has a song by Shaggy & Rayvon that’s called “Baka”. I’ve still got to listen to the song, I’ve never heard of it (I guess there are still a lot of unknown Shaggy songs out there that aren’t known to many) so I wonder if this a dub version of “Big Up” that the people who released the album call “Baka” or indeed a yet unknown song. If you know… you tell me!

Source 1
Source 2
Source 3

[edit] At Maximum’s MySpace page you can see a pic of Shaggy and listen to yet another Church Heathen Dub (lol maybe I should get on MySpace as well). And there’s also a dub version of Angel!

Shaggy Oh Carolina live at Rototom Sunsplash 2007

Shaggy performed two nights ago on Evolution Night of the Reggae Sumfest in Jamaica, as well as LL Cool J, Buju Banton, Morgan Heritage, Allison Hinds, Da’Ville, Cherine Anderson, Christopher Martin and Alaine. Shaggy, dressed tropically (sorry no pic yet, I wanna see what that means as well:)), sang Church Heathen, Wild 2Nite, Bashment Party, Angel, Strength of a Woman, It Wasn’t Me and Hey Sexy Lady together with Rayvon and Rik Rok. You can read the first review of the show at the Observer.

Shaggy will perform at today’s 10th Annual Sea Breeze Festival in Long Beach, California, along with other reggae acts like Elephant Man, Buju Banton, Cocoa Tea, Eljai, K.U.P., Mime, Supa G and many sound systems. Check out the flyer (© of its original owners):

Shaggy and Italian artist Twofingerz performed in discotheque Hollywood in Milan, Italy a couple of weeks ago. They performed Church Heathen and Boombastic together, among others, and here’s a video (according to Twofingerz’ blog, more videos or a dvd might follow):

Shaggy will be present at today’s Funkmaster Flex’ Custom Car and Bike Show and the International Sneaker Battle in Hartford, Connecticut. According to the International Sneaker Battle site he will even be performing live!

Flyer for promotional use only, © of its original owners, if you want me to remove it please contact me through the form below and it will be immediately removed upon receival!