Shaggy talks about the Ruff Entry Crew, his origins in Rae Town in Jamaica, Jamaica, Sizzla Kalonji, Super Cat and reggae
Shaggy tells about his charity work for the children’s hospital in Jamaica, how he disagrees with the US presence in Iraq and being called a Jamaican poster boy although he never was a model marine
Shaggy talks about introducing himself to the new dancehall audience, Ninja Man and Church Heathen and collaborations with Sizzla, Collie Buddz, Akon, Rik Rok, Rayvon, Sting International, Tony Kelly and Christopher Birch
Shaggy chats about coming to the UK, Shaggitized concerts, his success
Shaggy promotes the upcoming One Drop Reggae DVD alongside Ninja Man, LL Cool J, Tesanne Chin, Munga Honourable, Aidonia, Da’Ville (who sings part of Always on My Mind), Dymea Attitude, Movado, Busy Signal and more (featuring scenes from the Red Strip Reggae Sumfest and Fully Loaded 2007 as far as I can tell now)
How does Shaggy write his songs? What’s the difference between Shaggy’s new 2007 album Intoxication and his other albums? What kind of concert would he like to do that he hasn’t done yet? And who are his big examples?
The Dome recently also did an interview with Shaggy – you can view the full interview video including Shaggy singing among others some Lionel Richie material here and you can read an introductory article and watch a promo video at this page.<
Now that Shaggy’s new 2007 album Intoxication has been released in Germany as well as the Shaggy live in concert at the Chiemsee Reggae Festival 1998 dvd, there’s a lot of interesting interviews to hear and read. First up, is an interview by unikosmos.de, a German student magazine, in which Shaggy claims to be a lesbian and tells all about reggae, ganja (Hanf), his music and his journey in the music industry, collaborating with artists like Janet Jackson versus collaborations with artists like Akon, religion, women, Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel and women again (I don’t think the last part of the article is entirely correct but I’m not sure). It also has three cool pictures of Mr. Boombastic! The interview. Interviews – links are only on http://shaggy.v3x.biz, so please credit with a link to this site where credit is due if you want a part of this!
Big Up Magazine has an audio interview with Shaggy, where he also sings parts of songs he wrote for Maxi Priest (I Believe in Love) and Brian and Tony Gold (Irresistible) as well as some of his own tunes (Yuh a Move Hype, Wild 2Nite and Bonafide)! He also speaks about his experiences with the major record companies, songs for the streets and the more commercial type of songs, Stefan Raab and of course his new album Intoxication. You can download the mp3 podcast of the interview on this page (use the first mp3 link)!
Then there are still several audio interviews which Shaggy did back in July, in between performing in Italy in several night clubs like Nabilah in Napoli, at TRL and at the Rototom Sunsplash 2007 that I had held back from linking until Shaggy’s Intoxication album finally has been released in Deutschland. You can download a mp3 podcast from an item with Shaggy at KISS FM. Radio Multikulti also did a radio interview with Shaggy, which you can download from their podcast list. They also have a picture of Shaggy in the studio in the accompanying article. When you click on “Bilder” (“Images”) under the heading “Ansehen” (“Take a look”) on the right, there are nine hot pics of Shaggy live in the radio station’s studio!
Radio Eins also interviewed Mr. Lover Lover – you can listen to the interview in Real Media Format (.rm/.ra) or download the podcast from Podcaster.de. There’s a pic of Shaggy in the Radio Eins studio on this page.
Shaggy’s Live at Chiemsee Reggae Summer DVD and bonus CD were also recently released in Germany. Streetclip.de bought the broadcasting rights and broadcast the whole concert several times on September 25 (sorry I didn’t link this earlier!). Here’s the final cover art.
Shaggy’s German Intoxication album is a 16-track album and has the following track listing: 1. Can’t Hold Me 2. Bonafide Girl Feat. Rik Rok & Tony Gold 3. Intoxication 4. Those Days Feat. Nasha 5. More Woman 6. Woman Scorn Feat. Nasha 7. Mad Mad World Feat. Sizzla Kalonji & Collie Buddz 8. Out Of Control Feat. Rayvon 9. Church Heathen 10. Wear Di Crown Feat. Mischieve 11. Criteria 12. Body A Shake 13. What’s Love Feat. Akon 14. Holla At You 15. All About Love 16. Reggae Vibes (Bonus)
We already mentioned Stefan Raab – guess what, Shaggy will be at Stefan Raab’s TV Total’s Stock Car Crash Challenge 2007 on October 20, 2007 in the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. You can read more about Stefan Raab’s show here or buy your tickets from either of the pages linked from the bottom of Veltins-Arena page. (someone who doesn’t want his or her name to be mentioned mailed me that Sarah.88 already wrote about this on the Big Yard forum, so props to her!)
Shaggy will also be on the European (not just German!) Eurosport Buzz on October 17 at 08.45h Amsterdam/Berlin/Brussels/Paris time (the show was broadcast before on September 29, September 30, October 2 and October 6 among others). Eurosport Buzz is a new sports and lifestyle television magazine that airs what’s hot in entertainment and sports and shows its viewers a more personal, private side of the life of VIPs. The 30 minutes tv program features an interview with Mr Lover Lover a.k.a. Mr Boombastic, Shaggy!
And as for older Shaggy interviews and interviews not just from Germany, you can go to the Blues and Soul Magazine, Riddim.de (3 pages, Shaggy’s road manager Paul Lee a.k.a. Rossy also speaks about Shaggy – I don’t know if I’m spelling his name correctly), Zangtalent.be (a Lumidee interview who also has a lot of good stuff to say about Shaggy) and you can read more about Shaggy’s performance at the Madison Square Gardens here. Belgian singer Natalia, with whom Shaggy and En Vogue are going to perform in the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium in January 2008, recently performed Boombastic on stage. You can watch the video right here:
Natalia meets Boombastic live in concert performance video
Shaggy Live at Chiemsee Reggae Summer thnx to Electric Music Station
Shaggy will be on Eurosport Buzz on October 17 at 08.45h Amsterdam/Berlin/Brussels/Paris time (the show was broadcast before on September 29, September 30, October 2 and October 6 among others). Eurosport Buzz is a new sports and lifestyle television magazine that airs what’s hot in entertainment and sports and shows its viewers a more personal, private side of the life of VIPs. The 30 minutes tv program features an interview with Mr Lover Lover a.k.a. Mr Boombastic, Shaggy!
October 6 – Madison Square Garden concert
Did you catch Shaggy on MSG’s Showtime of the heavy weight wrestling world championship yesterday? The Sweet Science has a small piece on his performance.
October 4 – Antigua concert
On October 4, Shaggy performed for the grand opening of Mediterranean Village at Sandals Grande Antigua Resort & Spa in Antigua. Wire Image has 12 pictures!
August and September 2007 – MOBO Awards Nominations Launch, Press Conference and Show
You can read the full MOBOs promotions conference at She Unlimited. There’s also a good video of Rihanna, Jamelia and Shaggy at the red carpet at AOL.co.uk. There are two videos of the MOBO Awards 2007 show itself and Shaggy’s performance at this page.
Shaggy will perform a special dub version of Church Heathen at tonight’s heavy weight wrestling title match between WBC title holder Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter and Jameel “Big Time” McCline at Madison Square Gardens in New York City. The fight starts tonight at 6PM Eastern Time. Both the heavy weight world championship and Shaggy’s performance will air at 10pm ET on MSG.
Very nice Shaggy interview about coming to the UK, Shaggy’s live concerts, live music in Jamaica and his successes so far. The video is courtesy of VP Records, Big Yard Music Group and SilenceAdvertising. It says Shaggy’s new 2007 album Intoxication is indeed coming out October 22 in the UK!
VP Records uploaded the opening of the MOBO Awards 2007 show featuring Shaggy and Rik Rok performing Church Heathen, Boombastic, It Wasn’t Me and the new single Bonafide!
A Quicktime (.mov) video is available for download here.
A view from the crowd: a good live video of Shaggy’s kick-ass live performance Church Heathen, Boombastic at the MOBO Awards 2007
Shaggy is going to return to Malaysia for the “Live & Loud KL 07”. LNLKL07 is one of the biggest – if not the biggest – of the South Asian festivals which also include the Singfest in Singapore where Shaggy & Cyndi Lauper rocked the stage earlier this year. Other artists who will be at the festival are Whitney Houston, Elliot Yamin, K-Ci & Jojo, James Morrison, Jaclyn Victor, Adibah Noor, Hannah Tan and Dionne Warwick. The festival will take place between November 23 and December 2 2007. Tickets will be available from mid-October. The event is organised by Live & Loud Sdn Bhd and endorsed by the Tourism Ministry.
Shaggy will be on several big late night shows to promote his upcoming album Intoxication. On November 13, he will perform his new single Bonafide Girl feat. Rik Rok and Tony Gold at The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. On November 14, he will perform at the Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson as well as talk to Tavis Smiley. On November 15, Shaggy will also do tv promotions in LA. Sounds pretty exciting!
1. Can’t Hold Me