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Shaggy performing Boombastic and Wild 2Nite in Oceana, Kingston in May 2007 live videos are just one click away.

Right now, Mr. Lover Lover is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for a concert tomorrow night at the Life Music Festival in the Madinat Arena, which also features DJ Bliss. In an interview with the City Times there, published just 10 minutes ago – yeah I’m fast :), he tells about the last news in his life. Intoxication is due for release in late August, as he says. The paper writes he has two sisters and one step brother as mentioned on Wikipedia a while ago and a cute dog named Sammy (I don’t know whether this info is true). He jokingly says he’s still single (yeah right. Men – or male artists who want to sell records – whatever!!). They also have a picture of him up and some more content. So if you want to know more, go read the article!

There’s a new video of Shaggy performing at Massive B’s anniversary at club Amazura 02/06/2007 on the site. Watch it right here.

Like I promised, I added some more of Shaggy’s upcoming concert tour dates:

One newspaper claims July 28 will have the rescheduled (due to the weather on May 28)
World Beat Houston Reggae Fest

August 11-12
Ghana with Elephant Man and Mr Vegas

There have also been articles claiming Shaggy will be performing in Eindhoven, the Netherlands and in Sao Paolo, Brasil soon, but I have no idea of whether it’s actually “Mr Lover Lover Shaggy”, “DJ Shaggy” or someone else performing. Since I can’t tell you whether these events actually involve Mr Boombastic or not I’m not including them here – not yet anyway :).

Shaggy talks about feeling liberated from his former restraining record deal and tells about his upcoming album Intoxication, his new big hit single Church Heathen and reggae being in the best place it has been in years, as it is embraced by mainstream. Watch the interview by WPBT through this link (Quicktime video).

June 3
Link Up Media’s Jamrock Reggae Fest in New York

June 7
Life Music Festival in UAE

June 23
Funkmaster Flex Custom Car And Bike Show in Edison, New Jersey

July 14
Rotom Sun Splash in Osoppo, Italy

July 20
Red Stripe Reggae SumFest in Vibes City, Montego Bay, Jamaica

July 21
Funkmaster Flex Custom Car And Bike Show in Hartford, Connecticut

August 4
Reggae on the River in Humboldt County, Piercy, California event has been cancelled

August 18: double booked?
Champions In Action in Jamaica
Rheinland-Pfalz Open Air in Mainz, Germany (free entrance)

5, 6 and 11 January 2008
Natalia Meets Shaggy and En Vogue in Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium

I read about more upcoming concerts but generally I don’t really care who’s performing where and when unless it’s close to where I live or I can put it on the site, so you’ll have to wait for this info a little longer. What I care about more are of course the music releases:

June 4 2007
Official Church Heathen single release date

July/August 2007
The new album: Intoxication release!

Yesterday and today I added two more YouTube videos to the list. One is of Shaggy feat. Rayvon – It Wasn’t Me, the other one of Shaggy feat. Na’Sha – Wild 2Nite.

The road to the videos

One more video has been uploaded of the Best of the Best 2007 concert in Miami. It’s Shaggy featuring Rayvon singing It Wasn’t Me!

Click here to watch this live online Shaggy video or other videos!

The Observer pics and story to the new Church Heathen video. Apparently the video left the church and goes all the way to the Asylum night club and Quad, where the church goers have a party. Ninja Man will be present in it as a priest again, DJ Spice as “sista Gwen” and also “sista Pam” and “the Pimp” will be back. Mad Michelle, Sadiki and G-Unit, Sample 6, Black Blingaz, Shelly Belly, Cadillac Dancers, Dallas Dancers, Timeless and Shady Squad are among the dancers in the video. It’s all in the Jamaica Observer! And there’s also a story about the video shoot on Yard Flex, with a pic of Mad Michelle and the Dallas Dancers.

And then, some of Sunday’s live performance videos at the Best of the Best 2007 in Miami, Flrida, where Shaggy, Rayvon, Buju Banton, Mavado, Tony Matterhorn, Akon, Elephant Man, Wyclef Jean, Capleton, Bounty Killer, Lady Saw, Collie Buddz, Jovi Rockwell, Da’Ville, Bling Dawg, Jabba and Bobby Konders and more performed, are up. They’re just one click from this page!

After doing a controversial (alleged) interview with the Sun while in London (that was copied and translated by newspapers around the world), Shaggy sat down with Voice Online to tell them how Church Heathen came about and what’s the deal with Clothes Drop and his upcoming album Intoxication. Church Heathen apparently was partly inspired by Olivia from G-Unit and since Shaggy also wanted to reconnect with the dancehall audience and didn’t wanna come out again with a girl’s tune (he has done a lot of them) or a dance tune (as he says, he can’t dance), he came up with Church Heathen, which proved to be a big hit on the dancehall charts across the globe.

He left his former record company, Geffen, a while ago, since they weren’t properly promoting his former album Clothes Drop (which is so true) and they didn’t properly let him get back to his roots. This time around, he is releasing his new single and album through his own music label Big Yard and the well-known VP Records. The single Church Heathen will be out on June 4th; the new album Intoxication will be released this summer already.

And there’s other good news! After releasing his album Intoxication, Shaggy says he will do a lot of touring in Europe!

Source: Voice Online

There are some more videos of Shaggy on MySpace which I thought I should mention here. First, there’s an interview by Olivea for T Vazo. It’s hard to understand what they’re saying because of all the background noise, but the visual is excellent and it’s interesting to hear some of interview anyway. Secondly, there’s another clip of Shaggy, Rayvon and band performing Angel live in Oahu, Hawaii in early May. Thirdly, I added an old video which was uploaded to MySpace recently, of Shaggy, Jean-Luc and Jeremy performing Hey Sexy Lady, Wild 2Nite and one more song on Star Acadmy. It’s not like this video hasn’t been uploaded to Youtube and other “channels” before, but hey, it’s one more video added to this post, right? Enjoy!

Shaggy & Rayvon singing Angel live in Oahu, Hawaii May 2007
ShAgGy CoNcErT iN OaHu

Shaggy interview by Olivea for T Vazo
Shaggy

Shaggy, Jeremy and Jean-Luc
Shaggy-JeeL Medeley

For immediate viewing and more videos: click here.

Shaggy reshot the video for his #1 hit single Church Heathen, which will be released internationally on June 4th, in the Asylum night club earlier this week in New Kingston, Jamaica. The video is a continuation of the original Church Heathen video, which has gained great popularity in Jamaica and abroad and features dancehall legend Ninja Man as a priest as well as other dancehall stars Baby Cham, Spice, Red Fox and Screechie Dan. The new video opens with a dancing scene, featuring over 150 dancers including Mad Michelle, the Dallas Dancers from Portmore, Timeless Dancers (with Doctor Bird), Black Blingaz (who also made a remix to Church Heathen) and Cadillac Dancers. Jay Will (from Game Over) once again directed the video, so you can expect to see more of it in high quality soon!

Access Entertainment is going to release a definitive version of the Blazing (Blazzin’) Riddim by Shaggy’s Big Yard label later this week. The riddim will include Goodie Goodie by Screechie Dan, How Does It Feel by Rayvon, The Shaggy & Rayvon Show by Shaggy and Rayvon, Blazing by Red Foxx and a previously unreleased song by Shaggy: Wanna Be.

Shaggy also has a new song on VP Records’ Reggae Gold 2007 Bonus DVD, which is called more Woman. You can listen to a preview here. Reggae Gold 2007 which features songs by among others Sean Paul, Cham, Mavado, Elephant Man, Buju Banton, Morgan Heritage, Jah Cure, Gyptian, Tessanne Chin, I-Wayne and Alaine as well, is scheduled for July 12 release.

Source: Jamaica Observer 1 and 2

Shaggy live on Freaky Fridays (Angel, It Wasn’t Me, Bashment Party and Hot Gal), Shaggy featuring NaSha live in Oceana, Kingston (Wild 2Nite) and Shaggy live at Robbo Ranx’s show (Church Heathen, Hot Gal and Big Up).

Click here to watch

And oh yeah, did I mention yet that Shaggy’s new album Intoxication is due on July 18 according to several cd stores? It’s only about a two months’ wait! Yay for Shaggy featuring Akon, Collie Buddz, Sizzla, Rayvon, Na’Sha and more!

Wanna hear Shaggy featuring Sizzla Kolonji and Collie Buddz – Mad Mad World, Shaggy feat. Na’Sha – Those Were the Days, Shaggy ft. Na’Sha – Woman Scorn, Shaggy – Move Hype, Shaggy’s All About Love, Shaggy – Intoxication (from his new album) and Shaggy – Church Heathen (the new June 4th forthcoming single and already a big #1 hit on the Jamaica, UK, NY, Miami Florida and other reggae charts) an interview and Shaggy and Rayvon freestyles? Than you definitely shouldn’t miss out on this post!

Shaggy and Rayvon were on Chris Goldfinger’s show on BBC Radio1 last night, where they did an interview and some awesome freestyles. Also, Chris Goldfinger played not only Church Heathen and Intoxication, but also a vast number of other Shaggy tracks including some of his older materials as well as some previously unheard songs. I wrote down a full playlist:

Shaggy – Ready Fi Di Ride
Shaggy – Give U
Shaggy – dub parts of Give You, Call Me Up
Rayvon – dub What were you doing last night, Big Up
Shaggy – freestyle (unknown song) new!

Rayvon – Pretty, Boomerang Nanny in dub
Shaggy – Church Heathen in dub
Shaggy – Church Heathen
Ninjaman – The Pastor
Shaggy Featuring Sizzla And Collie Buddz – Mad Mad World new!
Rayvon – Games We Play – btw Rayvon also has a new album coming up!
Shaggy feat Nasha – Those Were The Days new!
Shaggy – Intoxication new!
Shaggy – Woman Scorn new!
Shaggy – Move Hype new!
Shaggy – All About Love new!
Shaggy and Rayvon – Shaggy and Rayvon Show
Rayvon dubs How Does it Feel
Shaggy dubs Road Bwoy

Listen to the interview, Shaggy’s songs on his new album Intoxication and the dubs here – they’ll only be online for about a week from now until the next Goldfinger show (Sunday May 20th), so don’t wait too long!p>

Wanna hear Shaggy featuring Sizzla Kolonji and Collie Buddz – Mad Mad World, Shaggy feat. Na’Sha – Those Were the Days, Shaggy ft. Na’Sha – Woman Scorn, Shaggy – Move Hype, Shaggy’s All About Love, Shaggy – Intoxication (from his new album) and Shaggy – Church Heathen (the new June 4th forthcoming single and already a big #1 hit on the Jamaica, UK, NY, Miami Florida and other reggae charts) an interview and Shaggy and Rayvon freestyles? Than you definitely shouldn’t miss out on this post!

Shaggy and Rayvon were on Chris Goldfinger’s show on BBC Radio1 last night, where they did an interview and some awesome freestyles. Also, Chris Goldfinger played not only Church Heathen and Intoxication, but also a vast number of other Shaggy tracks including some of his older materials as well as some previously unheard songs. I wrote down a full playlist:

Shaggy – Ready Fi Di Ride
Shaggy – Give U
Shaggy – dub parts of Give You, Call Me Up
Rayvon – dub What were you doing last night, Big Up
Shaggy – freestyle (unknown song) new!

Rayvon – Pretty, Boomerang Nanny in dub
Shaggy – Church Heathen in dub
Shaggy – Church Heathen
Ninjaman – The Pastor
Shaggy Featuring Sizzla And Collie Buddz ? Mad Mad World new!
Rayvon – Games We Play – btw Rayvon also has a new album coming up!
Shaggy feat Nasha – Those Were The Days new!
Shaggy – Intoxication new!
Shaggy – Woman Scorn new!
Shaggy – Move Hype new!
Shaggy – All About Love new!
Shaggy and Rayvon – Shaggy and Rayvon Show
Rayvon dubs How Does it Feel
Shaggy dubs Road Bwoy

Listen to the interview, Shaggy’s songs on his new album Intoxication and the dubs here – they’ll only be online for about a week from now until the next Goldfinger show (Sunday May 20th), so don’t wait too long!

I was too tired last night to write something on here while Robbo Ranx’ show Dancehall Splurt was on BBC 1Xtra, but here it finally is: Robbo Ranx did an interview with Shaggy last night and was the first to play Shaggy’s title song on his new upcoming album Intoxication! The riddim sounds hard, the lyrics are baaadd.. basically, Intoxication is a hot hot song!!
(although I have to say that I also like one of his other new tunes with Red Fox and Screechie Dan, “Girls Like”, very much).

“I ain’t never gonna drink again
before I take a sip I’m gonna think of when
I had s’ex with my woman best friend
I can blame intoxication

ain’t never gonna drink again
before I take a sip I’m gonna think of when
I had s’ex with a girl I considered a friend
I can’t blame intoxication”

Robbo also played Shaggy’s tunes on the VIP Riddim, Hear Dis and Rub a Dub We Want, Angel and his big #1 hit Church Heathen (twice), which is currently number one again on the British dancehall charts. Both Shaggy and Robert Livingston, Shaggy’s long time manager on Big Yard, confirmed that Shaggy’s album is due on June 4th, which means it will be in stores in July 2007!

Listen to last night’s Shaggy interview and Intoxication here

Note: Thursday’s Dancehall Splurt will only be up for a week from now, until the next show has been broadcast!

I hadn’t linked the interview Robbo did a couple of weeks ago for Dancehall After Dark, and I found the former 1-part interview has been replaced by two parts. So if you wanna hear them or the other interviews Robbo Ranx did with Elephant Man, Sean Paul, Beenie Man and King Jammys, go here, they’ll be available for a longer time than last night’s interview!