MTV Inside Shaggy in Jamaica video MTV Japan
Wanna take a look in Shaggy´s Big Yard music studio in Jamaica, watch interviews and hear a lot of cool music? MTV Japan did a documentary about Shaggy in Jamaica. Shaggy talks about his origins in Rae Town, Kingston, his music from the Ruff Entry Crew, his situation with different record companies until Church Heathen and Intoxication (which was being released when this video documentary was made) and you get to take a look in his house and his studio. Bob Marley’s studio is also featured in the video. The music in the video is among others Big Up (live), Boombastic, Luv Me Luv Me, Why Must She Treat You So Bad, Angel, It Wasn’t Me, Wild 2Nite, More Woman, Woman Scorned, What’s Love, Reggae Vibes and the rare Call Me Up!
Big Yard´s manager and producer Robert Livingston also talks about Shaggy and how their collaboration came about. He says Shaggy’s one of the greatest artist he’s ever met. Fellow artists Chuck Fender, Blacker, General Degree, Christopher Martin and Voicemail also speak about Shaggy. Shaggy made a special Church Heathen and Call Me Up dubplate for MTV Japan as well. You can now watch the video online!
BMO Music Fest 2009 Tokyo and Okinawa photos
Spotted Stripes has a photo of Shaggy in Tokyo and a pic of Shaggy in Okinawa. Positive Productions also has a picture.
Here’s the video by Shaggy & Friends Save a Life for the Bustamente Hospital for Children Benefit Concert on January 3! The video was directed by Jay Will and features Shaggy, Elephant Man, Gramps Morgan, Christopher Martin, Sean Paul, Etana, Da’Ville, Marcia Griffiths, Luciano, Tesanne Chin, D-Lynx, Freddie McGregor and Robert Livingston.
Visit Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation to find all the info you want about Shaggy’s charity project for the Bustamente Hospital including the Shaggy & Friends Benefit Concert, 1 ticket = 1 life or this compilation!
Shaggy & Friends – Save a Life: the video!!
Shaggy & Friends Save a Life lyrics
Here is part of the Shaggy & Friends Save a Life lyrics:
(Shaggy) Yeah!
Shaggy & Friends yuh know
We all gotta do a part
(Gramps Morgan) Ey, ey, we can make it right
(Shaggy) Represent, I dare you!
(Gramps Morgan) Well I dare you to make a difference and I dare you take a stance (let them know Gramps!)
And I dare you to think of someone else, who’s in need of a helping hand
(Christopher Martin) What if I dare you to show our children what it really means to love (yeah yeah)
Well I dare you to just imagine, there’s nothing we can’t rise above
(Etana) And I dare you to be a person, with the will to make it right
And I dare you to have the conscience, to the cause and join the fight (wha yuh a seh!)
(Da’Ville)Well I dare you take a moment, to imagine how it feels
I dare you to take a look at someone else’s pain and offer some relief
(Chorus)
Take a stand, make it right
Lend a hand, save a life (save a life)
Understand, it’s alright
Lend a hand, save a life
(Marcia Griffiths) Should I dare you to be a person, with the will to make things right (yes sister Marcia)
I dare you to have the conscience, see the causant of the fight
(Luciano) Could I dare you to take a moment, to imagine how it feels
Take look at someone else’s pain and try to offer some relief
(Tesanne Chin) Well I dare you to make a difference and I dare you to take a stand
Let me dare you to think of someone else who’s in need of a helping hand
(Freddy McGregor) What if I dare you to show our children, what it really means to love
Could I dare you to just imagine, there is nothing that we can’t right
(Chorus)
Take a stand, make it right (we can make it right)
Lend a hand, save a life
Understand, it’s alright
Lend a hand, save a life
(Shaggy) Gotta express how I feel, you know the deal, the situation is real
(Elephant Man) Come on!
Full time we give a helping hand, show some love, listen now, you better have a stand
I dare you to try save a life, let’s make a change, for once and take a stand
We still putting up resistance and fight with the help up, Sean, Shaggy and Elephant man
(Sean Paul) Yow yow inna di circle of life, if we nah unite in the light, then we going nowhere
Time to reach new heights, every man gotta rise, we haffi chant it in di air
Help we brothers and sisters through the hard time inna life and the burden that we bear
Reach out for the helping hand, take a stand, just to show you care
(D’Major) Let us take the lead, yeah, (Tessanne Chin) love is what we need
(D’Major) This is how we feel yeah yeah yeah yeah
(Tessanne Chin) We can all achieve
(Chorus)
Take a stand, make it right
Lend a hand, save a life
Understand, it’s alright
Lend a hand, save a life
Save a life
Do you have any suggestions about the lyrics or do you wanna make any comments? Let me know below!!
Shaggy is doing a beautiful thing for the Bustamente Hospital for Children in Kingston, Jamaica, and you can help! The Bustamente Hospital is the main pediatric hospital in the West Indies, which’ resources to treat children are stretched to the limit because of a lack of facilities. Expensive medical equipment and a lack of public and private funding counteract the hospital’s ability to provide the necessary health care required to treat each and every child.
Shaggy has been supporting the hospital for years and he now created the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation to help raise funds for the hospital to save many more children’s lives. You can read all about it on Shaggy’s official Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation site. It has information about how you can help and about Shaggy’s upcoming benefit concert. The site also has a lot of photos and videos.
The Shaggy & Friends benefit concert, 1 ticket equals saving 1 life, will be held on Saturday January 3 2009 on the Jamaica House Lawn featuring
none other than Shaggy himself, Macy Gray, Buju Banton, Sean Paul, J. Holliday, Tony Rebel, Sean Kingston, Tarrus Riley, Luciano, Tesanna Chin, Da’Ville, Freddie McGregor, Etana, Allison Hinds, Elephant Man, Marcia Griffiths, Tyson Beckford and many more.
The gates open at 6 PM, the concert starts at 8 PM. Tickets are available at Susie’s Bakery, White Bone’s Restaurant and Music Mart at Twin Gates Plaza. All proceeds will be donated to the Bustamente Hospital for Children!
Here’s a video featuring Shaggy and many more supporting Shaggy’s benefit concert on the lawns of Jamaica House on January 3. I hope the support turns out huge, it can help save many children’s lives! The line-up for the concert is stellar, check out the video below!
Shaggy was present at the launch of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival 2009 on the lawns of Devon House on Wednesday. There’s a picture and article with photo at the Jamaica Gleaner.
He announced his plans to stage a big benefit concert, to raise $2 million USD for the Bustamente Hospital for Children in Kingston, Jamaica. Shaggy will organize the concert on January 3 on the lawns of Jamaica House. The line-up hasn’t been announced yet, but according to Dancehall.mobi and the Jamaica Gleaner big artists will be there: among others J. Holliday, Macy Gray, Sean Kingston, Alric & Boyd and Tyson Beckford and of course Shaggy himself.
Shaggy Parrot and the Reggae Band
Shaggy contributed to a beautiful book-and-CD set for children, which introduces them in a fun way to reggae music and educates them about pollution! Shaggy Parrot and the Reggae Band is a book-and-CD set for children from ages 0 to 8 years old. The story is about a waterfall in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, that is polluted by people. The waterfall feels sad about the pollution, so a team of sea animals try to cheer it up. Shaggy Parrot, whose voice is read by Shaggy, and friends make reggae music while they help clean up the waterfall.
The book has beautiful illustrations and the CD features 9 music tracks by Shaggy. The sales will benefit two of Shaggy’s charities, St Andrew’s Bustamante Hospital for Children in Jamaica and the Tatiana McIntosh Scholarship fund based in Florida. Read more about the book-and-cd set in the Jamaica Gleaner review article. Shaggy Parrot & the Reggae Band is set to be released in November this year; it will first be available in Jamaica, after which a release in the US will follow.
You can buy Shaggy Parrot and the Reggae Band at Reggae Pickney! The second and third audio clips on the page feature Shaggy. You can also hear some more, take a look in the teacher’s guide and watch a tv ad here.
New single by the end of the year, new Shaggy album will follow in 2009!
Shaggy is working hard on new music in his Big Yard studio. He will release a new single by the end of this year… and a new album will follow in 2009!
Tour schedule update
Swiss, Bulgarian, Italian, German and Jamaican Shaggy fans, you’re in luck! Shaggy’s Official MySpace confirmed the following new tour dates: September 26 free concert in Zurich, Switzerland
Shaggy, Bligg and Elijah will perform on the 175 years of Zurich high schools’ existence celebration on this Friday, September 26. You can read more about it on Tages Anzeiger or the official site die Welt Verstehen and you can get tickets and more info about the open air concerts on die Welt Erleben. Shaggy’s performance is on the main stage and starts around 21.30h. October 3 Live tv show, I Migliori Anni, Rome, Italy TV Show page on Rai Uno October 5 TV show, Bulgaria More info and video ad October 6 Ultimative Chart Show, Cologne, Germany TV Channel RTL October 10 Champions in Action, Kingston, Jamaica
Usain Bolt’s homecoming
Shaggy performed at Usain Bolt’s Homecoming Celebration concert. Article at the Jamaica Gleaner.
Jay Will and Shaggy tribute to Usain Bolt and the Jamaican Olympic team, from Germany
Shaggy VIP Room video in St Tropez: Boombastic, It Wasn’t Me and Church Heathen
