{"id":3664,"date":"2011-07-23T20:34:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T20:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shaggy.v3x.biz\/journal\/?p=3664"},"modified":"2011-08-05T10:21:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T10:21:21","slug":"billboard-com-shaggy-interview-and-summer-in-kingston-review-shaggy-makes-stateside-return-with-summer-in-kingston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaggy.v3x.biz\/journal\/?p=3664","title":{"rendered":"Billboard.com Shaggy interview and Summer in Kingston review: &#8220;Shaggy Makes Stateside Return With &#8216;Summer in Kingston&#8221;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I got to get some new pages in my passport,&#8221; says Shaggy in a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/news\/shaggy-makes-stateside-return-with-summer-1005289652.story\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard.com<\/a>, &#8220;I constantly tour every year, around the clock.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/news\/shaggy-makes-stateside-return-with-summer-1005289652.story\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard<\/a> caught up with diamond-selling reggae artist Shaggy and talked to Bob McLynn of Crush Management, the New York based firm (Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Train and more) that now manages Shaggy. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The guy really is an icon out there,&#8221; says Bob McLynn of <a href=\"http:\/\/crushmm.com\">Crush Management<\/a>, who signed Shaggy because &#8220;Shaggy had more good songs than any other new artist we&#8217;ve ever seen. You listen to any rhythm and pop station, and every summer you&#8217;re still going to hear some old Shaggy songs,&#8221; McLynn adds. &#8220;He&#8217;s still current in terms of his songs are still getting played&#8230; And when you hear the new stuff, its like, &#8216;OK, we could do something with this because it&#8217;s that good.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shaggy&#8217;s awesome new album &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/summer-in-kingston\/id449730469\" title=\"Get Shaggy's awesome new album Summer in Kingston on iTunes\" target=\"_blank\">Summer in Kingston<\/a>&#8221; will be a digital-only release and will arrive aggressively priced at $2.99 through iTunes, Amazon and other major digital outlets, at least until Labor Day. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/news\/shaggy-makes-stateside-return-with-summer-1005289652.story\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard.com<\/a> writes about Sugar Cane and Just Another Girl, two tracks on the great new album: &#8220;Sugar Cane has all the hallmarks of a Shaggy summer smash: an island vibe, a naughty double-entendre.&#8221; &#8220;The album&#8217;s other sure shot is Just Another Girl, a roots-reggae banger featuring Jamaican star Tarrus Riley singing a tasty vintage hook.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Did you get Shaggy&#8217;s awesome new album <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/summer-in-kingston\/id449730469\" title=\"Get Shaggy's awesome new album Summer in Kingston on iTunes\" target=\"_blank\">Summer in Kingston<\/a> yet? It&#8217;s available on <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/summer-in-kingston\/id449730469\" title=\"Get Shaggy's awesome new album Summer in Kingston on iTunes\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a> for just $2.99, get it now and your summer will be extra hot! <\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full interview and review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/news\/shaggy-makes-stateside-return-with-summer-1005289652.story\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard.com<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"349\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/59AA6SgIeTM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/59AA6SgIeTM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I got to get some new pages in my passport,&#8221; says Shaggy in a recent interview with Billboard.com, &#8220;I constantly tour every year, around the clock.&#8221; Billboard caught up with diamond-selling reggae artist Shaggy and talked to Bob McLynn of Crush Management, the New York based firm (Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Train and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2169,2124,3],"tags":[1063,2203,2204,1005,2098,2095,1950],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaggy.v3x.biz\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaggy.v3x.biz\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaggy.v3x.biz\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaggy.v3x.biz\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaggy.v3x.biz\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3664"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/shaggy.v3x.biz\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3887,"href":"https:\/\/shaggy.v3x.biz\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3664\/revisions\/3887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaggy.v3x.biz\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaggy.v3x.biz\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaggy.v3x.biz\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}