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Album Review: Clothes Drop

  • Artist: Shaggy
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: September 20, 2005
  • Type: Contains explicit content
  • Genre: Reggae

Review

Trying to please everyone, Shaggy knocks an excellent album down to just a very good one by overstuffing the otherwise inspired Clothes Drop with bland filler. An hour plus, the album contains 40 to 50 minutes of inspired Shaggy with the swashbuckling singer dividing his time between swaggering business as usual and surprisingly non-pop, non-slick numbers that are welcome reminders of how deep he can go. The polished boasting and bragging on the opening "Clothes Drop" is no big surprise, but the minimal and bubbly production from Sly & Robbie is fresh and exciting. The pace is kept up with some raw dancehall -- the pounding "Broadway" with its brittle Barrington Levy sample is especially tasty -- before things get much slicker. "Wild 2Nite" takes the singer into the perfect-fitting world of G-Unit with special guest Olivia, and "Supa Hypnotic" is the first of two stylish winners with the Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger, the saucy "Don't Ask Her That" being the second. Up to this point, Clothes Drop juggles the crossover and the genuine well, but generic concessions to bedroom R&B and a empty collaboration with the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am are forgettable and have no place on this otherwise excellent album. That two of the most heartfelt and poignant numbers from the artist close the album makes this all the worse, but you only have to do a little trimming to make Clothes Drop one of his best. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Clothes Drop (Lyrics) Robbie Shakespeare Shaggy (4:04)
Ready Fi Di Ride (Lyrics) Shaggy (3:34)
Broadway (Lyrics) Shaggy (2:35)
Wild 2nite (Lyrics) Shaggy (3:29)
Back in the Days Rayvon, Shaggy (4:00)
Supa Hypnotic (Lyrics) Nicole Scherzinger, Shaggy (3:35)
Would You Be (Lyrics) Shaggy (4:16)
Stand Up (Lyrics) Shaggy (3:34)
Repent (Lyrics) Shaggy (3:41)
Luv Me Up Shaggy (3:31)
Ahead in Life (Lyrics) Shaggy (3:16)
Ultimatum (Lyrics) Shaggy (3:33)
Shut Up and Dance J. Curtis Shaggy, will.i.am (3:24)
Don't Ask Her That (Lyrics) Nicole Scherzinger, Shaggy (4:25)
Road Block (Lyrics) Shaggy (3:32)
Gone with Angels (Lyrics) Shaggy (4:05)
Letter to My Kids (Lyrics) Shaggy (2:54)

Credits

Lincoln Thomas (Guitar), J. Curtis (Guitar), Sly Dunbar (Producer), Tony Gold (Vocals (Background)), A. Kelly (Musician), Alex Cantrall (Producer), Tony Kelly (Revision), Soulshock (Musician), Michael Fletcher (Musician), Rik Rok (Vocals (Background)), Claude "Weakhand" Reynolds (Mixing), C. Duck Anderson (Vocals (Background)), Shaun "Sting Int'l" Pizzonia (Overdubs), Michael Fletcher (Producer), Shaun "Sting Int'l" Pizzonia (Producer), Brian Gold (Vocals (Background)), Tony Green (Musician), Martin Kierszenbaum (Keyboards), Maurice Gregory (Musician), Armando Colon (Producer), Chico Chin (Musician), Nellee Hooper (Vocal Producer), Chris Gehringer (Mastering), Robert Livingston (Executive Producer), Martin Kierszenbaum (A&R), Robbie Shakespeare (Producer), Scott Storch (Producer), Cliff Feiman (Production Coordination), Kameron Houff (Engineer), Soulshock (Producer), Alex Cantrall (Musician), Sly Dunbar (Musician), Neal Ferrazzani (Assistant), Robert Livingston (Producer), Shaun "Sting Int'l" Pizzonia (Musician), Thom Panunzio (Producer), Armando Colon (Musician), Shaun "Sting Int'l" Pizzonia (Mixing), Robert Lyn (Musician), Tony Kelly (Engineer), Thom Panunzio (Mixing), Gita Williams (Product Manager), Tony Kelly (Musician), J. Peter Robinson (Art Direction), Shaun "Sting Int'l" Pizzonia (Executive Producer), Fabian Smith (Keyboard Overdubs), Soulshock (Engineer), Shaun "Sting Int'l" Pizzonia (Engineer), Tony Kelly (Producer), Damion Hall (Engineer), Armando Colon (Engineer), Robert Livingston (Overdubs), Robbie Shakespeare (Musician), Heather Cummings (Vocals (Background))
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Clothes Drop
Studio album by Shaggy
Released September 2, 2005
Recorded 2005
Genre Reggae, Dance Hall
Length 61:29
Label Geffen Records
Professional reviews
Shaggy chronology
Lucky Day
(2002)
Clothes Drop
(2005)
Intoxication
(2007)

Clothes Drop is the seventh album released by Shaggy in 2005.

Track listing

  1. "Clothes Drop" (Burrell, Ducent, Dunbar, Lyn, Robbie Shakespeare) – 4:04
  2. "Ready Fi Di Ride" (Burrell, Ducent, Gregory, Kelly) – 3:34
  3. "Broadway" (Burrell, Ducent, Hawthorne, Levy, Shippy) – 2:35
  4. "Wild 2Nite" (Burrell, Colon, Longot) (featuring Olivia) – 3:29
  5. "Back in the Days" (Burrell, Ducent, Fletcher) (featuring Rayvon) – 4:00
  6. "Supa Hypnotic" (Burrell, Cantrall, Karlin, Robbins, Schack) (featuring Nicole Scherzinger) – 3:35
  7. "Would You Be" (Birch, Burrell, Colon, Ducent, Pizzonia, Robinson, Thompson) (featuring Brian Thompson) – 4:16
  8. "Stand Up" (Birch, Burrell, Ducent, Harriot, Livingston) – 3:34
  9. "Repent" (Burrell, Ducent, Gregory, Kelly, Pizzonia) – 3:42
  10. "Luv Me Up" (Burrell, Ducent, Gregory, Kelly, Pizzonia) – 3:31
  11. "Ahead in Life" (Burrell, Colon, Ducent, Kelly) – 3:16
  12. "Ultimatum" (Burrell, Colon, Ducent, Pizzonia) (featuring Na'sha) – 3:33
  13. "Shut Up & Dance" (Adams, Belew, Burrell, Curtis, Frantz, Pizzonia, Stanley, Weymouth) (featuring will.i.am and Fergie) – 3:24
  14. "Don't Ask Her That" (Burrell, Ducent, Storch) (featuring Nicole Scherzinger) – 4:25
  15. "Road Block" (Burrell, Ducent, Harris, Pizzonia) (featuring Rikrok) – 3:32
  16. "Gone with Angels" (Burrell, Colon, Ducent, Pizzonia) – 4:05
  17. "Letter to My Kids" (Burrell, Ducent, Pizzonia ) – 2:54
  18. "Hold Me" (UK Bonus Track) - 3:06
  19. "Goodie Goodie" (Track Only Included On Promo Of Album, Dropped Before Album Release)
  20. "Sexy Gyal Whind" (Track Only Included On Promo Of Album, Dropped Before Album Release)

Personnel

  • C. Duck Anderson – Vocals (bckgr)
  • Alex Cantrall – Producer, Musician
  • Chico Chin – Musician
  • Armando Colon – Producer, Engineer, Musician
  • Heather Cummings – Vocals (bckgr)
  • J. Curtis – Guitar
  • Sly Dunbar – Producer, Musician
  • Cliff Feiman – Production Coordination
  • Neal Ferrazzani – Assistant
  • Michael Fletcher – Producer, Musician
  • Chris Gehringer – Mastering
  • Brian Gold – Vocals (bckgr)
  • Tony Gold – Vocals (bckgr)
  • Tony Green – Musician
  • Maurice Gregory – Musician
  • Damion Hall – Engineer
  • Nellee Hooper – Vocal Producer
  • Kameron Houff – Engineer
  • A. Kelly – Musician
  • Tony Kelly – Producer, Engineer, Musician, Revision
  • Martin Kierszenbaum – Keyboards, A&R
  • Robert Livingston – Producer, Overdubs, Executive Producer
  • Robert Lyn – Musician
  • Thom Panunzio – Producer, Mixing
  • Shaun "Sting Int'l" Pizzonia – Producer, Engineer, Overdubs, Executive Producer, Mixing, Musician
  • Claude "Weakhand" Reynolds – Mixing
  • J. Peter Robinson – Art Direction
  • Robbie Shakespeare – Producer, Musician
  • Fabian Smith – Keyboard Overdubs
  • Soulshock – Producer, Engineer, Musician
  • Scott Storch – Producer
  • Lincoln Thomas – Guitar
  • Gita Williams – Product Manager

 
 

 

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