Art & Life [Explicit Lyrics, Import]

Beenie Man | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 2000)
• Original Release Date: July 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics, Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B00004SX3F
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,546 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Remedy for Hip Hop/Reggae Fans, September 20, 2000

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Ben Hernandez Jr. (Southern Cali) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Art & Life (Audio CD)

Though not an avid reggae fan, the credit given for me to plunk down the cash for this CD was attributed to "Girls Dem Sugar" featuring R&B star Mya. After listening to that single, I just had to see what else Beenie Man had to offer in his latest album, "Art and Life". As the album title states, Beenie Man's ability to incorporate reggae with hip hop is indeed an art in and of itself though definitely not a new concept (I guess anything is better than listening to Snow). I enjoyed tracks like "Haters and Fools", "Jamaica Way", and my personal favorite, the "Love Me Now" remix featuring The Funk Doctor Spock, Redman, himself and Wyclef Jean. As a hip hop caterer, this album may not have enough flavor to switch me into a hardcore reggae fan or even vice versa for reggae lovers, but by combining the two musical worlds, I guess small doses of it may change that one day. After all, they do combine the taste of cherry with cough syrup to mask the medicine's real flavor. So in a sense, "Art and Life" is hip-hop flavored reggae or reggae flavored hip hop. Either way, it can be ingested by the pure hip hop or reggae fan.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good mix of influences, July 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Art & Life (Audio CD)

If you're a dancehall purist, stop right now. This is not your thing. But Beenie Man has integrated a very unusual set of influences for this CD, making dancehall music more accessible to people who maybe haven't been exposed to the reggae vibe before. His words and style are powerful. This is definately worth checkin out but bring ya open mind and ya open ears.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beenie Man tries something different... again, January 7, 2002

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"petekalik" (Denver, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Art & Life (Audio CD)

Beenie Man has been an innovator his entire career so I don't understand the outcry about his new sound in some of his songs. The whole fun of Beenie Man is you never know what he'll come up with. He has a freaking country-western track for pete's sake! And it's good! In this world of manufactured pop garbage, thank god there are still guys like Beenie Man around who aren't afraid to push the boundaries and try something new.

Moving on, I'd like to talk about a couple tracks that stood out to me. 1)Haters and Fools- This is a classic dancehall track, it's a pretty good way to start the album.
2)Ola- This song starts will a little piano riff and then all of the sudden the bass comes in. It's a great moment that you have to hear. These moments are why we listen to music.
3)Love Me Now (Remix) - I really like the remix, but I really don't like Redman's performance here. It sounds like he just put something together at the last moment.
4)Love Me Now (Original)- Wyclef and Beenie make a great team. How long until they put out an album together a la Tanto Metro & Devonte? How cool would that be? Everyone write your congressman, this must happen.
5)Some Tonight- I hate to say it but Tanto Metro's performance on this track is so good he outshines Beenie! No one ever outshines Beenie Man! (With the exception of Machel Montano in "UFOs", of course. Machel rules in that song.)
6)I've Got a Date- Beenie Man should sing more.