Tropical Storm

Beenie Man

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 20, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B00006CTJ3
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #96,894 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
No one's ever questioned whether Beenie Man has the DJ skills and charisma to blow dancehall music up into Shaggy-like proportions. The question is, at what cost? Collaborations with heavyweight American hip-hop producers DJ Clue ("Fresh From Yard"), The Neptunes ("Bad Girl"), and Janet Jackson--who contributes a catchy hook to hip-hoppy single "Feel It Boy"--mean Tropical Storm ends up sounding not very, well, tropical. Crossover dancehall bids are cool, but there's no "Who Am I (Zim Zimma)?"-caliber tunes to be found and too few gritty tunes to keep the hardcore dancehall masses overly enthused. The Shocking Vibes crew add just enough authentic dancehall so you don't feel as if you're listening to a P Diddy record. Beenie's "singjay" flows shine on the Sly and Robbie-produced "You Babe," "Party Hard," and "Miss L.A.P." Certainly, a speedy UK garage track ("Yagga Yo") featuring Megaman from the So Solid Crew will titillate, but when the Neptunes' signature beats pop up on "Bossman," one begins to wonder whether Beenie was looking too closely at the pop charts (and the bottom line) in creating this project. --Dalton Higgins

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beenie Does Hip Hop, August 27, 2002

By A Customer

For Strict dancehall fans like myself who have enjoyed Blessed and The Doctor as some of Beenie's best work, this album does not have any of his greatest hits on it exept maybe L.A.P. which dance hall fans have on the Buy Out CD already. We have seen Shabba do this and Shaggy do this before. The Grammy winning album had more reggae on it and I have listened to this one quite a bit but I am still dissapointed in the lack of hardcore authentic dancehall here. I guess it makes me enjoy Capleton and Bounty that much more

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Tropical storm.....more like tropical wave but still solid, September 9, 2002

By	I.B. (Westampton, NJ) - See all my reviews

This new one from beenie man is something different and more in a hip-hop direction. Working with strickly the neptunes I didnt expect anything mroe different. Its hip-hop and reggae mixed in but hit and miss with some tracks and others. Overall I think beenie wanted to do something different but ended up with a not so strong cd as the last or the 2 before. Still fans should check this oen out as well as non-fans. Songs like: Yagga yo( a definete heavy weight on the cd..tight beat), Feel it boy(janet brings the heat while beenie keeps the beat flowing), More we want, Fresh from yard(Kim and beenie keep it flowin on this one with a good reggae/hip-hop beat), Bossman(Beeie does it right with lady saw and sean paul makign it right). Overall this new oen should keep beenie man fans satisfied for a minute. Overall a solid cd but hopefully the next one will be stronger. Still something to check out....get it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More like a rainy day than a Tropical Storm, September 7, 2002

By	"awnaw" (Toronto, Ontario) - See all my reviews

Hate him or love him, Beenie has been arguably the most popular danceall artiste of the past decade with countless hits. This album does not demonstrate this fact. In fact, Virgin probably saw Shaggy's success as well as Bounty Killer's introduction to pop audiences via his collab with No Doubt as their way of pushing this second album more to the pop market. Well it does not work. Feel it boy has got to be one of the worst songs Beenie has ever done. It seems that everyone forgot that Sim Simma which was authentic dancehall has been his biggest intl. hit. Ms LAP would have been a better lead single but it still wouldnt save this album from the ... pile. Looks like its back to the drawing board for the Doctor.