Back to Basics - Beenie Man

This sexy, rootsy reggae is not for kids.

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Music details
  • Artist(s): Beenie Man
  • Genre: Reggae
  • Label: Virgin Records
  • Parental Advisory: Yes
  • Edited Version: No
  • Release Date: 7/13/2004

Parents need to know

Beenie Man's BACK TO BASICS is not for everyone (and certainly not for kids and young teens), but for those who don't mind exuberant sexual explicitness this is a terrific dance record.

Message

Social Behavior:

You definitely don't want your kids repeating the sexual lyrics.

Consumerism:

Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:

Just a bit.

Violence

Sex

Very explicit.

Language

Some strong language.

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What's the story?

Reviewed by Kathi Kamen Goldmark

Legendary Jamaican DJ Beenie Man, who signed his first record deal at the ripe old age of eight, takes us back to his island roots on BACK TO BASICS. Nearly 100% libidinous, the lyrics will not be for everyone and are not appropriate for kids. But for those who don't mind cheerfully sexual content, this is one terrific dance record.

Produced by island heavyweights such as Dave and Tony Kelly and Don Corleone, pounding beats and insidious musical hooks keep the energy going under Beenie Man's machine-gun vocal delivery. The result is no-holds-barred dance party fun.

The CD opens with "Dude," featuring a duet with Ms. Thing singing "I want a dude with the wickedest slam...I want a dude who would do me in his van," etc. with caramel-smooth sweetness as Beenie Man boasts about his own sexual prowess. A delicate flute track and hypnotic groove somehow give the explicit lyrics a playful, rather than crude, feeling. The songs that follow are also mostly about sex, but one of the high points is the next-to-last track, "If A Neva God" featuring Kirk Davis -- an exquisite Gospel/Reggae hybrid that immediately gets under your skin.

Yes, this is an explicitly sexual album, but refreshing in the sense that it lacks the mean-spirited sexism promoted by artists like Lil' Wayne. BACK TO BASICS is lascivious as can be, but delivered with a wink and a smile -- and that ultimately makes all the difference.

Is it any good?

3
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Posted on 12/23/04 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 13

i really like this cd, but i think that i should have tried to find a edited version,you can't really understand what he (beenie man) is saying until you listen to it a few times

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5

Posted on 12/23/04 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 13

i really like this cd, but i think that i should have tried to find a edited version,you can't really understand what he (beenie man) is saying until you listen to it a few times

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