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Common Sense Note

Sean Paul is hot and your kids are going to listen to him with or without your blessing, with the help of their friends. This CD is available in explicit and edited versions -- not that editing does much.

This is one case where you really might want to go to Lyrics.com and look at what he's saying so you can decide a) if you want your kid listening or b) what you want your input to be on some of his messages.

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Common Sense Review

Reviewed By: Cynthea Riesenberg

"Dutty Rock" is Jamaican slang for "Dirty Rock," and Sean Paul's second album fully earns that title, describing life in dancehalls smoking weed, drinking, and hitting on women. But Sean Paul was a songwriter before he turned singer, and his lyrics are amusing and he delivers them with stylish energy. In the dancehall hit "Gimme the Light," he chants, "Could I be your protector/ You buff in every sector/ Every man around them/ Want turn your inspector/ But you no let them sweat ya/ Nor grill you with no lecture/ 'Bout them power drill/ Or them fuel injector/ Them a infector disease collector."

"Get Busy" uses a frantic beat to urge "sexy ladies" to "oscillate you hip and don't take pity." Sean Paul gives a nod to the Indian trend in dancehall via up-tempo rhythms in "Shout (Street Respect)," and in "Bubble," which features Fahrenheit and an insistent beat on the tabla drum. Less successfully, he attempts a Spanish-language version of "Punkie." But dancehall purists will forgive such digressions, thanks to DUTTY ROCK'S catchy rhythms, unforgettable hooks, and Sean Paul's crisp delivery.

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Content
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Sexual Content In "Like Glue," Sean Paul sings about "shagging" everyone from virgins to prostitutes. "Get Busy" exhorts, "Sexy ladies want par with us/in a the car with us/It's all good girl turn me on/Til a early morn'."
Violence
Language Several tracks in the explicit version of the album include the "N" word ("Top Of The Game;" the Busta Rhymes remix of "Gimme The Light;" "Esa Loca," featuring Tony Touch & R.O.B.B.). Profuse drug-related and sexual content also justify the parental advisory.
Message
	Social Behavior High on Sean Paul's lyrical to-do list are wine (or drugs), women (or sex), and song (preferably dancehall).
	Commercialism Brand names are not referenced.
	Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco In "Police Skit," Sean Paul gets busted for weed. "Ganja Weed" is self-explanatory. Numerous other tracks describe drinking and drugs, though the lyrics can be difficult to understand.

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