MR VEGAS
Pull Up
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Tracklisting: |
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| 01 | Pull Up (ft. Wayne Wonder) | |
| 02 | Tamale | |
| 03 | Never Leave U Lonely (ft. Irish Man) | |
| 04 | Popito | |
| 05 | Thank You Girl (ft. Foxy Brown) | |
| 06 | Kicka | |
| 07 | Like That (ft. Gino Beats) | |
| 08 | Bad Man (aka A Nuh Di Same) | |
| 09 | Fly Away | |
| 10 | Under Mi Sensi (ft. Alozade & Hollow Point) | |
| 11 | Sweat (ft. Barrington Levy & Sasha) | |
| 12 | Can't Get Over You | |
| 13 | Who | |
| 14 | Don't Stop | |
| 15 | You Know I Love You | |
| 16 | Pull Up (Culo Remix ft. Pitbull & Lil Jon) |
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REVIEW IN ENGLISH: SOURCE: ROOTS MUSIC Reggae & Dancehall AUTHOR: Teacha Dan 
After Heads High (1998) and Damn Right (2001, both on Greensleeves) and a 45rpm collection Reggae Max for Jet Star, Mr Vegas has now teamed up with US (hip hop) label Delicious Vinyl to bring us Pull Up. His move to Delicious Vinyl has proven a wise decision since two of the featured songs are already conciderable chart successes. 'Pull Up' on the Coolie Dance riddim was MTV's Jam of the Week and his latest single and video 'Tamale' is also spreading like wildfire. Utilizing more Jamaican hit riddims like Red Alert, Famine, The Buzz, Clappas, Dancehall Rock and even the Surprise (The Bug clone) riddim, this album is the real dancehall ting! Firery hot female artist Ce'Cile's debut album will also be released on Delicious Vinyl in the near future and so she too seems ready to storm the international charts. On Pull Up Mr Vegas seems to have become more worldly than on his previous outings. He no longer plays your typical Jamaican ostrich and on one of his songs, 'Bad Man', he even sings "If you nuh use condom you will catch disease". A very unjamaican thing to proclaim since venereal deseases are, in the minds of most uneducated Jamaicans, only for homosexuals. Guest appearances by Wayne Anthony, Foxy Brown, Irish Man, Alozade, Hollow Point, Sasha, Pitbull, and Lil Jon add to the flavour and international appeal of the album. The Barrington Levy cover 'Under Mi Sensi' is done over an up-tempo riddim (Clappas) which makes it very danceable and on the next tune, the sweet r&b flavoured lovers rock tune 'Sweat' the man himself pitches in to help out Vegas and Sasha with some power vocals. The mix of the album is heavy on the drum and bass just as any reggae and/or dancehall product should sound. So an extra very heavy big-up to the sound engineer and the producers. Many strictly reggae labels can learn from this one. Though dancehall, hip hop and r&b seem to have never been closer before it is the Jamaican dancehall productions that constantly seem to surprise the uninitiated music listener. After Sean Paul's chart busts the world just seems to be ready for more and Mr Vegas is here to deliver. (Teacha Dan) |
