:. July 6, 2001
Shaggy Thanks Michael
Reggae singer Shaggy will be one of the artists
who will take part in the tribute concert 'Michael
Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, The Solo
Years'. In some respects, his participation is
payback for a personal favor from Michael that
helped to launch his album 'Hotshot' to the top
of the album charts earlier this year.
'Dance & Shout', the first single released from
the album, samples the song 'Shake Your Body (Down
To The Ground)', a hit from The Jacksons a
lbum 'Destiny' (EPIC 1978). Shaggy was introduced
to the sample several months earlier at a meeting
with producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
"I went down to Flyte Tyme and they played me about
four or five loops, and that one just stood out to
me, man - it was obvious. It felt like something I
could 'Shagga-tize.' I just flowed on there. It's not
your great record, as far as credibility-wise. I just
took Michael Jackson's sample and I flipped it, but
it's a great idea, and a great sound and a great song."
To legally use it Shaggy had to get permission from
Michael and his brother Randy, who wrote the song
together.
"Michael was really great in giving me the sample
anyway because a lot of people tried to obtain a
sample and couldn't get it. And one phone call and
he said, 'Yeah, I already heard it and I think it's
dope. You got it,' and he was cool, too. He actually
gave me a piece of the action. There were people
that I've used samples with that just wanted
everything. He basically was, like, 'Hey, go ahead,
man.'"
Shaggy added that he thinks it's pretty amazing
that the teens who bought the single 'Dance &
Shout' were not even born when 'Shake Your Body
(Down To The Ground)' was a Top 10 hit for The
Jacksons:
"These kids don't even know the original. They
think it's, like, a Shaggy original, the younger
kids, you know?"
[Source: Launch.com, Jackson Dailynews]
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