Talk:Shabba Ranks
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Why no mention of any of his pre-1991 work, including "Twice My Age" (which was probably the biggest reggae crossover hit up until the release of "Murder She Wrote" by Chaka Demus and Pliers), "Telephone Love", and "Pirates Anthem"? Also why no mention of "Ting A Ling", which is IMHO the best (and hardest) tune he ever recorded?
SweetP112 22:45, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
- The article still has a long way to go - add it. Though I don't know if I would agree with you on Ting-a-ling. Guettarda 23:22, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Mistah Ugly-Mon
Along with his homophobic lyrics, I suspect that the music video on In Living Color (the television series) may have damaged Shabba Ranks' reputation. In it, Shabba was referred to as "Mistah Ugly-Mon, The Ugliest In Town," with one of the actors portraying a very grotesque charicature of Shabba Ranks. Here's a link to the video in question.
Maybe this is a bit of a stretch, but I clearly remember that the bottom fell out for Vanilla Ice after his "appearance" on In Living Color. Everyone thought he was the greatest thing ever until his ego was deflated by Jim Carrey on the popular sketch comedy series. - M.Neko
- You may well be correct. Be Bold and edit the article accordingly is my advice.
- Derek R Bullamore 08:42, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
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- No, actually please don't, unless you can find a reliable sources to support this idea. It seems rather far-fetched to me. Shabba's main market was never the US - it was Jamaica, the rest of the Caribbean and the UK. After a long run he faded from popularity - everyone does. Homophobia lyrics and an appearance on a US tv show that probably didn't air in Jamaica at the time are unlikely to explain his decline in popularity among his base audience. Guettarda 13:24, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reggae King?
As much as I like Shabba Rank's music, He never was the best selling international "reggae" star, that title was already takened by Bob Marley, who sold many more albums. Therefore, I changed the word "Reggae" to "Dancehall" Stevo D 20:38, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] unbalanced
The controversy to do with homophobic remarks has to mentioned in the article - but not in such a way that it makes up two-thirds of it. This is a contortion of what Shabba Ranks has produced, done and of what his music means to people. --84.188.228.122 23:34, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] grammy
Shabba was actually not the first reggae artist to win a Grammy - it was Mad Cobra for "Flex" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 142.204.74.157 (talk) 19:59, 7 March 2007 (UTC).
anyone know if he s a rastafari or not? please add that if
