Date :

Snow, Shaggy & Maxi Priest For Cayman’s Fusion Concert

Source: riddimjamaica

The Fusion Concert Tour on 17th January at the Lions Centre will combine three extremely talented musicians on one stage.

Maxi Priest is a British reggae singer. He is known as “The King of Lover’s Rock”. His first major album, the self- titled Maxi Priest (1988), established him as one of the top British reggae singers. He is one of only two British reggae acts to have an American Billboard #1 and reach the American Top 10 in 1991. His duet with Shaggy in 1996, “That Girl”, was a world-wide hit.

Shaggy is a Jamaican-American reggae singer who takes his nickname from Scooby-doo’s companion. His first big hit in 1993 “Oh Carolina” was followed by “Boombastic in 1995, then 2001 worldwide #1 hit singles “It Wasn’t Me” & “Angel”. The album “Hot Shot” hit #1 on the Billboard 200.

Snow is an award-winning Canadian reggae singer. Snow is the acronym for “Super Notorious Outrageous Whiteboy”. His 1993 album “12 Inches of Snow” sold over 8 million records world-wide with the single “Informer” remaining #1 on the Billboard charts for 7 weeks. “Informer” was recorded twice in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best selling reggae single in US history.

Continue reading

Date :

Snow Bizness : Informer MC Tries To Keep It Real

Source: Jason Keller, www.nowtoronto.com

It’s been 13 years since Darrin O’Brien, aka Snow, heard Informer drifting out of the speakers of his jail-cell radio. Serving a one-year sentence for assault, Snow couldn’t believe his ears. He’d just assumed the sessions he’d done with producer MC Shan were never going see the light of day.

Obviously, it didn’t work out that way; Snow exited the pen in a limo. Informer was a reggae hit to the max. Its catchy patois chorus and rapid-fire delivery had huge crossover appeal, something that eludes most dancehall and reggae heavyweights.

To this day, the former Billboard number-one song reigns in record books as the highest-charting and biggest-selling reggae single in history. Though Snow’s made three proper studio albums since, and a few hits, nothing has come close to touching the success of his debut single. Curiously, Snow doesn’t see Informer as the highlight of his career thus far.

“The song I did with Buju [Banton] was bigger in my mind,” says O’Brien, referring to Anything For You, from 97’s Justuss (East West), which was named after his daughter. “I see that as more of an accomplishment, because it launched me and got me accepted by the reggae community.

Continue reading