''As Raw As Ever'' is a studio album released by
Shabba Ranks
Shabba Ranks (born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon; 17 January 1966) is a Jamaican dancehall musician. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was one of the most popular Jamaican musicians in the world. Throughout his prominence in his home cou ...
, his first to be well received by critics and the public.
Track listing
*All Songs Published By Aunt Hilda Music.
# Trailor Load a Girls - 3:58 (Cleveland "Clevie" Browne, Wycliffe Johnson, Greville Gordon)
# Where Does Slackness Come From - 3:48 (Gordon)
# Woman Tangle - 3:48 (Gordon, Clifton Dillon)
# Gun Pon Me - 3:53 (Leopold Hartley, Shabba Ranks)
# Gone Up - 3:55 (Gordon)
# Housecall (featuring
Maxi Priest
Max Alfred "Maxi" Elliott (born 10 June 1961), known by his stage name Maxi Priest, is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with an R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion. He was one ...
) - 3:39 (Dillon, Brian Thompson, Maxi Priest, Mike Bennett, Ranks)
# Flesh Axe - 4:10 (Browne, Dillon, Johnson)
# A Mi Di Girls Dem Love - 3:29 (Gordon, Ranks)
# Fist-A-Ris - 3:33 (Gordon, Ranks)
# The Jam (featuring
KRS-One
Lawrence "Kris" Parker (born August 20, 1965), better known by his stage names KRS-One (; an abbreviation of "Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone") and Teacha, is an American rapper from New York City. He rose to prominence as part of ...
) - 3:22 (KRS-One, Dillon, Joseph Longo, Lawrence Krisna Parker,
Stephanie Mills
Stephanie Dorthea Mills (born March 22, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to stardom as "Dorothy" in the original seven-time Tony Award winning Broadway run of the musical ''The Wiz'' from 1974 to 1979. The song " Home" from t ...
)
# Ambi Get Scarce - 3:52 (Hartley, Ranks)
# Park Yu Benz - 3:26 (Gordon, Ranks)
Personnel
*Shabba Ranks: Vocal
*Mikey Bennett, Paul "Wrong Move" Crossdale, Michael Fletcher, Handel Tucker: Keyboards
*
Earl Smith: Guitars
*Stephen "Cat" Coore: Guitars, Vocals
*Danny Dennis, Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson: Bass, Keyboards
*Cleveland "Clevie" Browne,
Sly Dunbar
Lowell Fillmore "Sly" Dunbar (born 10 May 1952, Kingston, Jamaica) is a drummer, best known as one half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and reggae production duo Sly and Robbie.
Biography
Dunbar began playing at 15 in a band called ...
, George "Dusty" Miller: Drums, Percussion
*Danny Browne: Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Percussion
*Chevelle Franklin, Brian & Tony Gold, Dorothy Smith: Backing Vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
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List of number-one R&B albums of 1991 (U.S.)
References
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1991 albums
Shabba Ranks albums
Epic Records albums
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album