Shaun Pizzonia (born March 9, 1968), or Sting International is an American musician, DJ, sound engineer, song writer, and two-time
Grammy Award
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winning producer best known for his work with Jamaican musician
Shaggy
Shaggy may refer to:
People
*Shaggy (musician) (born 1968), Jamaican American reggae rapper and singer
*Shaggy 2 Dope, half of the hip hop, horrorcore band Insane Clown Posse
*Shaggy Flores (born 1973), Nuyorican poet, writer and African diaspora ...
and English musician
Sting
Sting may refer to:
* Stinger or sting, a structure of an animal to inject venom, or the injury produced by a stinger
* Irritating hairs or prickles of a stinging plant, or the plant itself
Fictional characters and entities
* Sting (Middle-eart ...
.
Pizzonia was well known for his knowledge across numerous genres, and is one of the most in-demand radio and club DJ's.
He has been influential in broadening
dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) "The Rou ...
reggae's audience. The name "Sting International", is based on an acronym of four DJ names: Shaun, Tony, Ian and Gary. "I threw an N in there and got STING, and I added International to it because it sounded f**king grand and everybody loved it."
In 1996, Pizzonia founded Big Yard Records with Robert Livingston and Shaggy. After departing Big Yard in 2011, Pizzonia formed the record label Ranch Entertainment Inc (REI) with Shaggy, Paul Rossi, and Yoichi Imai, and Shaun is the label's chief producer.
Selected works
* "
Oh Carolina
"Oh Carolina" is a 1958 song by the Folkes Brothers, produced by Prince Buster and released in 1960, after which it became an early ska hit. It was covered by many various artists, including Shaggy in 1993.
Folkes Brothers version
The original v ...
" single (1993) – producer
* "
Big Up" single (1993) – producer, co-writer
* ''
Boombastic'' album (1995) – producer, arranger, performer, co-writer
* "
It Wasn't Me
"It Wasn't Me" is the first single from Jamaican-American reggae musician Shaggy's fifth studio album, '' Hot Shot'' (2000). The song features vocals from RikRok (credited as Rickardo "RikRok" Ducent). The lyrics of the song depict one man (Rik ...
" single (2000) – producer, co-writer
* "
Angel
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Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles include ...
" single (2000) – producer
* ''
Clothes Drop
''Clothes Drop'' is the seventh studio album released by Jamaican singer Shaggy. It was released by Geffen Records on September 2, 2005. When the album was released promotionally in 2004, it was debated that the album would not be commercially rel ...
'' album (2005) – co-writer
* ''
Intoxication
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** LSD intoxication
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** Cocaine i ...
'' album (2007) – producer, co-writer
* "
Everything You Need
''Everything You Need'' is the third album by American band Slightly Stoopid. It was released by Surfdog Records
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" track (2011) – performer
* ''
Summer in Kingston
''Summer in Kingston'' is the tenth studio album released by Jamaican dancehall artist Shaggy.
Background
The album was first released via digital download on 19 July 2011, containing a total of eight tracks.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-in- ...
'' album (2011) – producer, co-writer
* ''
Rise
Rise or RISE may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities
* '' Rise: The Vieneo Province'', an internet-based virtual world
* Rise FM, a fictional radio station in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto 3''
* Rise Kujikawa, a video ...
'' album (2012) – co-writer
* ''
44/876'' album (2018) – producer, co-writer
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards
References
Musicians from New York City
Grammy Award winners
Living people
1968 births
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