''Tropical Storm'' is
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
,
dancehall artist
Beenie Man's fifteenth studio album. It was released on August 20, 2002. The album is a mix of
dancehall and
reggae fusion
Reggae fusion is a genre of reggae that mixes reggae and/or dancehall with other genres, such as pop, rock, hip hop, R&B, jazz, funk, soul, disco, electronic and latin.
Origin
Although artists have been mixing reggae with other genres from as ...
, with hit singles such as "
Feel It Boy" featuring
R&B singer
Janet Jackson and "
Bossman" featuring
dancehall artists
Lady Saw
Marion Hall (born 12 July 1969; formerly known by the stage name Lady Saw) is a Jamaican singer and songwriter whose career has spanned over two decades. Formerly known as the Queen of Dancehall, she is the first female deejay to be certified ...
&
Sean Paul "Street Life" backing vocals (Monalisa Young).
Critical reception
''Tropical Storm'' received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. At
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc ...
, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 63, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 10 reviews.
Track listing
Album charts
Year-end charts
References
2002 albums
Beenie Man albums
Albums produced by Stargate
Albums produced by the Neptunes
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