{"id":25481,"date":"2018-04-19T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2018\/04\/19\/sting-shaggy-get-weird\/"},"modified":"2018-04-19T12:58:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T20:58:20","slug":"sting-shaggy-get-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2018\/04\/19\/sting-shaggy-get-weird\/","title":{"rendered":"Sting & Shaggy Get Weird"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Even though the iconic singer Sting \u2014 front man of the Police \u2014 professes to not be a huge consumer of cannabis (\u201c[I] rarely smoke it socially,\u201d he has said), it\u2019s hard to imagine he wasn\u2019t totally blitzed out of his mind when he signed up for this bizarre and baffling collaboration with the Jamaican singer Shaggy (you know, it wasn\u2019t him<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201844\/876,\u2019 which takes its name from the two musicians\u2019 respective area codes, is a compilation of half-baked reggae<\/a> songs that, against the odds, also contains some pretty endearing moments. You\u2019ve got to hand it to the folks at A&M\/Interscope: it was a wise decision to release the album on 420<\/a> \u2014 people are going to need to be properly enhanced when they hear it.<\/p>\n

As the legend (yeah, it\u2019s definitely already a legend) goes, the collaboration can trace its roots to music business veteran Martin Kierszenbaum, who has worked with both Sting and Shaggy and played Yenta here, getting the two in a room together to write the songs that became \u201844\/876.\u2019 While Sting has released music regularly since his heyday as the sexiest stalker ever<\/a>, Shaggy has largely remained out of the musical spotlight (although he did make headlines not too long ago for encouraging world powers to \u201cbag some Jamaican weed and distribute it amongst Isis\u2026 I guarantee there won\u2019t be any more wars out there\u201d), and it\u2019s hard to imagine he didn\u2019t jump at the chance to get back in the game.<\/p>\n

Absurdity abounds throughout \u201844\/876,\u2019 and it\u2019s a shame that neither gents seems aware of that reality. (Unless, of course, the joke\u2019s on us). The opening title track<\/a>, for instance, is rife with blaring air horns, but they aren\u2019t funny. Throughout the album, Sting employs a cartoonish Jamaican patois; frankly, I\u2019m a bit surprised that, in 2018, he got away with it. Later, \u201cSad Trombone\u201d employs a sad trombone, and also uses the titular phrase to describe a romantic partner, but for no discernable reason. \u201cWaiting for the Break of Day<\/a>\u201d plays like a reggae outtake from \u201cSpinal Tap.\u201d<\/p>\n

But hey, there\u2019s some sunshine here, too. Lead single \u201cDon\u2019t Make Me Wait\u201d is kind of endearing (its skeezy title aside). Perhaps in an effort to offset that questionable request, Shaggy opens his verse with a very gentlemanly observation: \u201cIt didn\u2019t take me long to fall in love with your mind\u201d (before ceding that \u201cI don\u2019t want to even mention the way your body perfectly designed\u201d). Like much of the album, however, the tone is indisputably jubilant. \u201cWake up, it\u2019s a beautiful day!\u201d Shaggy exclaims on \u201cMorning is Coming,\u201d like a stoned take on the \u201cArthur\u201d theme song. It\u2019s a shame that they deliver the whole thing straight faced; it could really do with a wink. At least that way, we could laugh with them.<\/p>\n

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TELL US,<\/strong>\u00a0do you have a special playlist to celebrate 420?<\/p>\n

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