Abum – Hotshot
Music on - Universal
A song with Shaggy thanking a girl, to the tune of Angel Of The Morning, for giving her love, over a riff copped for Steve Miller`s The Joker, is not promising. However, as on the silly, very un-politically correct It Wasn`t Me, Shaggy`s charm overcomes a lot. Shaggy`s cocky even when he`s supposed to be humble, "I called and you heeded, mission completed" and it`s hard to believe him suddenly realizing his girl should be treated like a queen but his confident, deep Jamaican rap and easy charm("she was there through my incarceration, I wanna show the nation my appreciation") explains why women would want to believe him. As on It Wasn`t Me, Angel wisely pairs Shaggy with a smoother singer though Rayvon`s Angel Of The Morning chorus is sickly sweet.