Clean Bandit steals the formula for Crossover

Whats up Mad Music Lovers , Free  Up  Friday is is here so lets get it poppin. Today we throw some spotlight on Sean Paul. Firstly Congrats to Dutty Paul and his wife Jinx on the recent birth of their son, Levi Blaze. We see Sean's Legacy is Still every "Blazin"

Well Sean continues his formula for pop success with this collab, Rockabye with the group Clean Bandit. The song is about hardships of single mothers and obviously  refers to the nursery rhyme of the same name.
 
The song became Clean Bandit's first number one single in Australia, Austria, Finland, Germany, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand and Switzerland. Also in the US it reached Number One on Billboard's  Dance/Mix Show Airplay.


Like the lip sych sequence to Sean Pauls' verse wonder how many takes they needed to catch it right..LOL

This is not the first Clean Bandit's dabble with Dancehall you might recall they did another chart hit with Stylo G on Come Over .BTW  Stylo G is one of the dancehall artist who is  more recognized for his music outside of Jamaica more than within.

We like how they integrate the strings into the music it is no surprise that  Clean Bandit are considered  an electronic, classical crossover, pop band.....maaaad kewl

Best Dancehall Cross-Over Song Ever, it just could be!

The perennial hit "I Like to Move It" must be the best dancehall inspired cross over dance song ever,  a more better song to drive people to dance there couldn't be, but where did this song come from and what about such perplexing questions such as who is Mad Stuntman and is he still physically, physically, physically fit?

That's where we at Mad Moments in Music have the answers to these questions that burn your brain late at night.

The song "I Like to Move It" is the biggest hit for the American dance/house duo called Reel 2 Real  from the 1990s. 

The duo's core member is DJ Erick Morillo from New York City. The dancehall reggae-influenced house track, featured a Caribbean DJ/ toaster, Trinidad and Tobago native DJ Mark Quashie, also known as the Mad Stuntman.

Apart from its infectious and catchy chorus it is memorable for its drum and bass driven beat. Apart from making its mark on the US Hot 10 Billboard chart it also became a hit the UK, France and Netherlands.

However the song really blew up and gained notereity after its use it that cute family friendly animated movie Madagascar in 2005 and was covered by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen but produced by Dj Morillo, making it a hit once again in 2005 with it becoming the film series' theme song.

The Mad Stuntman was featured on four of Reel 2 Real's top 10 dance hits it is however I Like to Move it along with "Party Rockers" will live infamously on party playlists as a classic  track.......maaaaaaaad

And here is the cute Dreamworks remix which you all know and love

Shabba Ranks the King of Krossover

This weekend Shabba Ranks is the show headliner for the 20th staging of Reggae Sumfest, after a 11 year absence from Jamaica ostensibly because he was not been offered the right money and the right recognition for his contribution to reggae music.

Well it appears he has got both, as the Reggae Sumfest has finally acknowledged both  by honouring him with a commendation this Friday night and of course his highly anticipated performance on the Sumfest stage.


What people don't realize is that  Shabba was doing cross over dance music long before it became fashionable. Here is a gem of a song from 21 years ago ((1991) British punk group Scritti Politti  featuring Shabba Ranks.  "She's a woman", the song is actually a cover of a Beatles song, the original Beatles song  was released as the B-side to "I Feel Fine" in 1964.

and here is the original not as funky

a mee maan SHABBA...maaaahd.

Oh BTW Shabba has sure got better looking with age.