Jamaican reggae musician Shaggy, real names Orville Richard Burrell is said to be working on a Christmas album that is expected to be released later on this year.
The 51-year-old star revealed recently that he has been planning on releasing his first-ever festive song later this year, which will feature a “Caribbean-style Christmas vibe”.
Reports about the Christmas album came to light after the Kingston born artist told the, ‘How To Kill An Hour’ podcast he was working on the project. “I’ve just started a new project. I’m doing this Christmas carol album so I’m trying to do songs with Christmas stuff” he said.
The ‘It Wasn’t Me’ hit-maker also teased on some details about the upcoming record, saying it will be totally different from the other other Christmas-themed albums.
Shaggy hints on Christmas album and says it will be different from others
According to Shaggy: “Last night one of the lines we came up with was, ‘I don’t want no icy Christmas, the only ice I want to see is in my cup with some rum’.
“It’s creating a Caribbean-style Christmas vibe ’cause the only Christmas I know is in Jamaica. If you’ve ever been to Jamaica at Christmas it’s the most fun you can have.
“In America or Europe Christmas is about a jacket and it’s cold and there’s snow. I’m not from that culture. I’m from a culture where there’s beach, rum and weed. I don’t see why Christmas should be any different.”
The Jamaican also recently revealed how he let go of a chance to work with Rihanna on her new album. “They approached me for the Rihanna project, yeah” he said.
“There’s a lot of great people involved but for me I didn’t need to audition to be on the record, I’ll leave that to younger guys. But from what I hear it should be good.”
Shaggy, is a Jamaican reggae musician, singer, DJ, and actor who scored hits with the songs “It Wasn’t Me”, “Boombastic“, “In The Summertime”, “Oh Carolina“, and “Angel”.
Source: Bang ShowBiz
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