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- PEOPLE, Page 57Shabbaed
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- BY MICHAEL QUINN
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- Musicmaker SHABBA RANKS traces his nom de tune to an
- African King -- yet these days it is hard to associate the name
- Shabba with anyone but the reigning monarch of reggae. Recording
- since he was 14, Shabba snared a prize that eluded even Jamaican
- demigod Bob Marley: the Grammy, a rare nod to innovation from
- an industry that prefers the safe but honorable (Natalie Cole)
- or the merely safe (Michael Bolton). "My type of work is . . .
- energetic, you know? When you dance to my music, you get dizzy,
- get crazy," says Shabba, in the potent patois that chants
- through the winning As Raw as Ever. In his next album, due in
- April, Shabba promises "sweeter music."
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