{"id":792815,"date":"2019-02-07T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=791234"},"modified":"2019-02-07T08:00:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T15:00:10","slug":"shaggy-details-first-solo-album-in-six-years-wah-gwaan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/shaggy-details-first-solo-album-in-six-years-wah-gwaan\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaggy Details First Solo Album in Six Years \u2018Wah Gwaan?!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SHAGGY-PHOTO-2-e1549550302274.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Reggae and dancehall mainstay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/shaggy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_shaggy\" data-tag=\"shaggy\">Shaggy<\/a> will release his first solo album in six years, <em>Wah Gwaan?!<\/em>, May 10th. Per a statement, the new record will embody Shaggy\u2019s \u201cJamaican roots, global reach, contagious joy and introspective side.\u201d Shaggy first teased the record last November with the release of his new single, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R2JKs80Z5RM\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cUse Me\u201d<\/a> (an official music video is set to arrive soon).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Wah Gwaan?!<\/em> will feature a slew of collaborations, including tracks with 19-year-old Canadian singer Alexander Stewart (\u201cYou\u201d), dancehall star Shenseea and singer-songwriter Stacy Barthe (\u201cSupernatural\u201d), Brooklyn dancehall artist Noah Powa (\u201cMoney Up\u201d) and reggaeton hit-maker Nicky Jam and singer Jason Derulo (\u201cTic Toc\u201d). The album\u2019s producers include Tony CD Kelly, Dave Kelly, Martin Kierszenbaum, iLLWayno, Kizzo and Costi Official.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Wah Gwaan?!<\/em> marks Shaggy\u2019s first solo effort since 2013\u2019s <em>Out of Many, One Music<\/em>. The singer made a surprise return last year with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/inside-sting-and-shaggys-unlikely-caribbean-inflected-new-album-126874\/\">unexpected collaborative<\/a> project with\u00a0Sting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/review-sting-and-shaggy-throw-an-eclectic-reggae-party-on-44-876-629215\/\"><em>44\/876<\/em><\/a>, which has since been nominated for Best Reggae Album at the Grammys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Prior to the Grammys, Shaggy will host the show\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/grammys\/news\/2019-grammy-awards-premiere-ceremony-be-hosted-shaggy-feature-performances-nominees\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">premiere ceremony<\/a>\u00a0at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles February 10th. The event will be available to stream live via the Grammy\u2019s website starting at 3:30 ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shaggy\u00a0<em>Wah Gwaan?!\u00a0<\/em>Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cKetch Mi Up\u201d<br \/>2. \u201cFriends\u201d (feat. Gene Noble)<br \/>3. \u201cYou\u201d (feat. Alexander Stewart)<br \/>4. \u201cPraise\u201d<br \/>5. \u201cTic Toc\u201d (feat. Jason Derulo, Nicky Jam)<br \/>6. \u201cWrong Room\u201d<br \/>7. \u201cMoney Up\u201d (feat. Noah Powa)<br \/>8. \u201cSupernatural\u201d (feat. Stacy Barthe, Shenseea)<br \/>9. \u201cMake-Up Sex\u201d (feat. Nyanda)<br \/>11. \u201cCaribbean Way\u201d<br \/>12. \u201cLive\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/shaggy-new-album-wah-gwaan-release-date-791234\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reggae and dancehall mainstay Shaggy will release his first solo album in six years, Wah Gwaan?!, May 10th. Per a statement, the new record will embody Shaggy\u2019s \u201cJamaican roots, global reach, contagious joy and introspective side.\u201d Shaggy first teased the record last November with the release of his new single, \u201cUse Me\u201d (an official music [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-792815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 19:24:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}