Sting & Shaggy Collaboration Is Considered Luxury.

Commentary by Mitch Santell

There appears to be a true trend in 2018 of more and more established Pop Stars trending toward Reggae Music.

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Shaggy and Sting another Reggae Team.

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It's one of this year's most unlikely collaborations. Shaggy is a Jamaican dance hall star with an unmistakable voice and raunchy hits like 1995's "Boombastic" and 2000's "It Wasn't Me." Rock star Sting, his partner, is a little more buttoned-up in comparison. But despite being from two different corners of the music world, the pair's first collaboration album 44/876, out now, is a meeting of the minds — one that's so unexpected, it works in their favor.

"I think surprise is always the most important element in all music," Sting says. "You don't want to just go with people's expectations. You always want to surprise them ... I listen to music expecting a surprise within eight measures."
"We're both allergic to boredom," adds Shaggy.

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