''Art and Life'' is the twelfth studio album by

dancehall Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots reggae, roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2 ...

deejay A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at nightclubs or music festivals), mobile DJ ...

Beenie Man Moses Anthony Davis OD (born 22 August 1973), professionally known as Beenie Man, is a Jamaican dancehall deejay. His awards include DJ of the Year Award eight years in a row. His twelfth studio album '' Art and Life'' received a Grammy Award ...

, released on July 11, 2000. He garnered commercial success in the States with this album, with the help of the

reggae fusion Reggae fusion is a Music_genre#Subtypes, fusion genre of reggae that mixes reggae and/or dancehall with other genres, such as pop music, pop, rock music, rock, hip hop music, hip-hop/rap, Contemporary R&B, R&B, jazz, funk, soul music, soul, disco ...

hit single "Girls dem Sugar". It marked one of the first successful

albums from a

artist. It received the

Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards for quality works in the reggae genre. Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording, the honor was presented to artists for eligible songs or albums. ...

in 2001.Beenie's Art Gives Him Grammy Win
, ''

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'', 19 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014 It sold more than 400,000 copies.

Critical reception

''Art and Life'' received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 8 reviews.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Charts

References

External links

* Beenie Man albums 2000 albums Albums produced by Salaam Remi Albums produced by the Neptunes Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album Albums produced by Dave Kelly (producer) Albums produced by Steely & Clevie {{Reggae-album-stub