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''Clothes Drop'' is the seventh studio album released by Jamaican singer Shaggy. It was released by
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on September 2, 2005. When the album was released promotionally in 2004, it was debated that the album would not be commercially released. However, over a year later, the album was officially released.


Critical reception

''Clothes Drop'' garnered positive reviews from
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s who praised the diverse avenues of dancehall and pop music the tracks go through. At
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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an
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score of 61, based on 7 reviews. Rob Kenner of ''
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'' gave praise to Shaggy's dynamic vocal delivery and his taste for old-school dancehall in romantic dance tracks and depth-filled social tunes, saying that "''Clothesdrop'' seamlessly blends Shaggy's sharpest pop sensibilities with his (much slept-on) roughneck pedigree." ''
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''s Christian Hoard felt the album carried an amalgam of tracks ranging from hip-hop-styled and club-oriented to mind-numbingly generic and a bit preachy, saying that " e entire album has a mixed-bag feel, but "Would You Be" shows that his gift for winsome melody and R&B clarity is mostly intact." Dorian Lynskey of ''
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'' said that "''Clothes Drop'' is a typically canny and diverse selection: bona fide dancehall cuts interspersed with hooky pop." ''
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''s David Browne said that despite tracks like "Repent" that better display his talents, he found Shaggy trying to regain his hit-making glory days with middling results, concluding that "Maybe he should lose the monotonous, low-rent beats and banal-hook girls (and boys)." Writing for ''
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heavily criticized Shaggy for attempting to showcase his dancehall credentials with a grating voice and without a featured artist to work lyrics off like Rikrok, saying that "Instead, there’s a Black Eyed Pea (“Shut Up and Dance”), a Pussycat Doll (“Supa Hypnotic”) and the palpable sweat of a man trying to figure out what he’s good at, a decade too late."


Track listing

Notes * signifies additional producer Sample credits *"Broadway" contains a sample of "Broader than Broadway" as written by
Barrington Levy Barrington Ainsworth Levy (born 30 April 1964) is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist from Clarendon, Jamaica. Career In 1977, Levy formed a band called the Mighty Multitude, with his cousin, Everton Dacres; the pair released "My Bla ...
. *"Stand Up" contains a sample of "Stop That Man" as written by
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. *"Shut Up & Dance" contains elements of "Genius of Love" as written by
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Credits and personnel

Credits lifted from the liner notes of ''Clothes Drop''. * C. Duck Anderson – Background Vocals * Alex Cantrall – Producer, Musician * Chico Chin – Musician * Armando Colon – Producer, Engineer, Musician * Heather Cummings – Background Vocals * J. Curtis – Guitar * Sly Dunbar – Producer, Musician * Cliff Feiman – Production Coordination * Neal Ferrazzani – Assistant * Michael Fletcher – Producer, Musician * Chris Gehringer – Mastering * Brian Gold – Background Vocals * Tony Gold – Background Vocals * Tony Green – Musician * Maurice Gregory – Musician * Damion Hall – Engineer * Nellee Hooper – Vocal Producer * Kameron Houff – Engineer * A. Kelly – Musician * Tony Kelly – Producer, Engineer, Musician, Revision * Martin Kierszenbaum – Keyboards, A&R * Robert Livingston – Producer, Overdubs, Executive Producer * Robert Lyn – Musician * Thom Panunzio – Producer, Mixing * Shaun "Sting Int'l" Pizzonia – Producer, Engineer, Overdubs, Executive Producer, Mixing, Musician * Claude "Weakhand" Reynolds – Mixing * J. Peter Robinson – Art Direction * Robbie Shakespeare – Producer, Musician * Fabian Smith – Keyboard Overdubs * Soulshock – Producer, Engineer, Musician * Scott Storch – Producer * Lincoln Thomas – Guitar * Gita Williams – Product Manager


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References

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