''Original Doberman'' is the second studio album released by Jamaican rapper

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. The album, released on July 1, 1994, came less than a year after his debut, ''

Pure Pleasure ''Pure Pleasure'' is the debut album released by Jamaican singer Shaggy. The album was released on July 30, 1993. The album spawned four singles: " Oh Carolina", which was a dancehall remake of a ska hit by the Folkes Brothers, reached number o ...

'', but was in fact an unreleased record made circa. 1989–1990, as stated by the album sleeve, which states "to Shaggy and Rayvon—for making the album before going to War in Iraq" (both served in the

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as members of the

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). The album was released in an attempt to cash-in on the success of ''Pure Pleasure'', but was a commercial failure, and failed to chart anywhere. The majority of the album was recorded in dub, and failed to emulate the style of more commercial recordings such as "

Oh Carolina "Oh Carolina" is a 1958 song by the Folkes Brothers, produced by Prince Buster and released in 1960, after which it became an early ska hit. It was covered by many various artists, including Shaggy in 1993. Folkes Brothers version The original ...

". "Bullet-Proof Buddy", "Jump and Rock", "Man a Yard" and "We Never Danced to the Rub-a-Dub Sound" had previously been released as independent singles in 1989 by producer Don Moodie. The album was Shaggy's final release on Greensleeves, before being signed by

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. " Lately", a cover of the

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original, was included as a bonus track on the CD version of the album, having been used as the theme to popular Jamaican game show ''Lamba'' between 1994 and 1995. An alternate version of the album, titled ''Original Shaggy in Dub'', was independently released in 1996 by producer Don Moodie.

Track listing

References

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