This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk honors the anniversaries of landmark albums which have formed the course of music and tradition.
Earlier than he stepped behind the Tiny Desk, Beenie Man contemplated our workplace area. The person born Moses Anthony Davis is accustomed to acting at most velocity, touching each a part of a giant stage … and right here have been however a couple of sq. toes for him to maneuver. Nonetheless, the king of dancehall brings Kingston to Washington, D.C.
As an exemplar of longevity, he pauses to remind us simply how lengthy he is been at it: “I have been doing music for the reason that age of 5. I did my first single on the age of seven. Now I am 50-something and I am doing the identical factor.” Simply in time for our Black Music Month anniversary theme, Beenie Man’s most commercially profitable album, Artwork and Life, turns 25. (And, not for nothing, his work visa was reinstated after a ten-year ban, permitting him to carry out once more in the US.) The true dancehall followers have been entrance and middle with flags in tow, easing any doubts that Beenie Man had as he powered by means of a decades-spanning set of membership classics.
SET LIST
- “Who Am I”
- “Romie”
- “Women Dem Sugar”
- “Toy Pal”
- “Miss L.A.P.”
- “Let Him Go”
- “Dude”
- “King of the Dancehall”
- “Rum & RedBull”
MUSICIANS
- Beenie Man: vocals
- Nigel Employees: keys, music director
- Brinton Haughton Jr.: keys
- Paul Inexperienced: guitar
- Donovan Belnavis: bass
- Ricardo Davis: drums
- Ovasha: background vocals
- Ke Star: background vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Bobby Carter
- Director/Editor: Kara Body
- Audio Technical Director: Josephine Nyounai
- Videographers: Kara Body, Joshua Bryant, Sofia Seidel
- Audio Engineer: Josh Newell
- Manufacturing Assistants: Ashley Pointer, Dora Levite
- Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
- Tiny Desk Staff: Maia Stern, Lars Gotrich
- Govt Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Sequence Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
