Upside Down 2020 Buju Banton

• 1 Lamb Of God 02:43
• 2 Yes Mi Friend 04:14
• 3 Buried Alive 03:54
• 4 Blessed 03:24
• 5 Memories 04:01
• 6 Lovely State Of Mind 04:06
• 7 Appreciated 03:16
• 8 Trust 03:05
• 9 Cherry Pie 03:35
• 10 Beat Dem Bad 03:23
• 11 Good Time Girl 03:15
• 12 Call Me 03:50
• 13 Moonlight Love 03:12
• 14 Cheated 02:54
• 15 Steppa 03:24
• 16 The World Is Changing 03:54
• 17 400 Years 04:08
• 18 Rising Up 04:24
• 19 Helping Hand 03:52
• 20 Unity 03:45
• Total Runtime 01:12:19

Info for Upside Down 2020

Upside Down 2020 is legendary dancehall singer Buju Banton's 13th studio album - his first since Before the Dawn in 2010, which won a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album one year later. New single "Blessed" was released on 6/5 and track "Cherry Pie" features Pharrell. In regards to the album title, Banton says, "I perceive from what I’ve seen from my emergence as being upside down. In other words, we as people no longer possess things. These things we think we possess, they now possess us.” As for the "2020" of the album's title, “2020 has a deeper understanding in my mind. It resonates with a clear vision and seeing things for what it is.”

Buju Banton

Buju Banton
іѕ а wеll-knоwn rеggае dаnсеhаll rесоrdіng аrtіѕt frоm Јаmаіса whо іѕ knоwn аѕ оnе оf thе mоѕt ѕіgnіfісаnt аnd wеll-rеgаrdеd аrtіѕtѕ іn Јаmаісаn muѕіс. Не hаѕ wоrkеd wіth mаnу fаmоuѕ іntеrnаtіоnаl muѕісіаnѕ аnd аrtіѕtѕ, іnсludіng thоѕе іn thе Нір Нор, Lаtіn аnd рunk rосk gеnrеѕ.

Buju Banton (born Mark Myrie 1973) is a Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae singer. He was born in a slum near Kingston, Jamaica called Salt Lane. "Buju" is a nickname which is of Breadfruit. The name is ironic in light of Mark Myrie's slim frame and large head, but it is, nevertheless, the nickname his mother gave him as a child.

"Banton" is a Jamaican word referring to someone with a superior attitude and a gift with speech, but it was also the name of a local artist Burro Banton that Buju admired as a child. It was Burro's rough gravelly vocals that Buju emulated and ultimately made his own.

Buju's mother was a higgler, or street vendor while his father worked as a labourer at a tile factory. He was one of fifteen children born into a family which was directly descended from the Maroons, a group of escaped slaves who proudly fought off the British colonialists.

Buju is one of the most popular musicians in Jamaican history, having burst onto the charts there suddenly in 1992, with "Bogle" and "Love Me Browning/Love Black Woman", both massive hits in Jamaica. Controversy erupted over Love Me Browning which spoke of Banton's preference for light-skinned women: "Mi love mi car mi love mi house mi love mi money and ting, but most of all mi love mi browning. ...

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