Pure Pleasure is the debut album released by Jamaican rapper Shaggy

Shaggy (musician)

Orville Richard Burrell , better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae singer and rapper. He is perhaps best known for his 1995 single "Boombastic" and 2000 single "It Wasn't Me"...

. The album was released on August 24, 1993. The album spawned four singles: "Oh Carolina

Oh Carolina

"Oh Carolina" is a song made famous by Shaggy, and released as the lead single from his debut album, Pure Pleasure. Written by John Folkes, produced by Prince Buster and performed by The Folkes Brothers in 1960, "Oh Carolina" was a landmark single in the development of reggae music, especially as a...

", which was a dancehall

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 style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...

 remake of a ska

Ska

Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

 hit by the Folkes Brothers

Folkes Brothers

The Folkes Brothers were a Jamaican mento group, composed of John, Mico, and Junior Folkes. Their 1960 single "Oh Carolina" was the first hit record produced by Prince Buster, and is regarded as a landmark in the history of ska and reggae music....

, reached number one on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

; "Nice and Lovely

Nice and Lovely

"Nice and Lovely" is the second single from Jamaican reggae artist Shaggy's debut studio album, Pure Pleasure. The single was released on June 25, 1993. The single peaked at #46 on the UK Singles Chart, 45 places lower than his previous single, Oh Carolina...

", which reached #46 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

; "Soon Be Done", which peaked at #39, and "Big Up", which was released as the main theme from the movie Made in America

Made in America

- Film and television :* Made in America , a 1993 comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson* "Made in America" , the final episode of The Sopranos...

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Tracklisting