Back to Basics (Beenie Man album)

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Back to Basics
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Studio album by
Released13 July 2004 (2004-07-13)
Genre Dancehall, reggae fusion
Label Virgin
Producer Dave Kelly, Tony "CD" Kelly, Troyton Rami, Cordel "Scatta" Burrell, Donovan Vendetta Bennett, Patrick Roberts, Supa Dups, Timbaland, Steven "Lenky" Marsden, Boi-1da, Chad Simpson
Beenie Man chronology
Tropical Storm
(2002)
Back to Basics
(2004)
Hundred Dollar Bag
(2005)
Singles from Back to Basics
  1. "Dude"
    Released: 27 January 2004
  2. "King of the Dancehall"
    Released: 24 August 2004

Back to Basics is the sixteenth studio album by the reggae artist Beenie Man released on 13 July 2004. His single "Dude" reached #26 on the Billboard charts and #7 on the British charts.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Back to Basics received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 13 reviews.

Track listing

Standard edition [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Dude" (featuring Ms. Thing) Dave Kelly Dave Kelly 4:14
2."King of the Dancehall"
Tony "CD" Kelly3:35
3."Love All Girls"
  • Davis
  • Troyton Rami
Troyton Rami4:02
4."Dr. Know" (featuring Jimmy Cheeztrix)D. KellyDave Kelly3:40
5."Grindacologist" (featuring Kymberli)
Tony "CD" Kelly4:16
6."Get On Bad"
  • Davis
  • D. Kelly
Dave Kelly3:44
7."Good Woe"
  • Davis
  • Cordel Burrell
  • Cordel "Scatta" Burrell
  • Everton Burrell
3:33
8."Doctor Mi Rate Yu" (featuring Ms. Thing)
Donovan Vendetta Bennett3:33
9."Set Away"
  • Davis
  • Andrew Thomas
Patrick Roberts3:42
10."Eloh"
  • Dangazone Entertainment, Inc.
  • Danger Zone Entertainment
  • Supa Dups (co.)
3:27
11."All Girls Party" Timbaland 3:42
12."Pussy Language"
  • Davis
  • Campbell
  • Chin-Quee
  • Dangazone Entertainment, Inc.
  • Danger Zone Entertainment
  • Supa Dups (co.)
2:57
13."D-O or G-O" (featuring Ghost) Steven "Lenky" Marsden 3:41
14."If a Neva God" (featuring Kirk Davis)
Patrick Roberts5:04
15."Back Against the Wall"
  • Davis
  • Chad Simpson
  • Donovan Thompson
Chad "Mr. G" Simpson3:50
European bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
16."Row Like a Boat"3:11
17."Pride & Joy" (featuring Ebon-E)3:32

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [6] 51
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [7] 7
US Reggae Albums (Billboard) [8] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [9] 96

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