Tropical Storm (album)

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Tropical Storm
Beenie Man Al Tropical Storm.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 20, 2002 (U.S.)
Recorded2001–2002
Genre Dancehall, reggae fusion
Length50:57
Label Virgin Records
Producer Dave Kelly (exec.)
The Neptunes
Stargate
Tony Kelly
Chink Santana
Irv Gotti
DJ Clue
Duro
AC Burrell
Wayne "Devonte" Passely
Sly Dunbar
Beenie Man chronology
The Magnificent
(2002)
Tropical Storm
(2002)
Back to Basics
(2004)
Singles from Tropical Storm
  1. "Feel It Boy"
    Released: June 25, 2002
  2. "Bossman"
    Released: 2003

Tropical Storm is reggae, dancehall artist Beenie Man's fifteenth studio album. It was released on August 20, 2002. The album is a mix of dancehall and reggae fusion, with hit singles such as "Feel It Boy" featuring R&B singer Janet Jackson and "Bossman" featuring dancehall artists Lady Saw & Sean Paul.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 63/100 [1]
Review scores
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Tropical Storm received mixed to 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 63, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 10 reviews.

Track listing

#TitleProducer(s)Composer(s)Featured Performer(s)Time
1"Party Hard" Dave Kelly Burger, W./Kelly, D./Davis, Moses/Beckett, D.4:00
2"Feel It Boy" The Neptunes Davis, Moses/Williams, P./Hugo, C. Janet Jackson 3:27
3"Bad Girl"The NeptunesDavis, Moses/Williams, P./Hugo, C. Justin Vince 3:53
4"Real Gangsta" Chink Santana, Irv Gotti McKenzie, C./Santana, C./Davis, Moses/Gotti, I.3:28
5"Fresh from Yard" DJ Clue*, DUROIfill, K./Jones, K./Shaw, E./Davis, Moses Lil' Kim 4:33
6"Miss L.A.P."Tony "CD" KellyDavis, Moses/Kelly, A.4:04
7"Street Life" Stargate Hermansen, T.E./Davis, Moses/Eriksen S., M.3:27
8"Gangsta Life"Dave KellyKelly, D./Davis, Moses4:35
9"Pure Pretty Gal"Tony "CD" KellyHowell, N./Davis, Moses/Kelly, A.4:17
10"Bossman"The NeptunesHenriques, S./Davis, Moses/Williams, Pharrell/Hall, M./Hugo, C. Lady Saw & Sean Paul 4:05
11"Yagga Yo"AC BurrellMegaman/Davis, Moses/Burrell, A.C. So Solid Crew 3:53
12"More We Want"Wayne "Devonte" PassleyCrossdale, P./Wright, P./Roberts, P./Davis, Moses/Green, P./Dennis, D./Miller, M./Passley, W./Wolfe, M. Tanto Metro & Devonte 3:36
13"You Babe" Sly & Robbie Dunbar, L./Udah, C./Shakespeare, Robbie/Davis, Moses/Marsden, S.3:39

Album charts

Chart (2002)Position
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 100
U.S. Billboard 200 18
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 7
U.S. Billboard Top Reggae Albums1

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)Position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [6] 95

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