Upside Down 2020 Buju Banton

• 1Lamb Of God02:43
• 2Yes Mi Friend04:14
• 3Buried Alive03:54
• 4Blessed03:24
• 5Memories04:01
• 6Lovely State Of Mind04:06
• 7Appreciated03:16
• 8Trust03:05
• 9Cherry Pie03:35
• 10Beat Dem Bad03:23
• 11Good Time Girl03:15
• 12Call Me03:50
• 13Moonlight Love03:12
• 14Cheated02:54
• 15Steppa03:24
• 16The World Is Changing03:54
• 17400 Years04:08
• 18Rising Up04:24
• 19Helping Hand03:52
• 20Unity03:45
• Total Runtime01:12:19

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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