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Snow - Two Hands Clapping
Teaming up with Shaggy’s producers may prove to be a mixed blessing for Snow. While Tony and Dave Kelly have helped the Toronto singer return to his reggae roots, it may give the impression that he’s is following Shaggy’s ragga-pop footsteps (in fact Snow’s breakthrough, 1992’s dancehall hit “Informer,” came a full year before Shaggy’s “Oh Carolina”). At any rate, Snow’s latest boasts more ragga than r&b. And the album’s surefire hit, “Missing You,” is melodically sweeter than anything Shaggy’s ever written.
