Beenie Back! Fighting fit with New album!
Brave comeback after terrible accident
By his own admission, his wide-bodied Hummer couldn't respond in time to a sudden detour in the road. "There was no time to turn or to stop so I went straight over," he recalls. "After the accident happened ... I looked in the mirror. I couldn't recognize myself.
The accident happened just as Beenie's last song, "Dude", was starting to catch on in both dancehall and hip-hop circles, culminating in a top 10 hit in the UK this March! Despite the name he's made for himself with fans outside the dancehall genre, Beenie is making his next album a more traditional dancehall album. Hence, he's calling it 'Back to Basics'.
"Dancehall isn't [like] R&B and hip-hop. It's hard-core music. So when you take it back to basic, you're really giving the people [that] world," he explained. "It's for us to keep the music the Jamaican way, so they can feel exactly what it is." Beenie is currently putting finishing touches on the album, which is slated for release in the UK this July.
Only some residual tearing in his leg muscles stands between Beenie and a full recovery. His brush with death, he says, has taught him that he can't take anything in his life for granted. "I have to take life more serious. See my kids more. Spend more time with my moms," Beenie said. "I almost lost everybody. They didn't almost lose me, I almost lost everybody."
Beenie Man will be performing two live dates in the UK this June.
Tuesday 22nd - Carling Academy, Bristol
Thursday 24th - Ocean, Hackney, London
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Beenie Back! Fighting fit with New ...
