Sean Paul was unforgettable
by Karley on 12/13/09Hard Rock Live - HollywoodThis event was excellent.....would definitely recommend
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Dancehall superstar Sean Paul began scoring hit singles in Jamaica starting in 1996 and thereafter steadily began attracting international attention, eventual breaking into the pop mainstream in 2002 with Dutty Rock. Born Sean Paul Henriques on January 8, 1973, the multi-ethnic Paul (his parents had Portuguese, Chinese, and Jamaican blood) grew up comfortably in St. Andrew, Jamaica, his mother a renowned painter. He was a skilled athlete, excelling in swimming and especially water polo, playing for the Jamaican national team in the latter. Although his education was enough to land a prosperous career, dancehall music remained Paul's first love, particularly crafting rhythm tracks. He became a DJ after he began writing his own songs, patterning his style largely after Super Cat and finding a mentor in Don Yute; he also found contacts in several members of the reggae-pop band Third World in 1993, which helped open up business connections.
Paul released his debut single, "Baby Girl," with producer Jeremy Harding in 1996; it proved a significant success, leading to further Jamaican hits like "Nah Get No Bly (One More Try)," "Deport Them," "Excite Me," "Infiltrate," and "Hackle Mi." In 1999, Sean Paul started to make inroads to American audiences; he was first commissioned to collaborate with fellow dancehall hitmaker Mr. Vegas on a production for rapper DMX; titled "Here Comes the Boom," the song was included in director Hype Williams' film Belly. Also that year, Paul scored a Top Ten hit on the Billboard rap charts with "Hot Gal Today." Unfortunately, Paul had a very public falling out with Mr. Vegas over the packaging of the latter's remix of "Hot Gal Today"; still, it didn't slow Paul's career momentum, as he played the Summer Jam 2000 in New York City, the center of his American popularity. That fall, Paul released his first album on VP Records; the sprawling Stage One collected many of Paul's previous hit singles and compilation cuts, plus a few brand-new tracks. 2002's Dutty Rock and 2005's The Trinity were extremely successful. Both albums peaked in the Top Ten of the album chart and featured a handful of mainstream smashes.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul began scoring hit singles in Jamaica starting in 1996 and thereafter steadily began attracting international attention, eventual breaking into the pop mainstream in 2002 with Dutty Rock. Born Sean Paul Henriques on January 8, 1973, the multi-ethnic Paul (his parents had Portuguese, Chinese, and Jamaican blood) grew up comfortably in St. Andrew, Jamaica, his mother a renowned painter. He was a skilled athlete, excelling in swimming and especially water polo, playing for the Jamaican national team in the latter. Although his education was enough to land a prosperous career, dancehall music remained Paul's first love, particularly crafting rhythm tracks. He became a DJ after he began writing his own songs, patterning his style largely after Super Cat and finding a mentor in Don Yute; he also found contacts in several members of the reggae-pop band Third World in 1993, which helped open up business connections.
Paul released his debut single, "Baby Girl," with producer Jeremy Harding in 1996; it proved a significant success, leading to further Jamaican hits like "Nah Get No Bly (One More Try)," "Deport Them," "Excite Me," "Infiltrate," and "Hackle Mi." In 1999, Sean Paul started to make inroads to American audiences; he was first commissioned to collaborate with fellow dancehall hitmaker Mr. Vegas on a production for rapper DMX; titled "Here Comes the Boom," the song was included in director Hype Williams' film Belly. Also that year, Paul scored a Top Ten hit on the Billboard rap charts with "Hot Gal Today." Unfortunately, Paul had a very public falling out with Mr. Vegas over the packaging of the latter's remix of "Hot Gal Today"; still, it didn't slow Paul's career momentum, as he played the Summer Jam 2000 in New York City, the center of his American popularity. That fall, Paul released his first album on VP Records; the sprawling Stage One collected many of Paul's previous hit singles and compilation cuts, plus a few brand-new tracks. 2002's Dutty Rock and 2005's The Trinity were extremely successful. Both albums peaked in the Top Ten of the album chart and featured a handful of mainstream smashes.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Rating: 5 out of 5 shaggy had a great performance ,love it
by willibethzumba on 12/13/09Hard Rock Live - Hollywoodgreat show, I can not wait for another concert like this!
Rating: 1 out of 5 Worst concert ever!
by ilvmusic on 12/13/09Hard Rock Live Orlando - OrlandoThe show did not list any opening acts, so I was not expecting any. I was surprised when we had to listen to two hours of awful people singing words you couldn't even understand! When Sean Paul finally made an appearance he only sang for maybe 50 minutes. He didn't sing very many familiar songs and the ones he did sing, he left out many of the words and just let the background music sing it. I was very disappointed and I see why the show was less than half full. I would never go to another one of his concerts.
Rating: 3 out of 5 Shaggy and Sean Paul was Alright
by Reds on 12/13/09Hard Rock Live - HollywoodPerformance was good except that setting up and breaks inbetween was far to long.
Rating: 3 out of 5 Unexpectatly Shaggy was the highlight
by Teesh on 12/13/09Hard Rock Live - HollywoodHonestly i bought these tickets really just to see Sean Paul i mentioned to my husband before hand that Shaggy is getting on a bit now and i felt he was really just piggy backing on Sean Paul's Success. I was wrong. In fact i felt that Shaggy's performance was much stronger than Sean Paul's. Shaggy actually drew in the audience and showed personality and actually entertained. Were as Sean Paul did not engage the crowd at all, he showed little to No personality and it just was not fun at all. I was more excited when the DJ played his set. It seemed he really couldn't be bothered to be there, you could tell he just wanted to do what he had to do and leave. Nice Venue although the seating waayyy! to close together its the kind of music you want to dance to which is quite difficult when you hip to hip with your neighbor.
Rating: 4 out of 5 The Show was wonderful , nice to see reggae at HR
by Geo54 on 12/12/09Hard Rock Live - HollywoodI enjoyed the show , Shaggy was outstanding, didnt like the up front performers too much but it was worth the wait for Shaggy, I thought the hype for Sean Paul was too loud, and I didnt get to enjoy Sean Paul 's music very much, as the voice of the hyper was too loud , all in all i had a lovely evening
Rating: 2 out of 5 Sean Paul was Awful
by MayT on 12/12/09Hard Rock Live - HollywoodWe have seen Sean Paul in the past and he has been great so we figured witha new album we would get to enjoy him once again. He was awful, his performance was lacking, he was hoarse and his sound people never adjusted the fact that his back up singers would overpower his voice dramatically. The majority of the time the crowd was not into the performance, unlike the Shaggy portion of the show. Most of Sean Paul's songs were modified to be played real fast and would only sing portions of it. I did appraciate the fact that he did attempt to sing live and not lip sync but come on sound people get in tune. People began leaving beffore the show was even over. Sean Paul do what you used to do, and whomever gave you this advice to change your show style FIRE THEM!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5 I LOVE SEAN PAUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by LILLYLOVESSEANPAUL on 12/12/09Hard Rock Live - HollywoodLLLLLLOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEE the show !!! iT WAS GREAT WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM SOON. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE SP AGAIN.
Rating: 3 out of 5 WHO'S SHOW WAS IT?
by RASTAWITCH on 12/12/09Hard Rock Live - HollywoodSHAGGY WAS GREAT....SEAN PAUL NEEDS TO SING A LITTLE MORE HIS MC CUTS HIM OFF TO MUCH WHEN HE IS SINGING OR TALKING IT WAS MORE LIKE THE MCS SHOW RATHER THAN SEAN PAUL..BUT THE SINGING THAT SEAN PAUL DID DO WAS GOOD I THINK HE COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Shaggy and Sean Paul were fantastic!!!!
by CandiceR on 12/12/09Hard Rock Live - HollywoodI thought the event was fabulous! Didn't want it to end. Always miss out on these concerts because they are usually held in Miami. Loved the venue and the sound! Would love to see more caribbean performers have their concerts at this venue!
Rating: 5 out of 5 Dancehall to the World!
by SoFine1 on 12/12/09Hard Rock Live - HollywoodThe show was nice...glad to be there for the first show of this type at HardRock Live.
Rating: 4 out of 5 Shaggy was awesome
by IndependentLady01 on 12/12/09Hard Rock Live - HollywoodVenue had great acoustics! Although, Sean Paul did a good show, Shaggy was a much better performer, he worked the crowd better and the chemistry was fantastic. First time seeing Sean Paul but seen Shaggy lots of time, he never disappoints!
Rating: 3 out of 5 Great Music, Short show
by DuttyGrlEv on 12/11/09House of Blues Sunset Strip - HollywoodSean Paul has great music, and he performed most of his hits. the only downfall was that the performance was too short. Only 1 hour. He has way more hits and more new music to perform, that he should've been on stage for at least an hour and a half. His performance and the back up dancers were great!
Rating: 3 out of 5 I like him anyway
by junglesmile on 12/11/09House of Blues Sunset Strip - Hollywoodwell, I liked his performance over all...however it was bit short concert. I wanted to hear more of his music longer each song
Rating: 5 out of 5 Great Performer!!!
by Will925 on 12/11/09House of Blues Anaheim - AnaheimVery good song selection and good with the crowd. Will definitely go to another Sean Paul's concert. Great performance by London too!
Rating: 4 out of 5by Sandeep on 12/10/09House of Blues Anaheim - Anaheim Show was awesome....but it began almost one and a half hours late...that wasn't good. Plus there was no one to talk to or complain.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Amazing...if your a Sean Paul fan!
by colombiana79 on 12/10/09House of Blues Chicago - ChicagoI'm a Sean Paul fan, so I had a blast! I always recommend his concerts to everyone.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Sean Paul
by oc714 on 12/10/09House of Blues Anaheim - AnaheimHe was great had a wonderful time great person to see for a girls night out was dancing all night
Rating: 5 out of 5 Sean Paul puts on a great show!
by elleveeaah on 12/10/09House of Blues Anaheim - AnaheimAbsolutely loved it!! The House of Blues was a great place to see him because the venue is small and no matter where you are standing you have a great view. I would buy tickets to see him there again anytime. He puts on an amazing show and will make you dance no matter what. I loved that he played his new music as well as some of his popular songs from before.
Rating: 4 out of 5 Sean Paul was amazing!
by SoFine on 12/10/09House of Blues Sunset Strip - HollywoodThe show last night was great! He did a great mix of old, new, & reggae faves! He interacted with the crowd, played for just over an hour, and just put on a great show! The fact that he was done in 65 minutes, with no encore, starting over an hour late is what gets this a 4 star instead of 5...all in all, a fantastic time!