As Raw As Ever is a studio album released by Shabba Ranks, his first to be well received by critics and the public. In 1992, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album.
Track listing All Songs Published By Aunt Hilda Music. Trailor Load a Girls - 3:58 (Cleveland "Clevie" Browne, Wycliffe Johnson, Greville Gordon) Where Does Slackness Come From - 3:48 (Gordon) Woman Tangle - 3:48 (Gordon, Clifton Dillon) Gun Pon Me - 3:53 (Leopold Hartley, Shabba Ranks) Gone Up - 3:55 (Gordon) Housecall (featuring Maxi Priest) - 3:39 (Dillon, Brian Thompson, Maxi Priest, Mike Bennett, Ranks) Flesh Axe - 4:10 (Browne, Dillon, Johnson) A Mi Di Girls Dem Love - 3:29 (Gordon, Ranks) Fist-A-Ris - 3:33 (Gordon, Ranks) The Jam (featuring KRS-One) - 3:22 (KRS-One, Dillon, Joseph Longo, Lawrence Krisna Parker, Stephanie Mills) Ambi Get Scarce - 3:52 (Hartley, Ranks) Park Yu Benz - 3:26 (Gordon, Ranks)
Personnel Shabba Ranks: Vocal Mikey Bennett, Paul "Wrong Move" Crossdale, Michael Fletcher, Handel Tucker: Keyboards Earl Smith: Guitars Stephen "Cat" Coore: Guitars, Vocals Danny Dennis, Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson: Bass, Keyboards Cleveland "Clevie" Browne, Sly Dunbar, George "Dusty" Miller: Drums, Percussion Danny Browne: Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Percussion Chevelle Franklin, Brian & Tony Gold, Dorothy Smith: Backing Vocals
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1991) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 63 Chart (1992) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 52
Certifications
See also List of number-one R&B albums of 1991 (U.S.)
References