GreenHitz.com Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 A self-proclaimed product of his past, rapper Sean Kingston's history helps describe his sound. Born in Miami, FL, then raised in Kingston, Jamaica, from the age of six, he mixed more than a little dancehall and reggae into his hip-hop. The hard lyrics come from a hard life, which included incarceration, homelessness, and growing up a lot faster than he should have. His young parents didn't play teen pop or teen rap while he was being raised, so he absorbed the adult lyrics of Buju Banton, Ice Cube, and Rakim. He also lived the lyrics and landed a breaking-and-entering charge at age 11. Twenty-one days in jail, boot camp, and living in a car while his mother was incarcerated on an identity fraud rap all followed. None of it swayed the youth against hustling; it just pointed him in a different, more lucrative direction. Taking his ability to write rhymes and hooks, he started working Miami's talent show and showcase circuit hard, eventually sharing the stage with Pitbull, Ludacris, and Trick Daddy. Producer Jonathan "J.R." Rotem (Britney Spears, 50 Cent, Rihanna) caught his demo and signed the young rapper to his Beluga Heights record label right before the major-label bidding wars were to begin. The Sony imprint Epic won and introduced their new artist in the spring of 2007 with the single "Colors 2007" featuring the Game and Rick Ross. Although he sounded much older, Kingston was only 16 years old when the track landed. With his second single, "Beautiful Girls," he took a sample of Ben E. King's "Stand by Me" and twisted it into a huge hit. This more polished, smoother, and less hardcore stance suited the singer and figured heavily into his self-titled debut full-length. ~ David Jeffries, Rovi Follow @SeanKingston on twitter! http://myspace.com/seankingston http://usershare.net/GreenHitz/0pfl1vq746q6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJmetino Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 The song is hot!!! Sean Kingston knows how to bring the heat and he got Nicki Minaj on the track, she's a total hit-guarantee right now!!! BIG UP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzicfreak Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Stra8t heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenomenon Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Dope... I'll give it a few spins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJEdaloha Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Will spin it for reaction, sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rightheous Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 ill spin this to see whatz up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdjmoney Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 good vibe for the clubs big upps dj money!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LT1Phoenix Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Pretty good jam.. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj V-nyce27 Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 hot bangin track!! dis will get da crowd movin!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant-DaDi.e. Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 thiz track iz Heavy! Large Up ! 2 Sean & Nikki THe Video Iz Heavy also $ Thx GreenhitZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJTwizzler Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Def got to give this one some serious spins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATMOSPHERE SOUND Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 boom tune raspect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flavamixx Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Yeah its gonna be a heater..would love to have the instrumental, and not the instrumental of the sampled track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ TRE LOVE Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 hot one right here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inderlover Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 nice share thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca_1_777 Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 ....too poppy - should be more reggae... and Nicki did better on e.g. the gyptian remix.... Still 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmaulyt Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 great songg!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sivart7555 Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Great Hit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ JODYSPINZZ Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 kool dshit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJFemmie Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 The link did not work here is the message Software error: Can't execute select: Table './usershar_xfsp/IP2Files' is marked as crashed and should be repaired at Modules/DataBase.pm line 62. </pre> For help, please send mail to the webmaster (support@usershare.net), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJEdaloha Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 Keep up the good work, your track will spin it, thx, DJ Edaloha (plenty "Mahalo's) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRINITYKREW Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 Im by far not a big fan of both of theseartist but i like the combination on this song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj Locdon Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 smooth track... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djenvision Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 Hot Track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stedybeets Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 put elephant man on this one ! ! ! spin it fasho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djstantheman Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 TIGHT SONG!!! Djstantheman@yahoo.com www.djstantheman.com www.myspace.com/djstantheman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Gerry Thomas Posted September 8, 2010 Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 so hott.... cant wait to spin it.... thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejaygfunk Posted September 8, 2010 Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 (edited) Just feelin' this.... Edited September 8, 2010 by deejaygfunk Posted same feedback twice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejaygfunk Posted September 8, 2010 Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 Sean was really awesome on this 1 & Nicki killed it bad #Joor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLuE MaGoo Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 I don't care too much for Nikki but I'll spin her in the store...keeps the females bouncin lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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