Album reviews: Shaggy – Wah Gwaan?! and Collard – Unholy

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ★★☆☆☆ Shaggy’s “Boombastic” days are a distant memory on Wah Gwaan?!. Gone are the laidback jams of “It Wasn’t Me” and “Angel”, replaced with overproduced and derivative pop songs that are desperate to squeeze onto one of your Spotify account’s party playlists. Track three, “You”, takes another turn, with Shaggy attempting to create a dancefloor anthem: all steelpan drums, heavily manipulated vocal samples and a chorus as basic as they come. Later, he lifts from Drake’s “One Dance” on “Supernatural”, takes inspiration from Revival-era Eminem on “Wrong Room” and attempts Migos ad libs on “Ketch Mi Up”.