The worldwide ambassador of dancehall reggae, Sean Paul, is back with "THE TRINITY," the highly anticipated follow-up to his six-million-selling, Grammy-winning breakthrough album, "DUTTY ROCK." �The music scene just hasn't been the same since Kingston, Jamaica-born Sean Paul Henriques blazed a firestorm of hit tunes - from "Gimme The Light" to "Get Busy" to "Like Glue" - that went straight from the hardcore dancehall audience to the international market with no remix required. �Then came Sean's massive duets, "Baby Boy" (with Beyonc�) and "I'm Still In Love With You" (with Sasha), which kept the flame burning bright and swelled the ranks of believers even more. �Carrying on the work of dancehall superstars like Yellowman, Shabba Ranks, Super Cat, and Beenie Man in bringing the infectious sound of the Kingston streets to a wider audience, Sean Paul proved once and for all that authentic Jamaican dancehall reggae could be embraced as popular music on a global scale.In the wake of the album's groundbreaking success, Sean racked up numerous prestigious awards, including the Grammy for Best Reggae Album - redefining the category in the process - along with nominations in the Best Male Rap Solo Performance and Best New Artist categories. �He won MTV Europe's Best New Artist Award, while earning MTV Video Music Award and American Music Award nominations. �He gathered multiple ASCAP/PRS kudos in pop, R&B, hip-hop, rap, and reggae categories, and earned Source, MOBO, Juno, Much Music, and International Reggae and World Music awards.Sean Paul represented Jamaica on numerous television programs around the world and became the first reggae artist to appear on the cover of VIBE magazine, dressed in the national colors. �He took his explosive live show on the road, rocking stadium-sized venues from Vegas to Ethiopia, and then celebrated by visiting the pyramids of Egypt. �The amazing part is that nobody saw it coming, not even Sean himself.With "THE TRINITY," Sean Paul's set to do that and then some. �Working with some of the hottest young producers on the Jamaican dancehall circuit - Steven "Lenky" Marsden, Don Corleone, Renaissance Crew, and Snowcone, to name a few - Sean spent three years completing his third album. �And although many of the biggest names in hip-hop wanted to work with him, Sean is proud to say that "it was all done right here in the Third World." �Hence "trinity," a spiritual concept that signifies a unity of three in one. �It's been said that three is a magic number, and "THE TRINITY" is definitely a blessed piece of work. �Sean possesses an almost supernatural ability to create irresistible hooks that can fill up any dance floor."THE TRINITY" finds Sean Paul doing what he's always done best. �"You done know we got to take care of the ladies," he says," and I'm still giving you those party vibes." �But this time out he's also expanding his artistic reach, with a marked growth in terms of composition and production. �"'Gimme the Light' had like two verses and a chorus," Sean observes. �"Most of these songs have three verses with a bridge part. �So there's growth that way, and also in the deepness of some of the tunes. �I can still do songs like 'Breakout' and 'Give It Up To Me' and the hype things for the ladies, but on the more serious side now, you got a song like 'I'll Take You There.' �It's still a party tune, but there's a violin on the track that sounds sad to me, and I think it perfectly matches what I'm saying about how we're all tired of the killing and blood spilling. �Cause we reach a place where all over the world, people are just tired of that. �And we still wanna live life. �We still wanna party and socialize and do we thing in a safe environment. �And I remembered that Staples Singers song, so I say, 'Yo, I'll take you to that dream place where you can be as free as you wanna be. �Let's party there.'""One day I tried to just take that sadness and all that energy and express it," Sean says. �"So I took a couple weeks to sit down and write that tribute song for Daddigon. �I mention some other people too, like [the slain Jamaican dancehall icon] Bogle, and I mention Peter Cargill and Shorty Malcolm, who were two of the biggest footballers on the Reggae Boys team who died. �And I mention my aunt who died in a car crash, and another sister named Nicole who was one of my first girlfriends. �She died from a brain tumor. �That song is basically for all the people we've lost. �And it's saying, 'We gonna miss your legacy - all of y'all. �But we'll keep burning up the flame in your memory. �Cause you weren't here for nothing. �Nobody's gonna take nuttin' from you.'""THE TRINITY" represents the third leg of a journey that began with Sean Paul's 1999 album, "STAGE ONE," a straight-up dancehall release on VP Records that spawned the urban radio hits "Deport Them" and "Hot Gal Today" with Mr. Vegas. �Sean got another chance to shine on the 2000 "BELLY" soundtrack alongside Mr. Vegas and DMX. �Then came his 2002 breakthrough hit, "Gimme The Light," which started rocking on street corners before the video directed by Lil' X got the whole world trying to learn those sexy dance steps. �The next single was "Get Busy," which combined Sean Paul's energetic flow with Lenky's massive "Diwali" riddim to create the first 100% Jamaican-produced number one pop single in history.Now we come back round to this album here. We got the girls tunes, the one drop tunes, the fast kick-up stuff, and just everything… But basically 'THE TRINITY" is a mixture of those three elements. �I'll just stick to that. �I ain't gonna try and say, 'Okay, I'm gonna have a total R&B track now, or we need to go reggaet�n or whatever. �In Jamaica we have the real reggae, the real dancehall, which is the roots of hip-hop. �So why not just make it run and keep on doing it?"
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