Art and Life

Art and Life
Studio album by Beenie Man
Released	July 11, 2000
Genre	Reggae fusion, Dancehall, Reggae
Length	70:14
Label	Virgin
Producer	Salaam Remi, Tony Kelly, The Neptunes
Beenie Man chronology
Y2K (1999) Art and Life (2000) Youth Quake (2001)

Art and Life is a Grammy Award-winning album by dancehall deejay Beenie Man, released on July 11, 2000. He garnered commercial success in the States with this album, with the help of the reggae fusion hit single "Girls dem Sugar". It marked one of the first successful reggae fusion albums from a dancehall artist.

It received the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 2001.^[1] It sold more than 400,000 copies.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
RapReviews	(8/10) [4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

Art and Life received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 8 reviews.

Track listing

1. "Haters and Fools"
2. "Ola" - featuring Steve Perry of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
3. "Love Me Now (Rockwilder Remix)" - featuring Redman and Wyclef Jean
4. "Girls Dem Sugar" - featuring Mýa
5. "Crazy Notion"
6. "Original Tune"
7. "Jamaica Way" - featuring Kelis
8. "Love Me Now" - featuring Wyclef Jean
9. "Art and Life"
10. "Analyze This"
11. "Heights of Great Men"
12. "9 to 5"
13. "Trus Me"
14. "Tumble (La Caida)"
15. "Some Tonight"
16. "The Best That I Got"
17. "I've Got a Date"

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	68
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	18
U.S. Billboard Top Reggae Albums	1

References

1. "Beenie's Art Gives Him Grammy Win", Jamaica Observer, 19 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014
2. http://www.metacritic.com/music/art-and-life/beenie-man
3. Mathis, Derrick. Art and Life at AllMusic
4. RapReviews review
5. Rolling Stone review