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Murder Love
''Murder Love'' is Canadian reggae musician Snow’s second album. While his preceding album (''12 Inches of Snow'') featured a wide array of musical genres fusing hip-hop, pop, and reggae, ''Murder Love'' was recorded in Jamaica and primarily featured dancehall tracks. A number of songs featured dancehall legends Ninjaman, Half Pint, White Mice, and Nadine Sutherland, and Junior Reid produced and appeared on the track "Si Wi Dem Nuh Know We". While not producing a hit in the United States, the track "Sexy Girl" reached number one in Japan (becoming the 6th biggest hit of 1995) and the "Anything for You" remix became the top-selling single of 1995 in Jamaica.〔See Patricia Meschino, ''Reggae Roots'' Vol. 13:3 (1995).〕〔For U.S. charting see: 〕〔Jamaican sales and charting data for "Anything For You" can be found in Kevin O'Brien Chang and Wayne Chen, ''Reggae Routes: The Story of Jamaican music'' (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998) 211.〕〔For charting in Japan, see: http://www.j-wave.co.jp/original/tokiohot100/cgi-bin/top100.cgi〕 Ultimately, ''Murder Love'' reached number one the U.S. Reggae charts and "Si We Dem Nuh Know We" was nominated for a Juno for best reggae recording.〔See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_Awards_of_1996.〕 Due to his criminal record, Snow was unable to enter the United States and promote the album.〔〔
== Production ==
In 1993, Snow began touring Jamaica, performing at such venues as the University of the West Indies, Topline, and the Jaguar Lounge in Halfway Tree. While performing at Sun Splash ’93, he befriended Ninjaman and the two began collaborating. As Snow put it, “we just clicked, so now we always hang out. Everyday when I'm in Jamaica I hang with him. When he's doing a track, he'll always invite me to come on it with him." In addition to working with Ninjaman, Snow began recording with one of the artists that influenced his interest in reggae, Junior Reid, who went on to produce the track that also featured Snow and Ninjaman, “Si We Dem Nuh Know We.”〔 Junior Reid also performed as guest vocalist on “Yesterday.” Ninjaman also appeared as a guest vocalist on “Bad Men.” Nadine Sutherland performed on the first single, “Anything For You”, and Half-Pint performs on “Rivertown” and joins White Mice on “Time.” The album featured several producers, including Junior Reid (“Si We Dem Nuh Know We”), Onree Gill (“Bad Men,” “Rivertown,” “Babylon,” “Time,” “Dream,” “If You Like the Sound,” and “Let’s Get it on”), MC Shan (“Yesterday” and “Sexy Girl”) and Herby Azor (“Anything for You” and “Things to Say”).〔For credits,see: 〕
Ultimately, Snow spent eight months in Jamaica recording the album, and his recording crew, including M.C. Shan, Hurby Azor, and Michael Warner, flew to Jamaica to contribute to the album. Snow professed: "The experience of being in Jamaica definitely shaped the album. When I'm working, I don't listen to other music, for fear of stealing something unconsciously. But down there, you can't get away from music, it's all around you." He also observed, "The forward thing in dancehall reggae now is being positive, not singing all the time about gun talk and women. More than the beats, that had an influence in how the songs came out. Because I was going in that direction, it came together naturally."〔Lenny Stoute, "Snow melting away from gangsta talk on new disc Rapper says he's seen the folly of his ways," ''Toronto Star'', 16 February 1995, B#〕
The name ''Murder Love'' materialized after Snow visited Ireland during his European tour in 1994. As he explained in 1995, "It's about the IRA (Irish Republican Army). They're killing people they should be loving. I'm saying to Catholics and Protestants, they should be loving because they're one people. I always write words that are hard to understand. You've got to listen. It could mean something different to you, and if it means something different to you that's good. But that's what it means to me." Thus, ''The Mail and Globe'' described the track as the "sinisterly named title track, which has a deceptively lovely chorus." 〔Elizabeth Renzetti, "White on Black: The Rap on Rap," The Globe and Mail, 11 March 1995, 1.〕
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