I agree. I even watch the ones for songs don't really know or like. I come away with a new respect for the artists and the songs. I live in Belize and love Sean Paul, so this one was really fun. Thanks Vice.
Sean Paul is crazy humble. I’m really surprised how down to earth he is, after all his success. He was such a big deal in the 2000s. His songs still get played on the radio today - on the same stations from 15-20 years ago too. I still listen to his songs from time to time.
Lenky is a genius and props to Sean for listening to advice from people around him. The way he taught him to change up the scale mode he sings in and harmonize with his own back vocals is what really sells the song
Yeah, I think the best advice was also to not go down the route of speaking on the hardships in jamaica, he did one song called Deport them on the bookshelf riddim that hit pretty hard, but its better he did the hype vibe
This is what MTV should be doing. This is a true party song and to know how it was created is just..idk so cool. I need more of these from different types of artists. All types of music. Thank you Vice. 😌
Word. I had no idea who lenky was before this video, so to see the entire thought process and mashing of minds, it's wild. Just gained a ton of respect for Sean Paul because of this video.
@life7777ful I remember Rihanna Pon de Replay, Wayne Wonder's Bounce along and No lettin' go, and the song Love is Wicked, etc. The Dawaly Rythm was dope in the early 00s
@@blairevaldez the good old days when they used to make good music, I hear you.....Brick and lace amazing women, loved them as a duo, they were so unique and loved their song love is wicked....
I was in high school when Sean Paul started blowing up. It was a great time to be young and alive man. Hit after hit after hit and always had the dance floor going crazy. Sean Paul is a legend!
This “making of” gave me chills all the way through. What an epic, magical journey. Sean Paul deserves every bouquet flowers he gets, he put our Caribbean cultural roots on the map in incredible ways and made history while doing it. Legendary.
As a West Indian who moved to America , Sean Paul accomplishments' meant so much to us who came from a small island and to hear his music at that time. We had no representation in the media etc !! The story behinds this matches the work ethic of the Caribbean people . Prideful and talented !! We love to see it !
Nothing will every compare to early 2000’s reggae/dancehall. I’m so happy that I have heavy Jamaican roots, small island with such great music and talent.
This was a very good time for dancehall. As a 14 year old teen in Switzerland I discovered the sound and was blasted away by it as well. I didn't understood a word but this melodies and riddims just went like honey onto my brain cells.
As a young West Indian growing up in North America having this track breakthrough was transformative to being accepted and appreciated by people around me because they finally gave some respect to my culture and background.
Sean Paul's 'Get Busy' seems memorable in more ways than one. We're all so lucky to catch a glimpse of the behind the scenes process of songwriting and producing the whole track itself.
I’m part of the Jamaican diaspora in America. I remember on a visit in Summer 2002, my cousins singing “Gimme di Light” and telling me this was the hottest song on the radio and in the clubs. It had not been released yet to the USA and since this was pre-UA-cam, it wasn’t as easy for me to just find the song. But it was a sign of things to come with Sean Paul. “Get Busy” really was massive. I take it for granted now, but Sean Paul really did stay true to not watering down the dancehall for a global audience.
This song was a huge part of my childhood. My parents used to throw house parties and I vividly remember being 8 years old and just dancing my ass off to this song. Sean Paul is such a legend I’m glad he’s getting his flowers he deserves it 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
"Get Busy" was the very first song I heard on the radio when I first came to the U.S from Mexico... I could not understand a word he was saying but that song is forever ingrained in my memory. AMAZING artist to this day. Thank you VICE, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video and hope you continue this series.
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Sean Paul is legendary. Even before the Dutty Rock album, his tracks are10/10. Deport Dem, Concrete…. To this day, Diwali riddim can shut down the club. Any track🔥🔥🔥. Jamaica to di world!!! 🇯🇲
Cant believe Its BEEN 20 years since this song dropped. This song along with everything else Sean Paul did afterwards was allways present at our parties for 5-6 years. This is a true classic of my generation. Thank you for all the good memories ❤
I can't stress how HUGE Sean Paul was in the early 2000s here in Toronto. Thank you for my making my teenage years a blast! Also he was already well known (at least here) before Get Busy and Like glue. I think the first Sean Paul song I ever heard was with the Baby Blue Sound crew.
sean paul made his mark. i was just a kid and i remember the huge influence of his music and that era in the early 00s. dutty rock was a smash hit in the city. shoutout to little x for bridging the gap between jamaica and the large caribbean community in toronto. his music is still being played at every wedding, party and event. it's insane to see how many hits came from 1 album
Growing up in Kenya, Sean Paul was massive, and "Get Busy" ruled the radiowaves for a long time. Watching this and realizing it's actually the first time that I become aware of the lyrics in the song. All this while, the little bits of English, the beat and the rhythm were all I nodded to. Also... happy to find out it's not Judy and Rebecca but Jodi 😁😁
Born in 1992 in Brooklyn NYC. Reggae was one of the sounds I heard as a kid even before hip hop honestly. Sean Paul was the biggest artist for me growing up. I’m not Jamaican but I’m Caribbean and he had the block parties on lock! Especially during the summer. Nothing can compare to that late 90s early 2000s vibes! What a time to be alive. My older brother and cousin tell me they used to go crazy in those basement parties 😂. No cell phone, no social media just vibes/music/drinks/conversation/laughter. The good ol days 👏👏
I was born 1982, the late 80’s to early to up 2009 had the best Vibes, but it seems like late 90’s to early to mid 2000’s felt like we were stuck in a time warp, nostalgic moments. Since the rise of social media and UA-cam and Smart Phones everything, especially the Vibez went downhill🤔🤔🤯
I’m a huge Sean Paul fan. This guy was on fire in the 2000’s. Everything from “Temperature”, to “Get Busy”, among his other hits, were such a breath of fresh air and a glimpse of another culture’s music.
I was like 11 years or maybe 12 when this song came out in my country and was like a BOMB! I remember that we tried so hard to sing the lyrics . Really blow my mind. Now Im 32 and Im hips start to move everytime i hear this song. Absolutelly love it! 🇨🇱
Being from London, being a teen in the 2000s, I’m going to say this… There are TWO albums that I saw shifted the culture in London, one of them was Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ and the other was Dutty Rock! If you weren’t there, it’s something unexplainable but after that album dropped, there was nothing like it.
I'm Cameroonian and I was 18 when Dutty Rock came out. It was the first album I ever bought and it was a bootleg album I got for $2 at the time lol. I understand exactly what you mean by culture shift
I love this back story so much and that song is such a dancefloor filler after all these years! I mix Work It, Hot IN Here and Get Busy into Dancing Queen with Yeah and it usually pops off
I was an 8th grade junior high school/middle school student in a catholic school in Jakarta, Indonesia, when this song came up. I remember taking this song to my friends and tellin them we should dance to this for a school event, shaking my booty and all. They thought i was crazy at first, but coming out of that school we ended up not only forming a dance team but also winning dance championships in the region, using a lot of dancehall and hiphop music.
Get Busy, Temperature and We Be Burning are my go tos nearly 20 years later they are still rent free in my head, and setting my hips free no matter where I am when they play. On my playlists, on the radio in the car or even in public. Heaven help someone if they change the station if they're playing...
It’s so beautiful to see Sean and his teammates journey from such humble beginnings and with good intentions being recognized and celebrated so many years later. Thank you guys, y’all were a piece to the puzzle that captured my sonic palate early on. Wouldn’t be the musician I am without being exposed to the different Melodie’s and pockets that all these guys pioneered 🤝
Director X made an iconic video for Get Busy. I grew up in Boston around dancehall culture and going to those winter house parties and I just remember seeing the video before school on MTV like this is really what we do lol
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@Foreign Link It was Caribbeans in Canada that created the scene here. Just landed immigrants and 1st gen. It's the Carribeans and Jamaicans who took the jams from Jamaica and created the basement dancehall parties. Yall don't have basements
Sean Paul’s story is so unique. Definitely one of my favorite artist. I love how sometimes he sounds like himself sometimes he sounds like Super Kat, shaggy etc. he really is a great talent. And the history of the Diwali Rodin and how many songs came from it is so cool.
The nostalgia and realism of the song and video is amazing. At the time when the video came out, living in the GTA, this is exactly what was going on! And now, 20+ years later, the treat of listening to the song and watching the video takes me right back to those moments! Amazing! You made my week for this one VICE, thank you!
This is the comment I was hoping to see! 🇿🇼. This song and all the others that followed on this riddim were massive in Zim. So great to truly understand where it all started.
I met Sean Paul at my hotel tonight! I was working there and only said hello in my professional voice which he replied back to me! I grew up with his songs that where always outrageous and amazing. He made my childhood great and introduced the sounds of Jamaica and Reggaeton to an African and Swedish mixed kid that never belong. Finally I could relate to something!!! Such an humble guy! I love this documentary and I love that it gives me so much more insight to who he is a person but also artist. TRUE LEGEND ❤
Big Up Lenky! Man is fire on the production.. Gave me chills seing that breakdown. Super talented. Also big up X and the Mad Skillz dance crew that made the "Get Busy" video go viral.
18:25 Definitely have to agree that this video made this song such a big deal when I was in high school because we really did have a representation of what we were doing literally every Saturday and Friday night and it just felt like we were validated in that moment so big big shout out to Sean Paul for having the vision and understanding his whole team for really helping solidify Caribbean people in cold climates lol
I'll always remember the summer this came out, I was in Toronto in spring 2003 and summer 2003 and I remember this was always on non-stop on the radio everywhere and every mall or food court, the energy this song brought to that summer was unforgettable, the heatwave along with this song in all the sweaty clubs was a scene that won't be repeated anytime soon. Sean Paul is timeless, a true artist
this song is something special, whenever you hear it you HAVE to start moving. its honestly a song i will never get tired of hearing, the beat the and the flow of Sean is just crazy. thank you so much Sean Paul for this amazing song and all the people who helped you create it and bring it to life.
This was a great glimpse inside one of the songs that really put the whole Caribbean on the map outside of the West Indies. It did and still does the whole W.I. proud knowing that one of our own dominated the charts with a sound and vibe that just wasn't "it" or common in the Western world until it came out...and then helped revolutionize the sound from then on.
I remember seeing the video for the first time and being amazed that a director had literally captured the Brooklyn basement party vibe from the 80s. Wild how it was a universal diaspora experience including for my Toronto fam. X captured the precise energy of it perfectly.
I remember being 16 or so when this came out and we all lost it because those were the jams we would be going too, minus the great dancing haha. But like the basement parties in Ajaz and Pickering
This song and Temperature absolutely THUMPIN 20 years later. Sean Paul is magic, great memories from my childhood. Even better now that I get the lyrics 😂
Always loved his music as a teen and tween. Still do. But watching this and realising what an down to earth, honest and nice human he still is… wow. WOW! He sure deserves all this.
This backstory makes the “Get Busy” song an even bigger phenomenon! It gets me busy on the dance floor EVERY TIME💃🏽 I really enjoy Sean Paul’s music and his positive vibe 👑
I had a smile on my face the whole time this played. 'Get Busy' was MASSIVE! Such a banger man. It deserved all the success it has. It's awesome to see Sean never forgot where he came from and who he came up with. Love this! 💓
I'm pretty sure the first time I heard Sean Paul was on Belly soundtrack. I was like damn who is this dude. I was like he's got an original voice and he ended up becoming huge. Dude been killing for year's now.
Sean Paul truly made me who I am today. It hits every time I hear his music I feel like I’m 13-15 again I love him and his whole vibe it makes me happy.
This is awesome!!!
Jodi as top comment is awesome !! ahah ~
A dat mi seh too!
My girl beautiful inside and out. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Very inspirational 👏🏽 🙌🏽
Jodi and rebecca👏👏
Youngins have no idea the chokehold Sean Paul's music had on us in early 00s. This man made every party LIIIIITTTT
Factsssss! LIVING LEGEND
Lit lit 🔥 🔥
Jus gimme da light...
He still does!!!!!
Seriously. Like way before he buss on the US markets. To me, that was his best versions.
"The Story Of" has to be one of my favorite vice series, thank you for capturing this moment in time
I agree. I even watch the ones for songs don't really know or like. I come away with a new respect for the artists and the songs. I live in Belize and love Sean Paul, so this one was really fun. Thanks Vice.
It's the only Vice series I care about
the story of it wasn't me by Shaggy is also pretty nuts.
Legendary
I just went to the playlist, and i can only see three videos. It says that "eleven
unavailable videos are hidden". What the f**k? 😟
Sean Paul is crazy humble. I’m really surprised how down to earth he is, after all his success. He was such a big deal in the 2000s. His songs still get played on the radio today - on the same stations from 15-20 years ago too. I still listen to his songs from time to time.
Right?!?! Those years in the 2000s was it. I feel sorry for people who will never get to experience that feeling in today's times
Yeah Sean Paul is still a hot Musician.
He is still an original Pop Person.
He really made an Impression on the music Globe and world.
How did make into the Music Charts since the year 2000 and 2001.
@@jamesbedugraham8056 he's actually more dancehall just majority of his popular songs are more pop oriented.
@@shontelprescott3755 I like you already date me online.
Coz I am James Bedu Graham the Ghanaian Citizen since 1982.
"Get Busy" and "I'm still in love with you" will forever be some of the greatest tracks in history.
Facts
Like Glue is Sean's best
And temperature!!! That was my ring tone!
I was gonna say, I love "Deport Dem" too❤️
@@blackberry731-q7h bod riddim
This Era is unmatched. Them high school parties were lit
yassssss bihhh class ‘03❤
@@bedazzlinbeauty girl you look like only 24 👀
Yes. Them high school parties with anything Sean Paul!
seriously! i hadsoooo much fun
Lenky is a genius and props to Sean for listening to advice from people around him.
The way he taught him to change up the scale mode he sings in and harmonize with his own back vocals is what really sells the song
Indeed!!!
Yeah, I think the best advice was also to not go down the route of speaking on the hardships in jamaica, he did one song called Deport them on the bookshelf riddim that hit pretty hard, but its better he did the hype vibe
What I love about him is that he gives credit to the entire machine that built him. Many Artists can’t or will not do that. It’s commendable
"self made"
for real. no wonder he is universally loved
All these years later and this song is STILL A WHOLE BOP!!!!!!
Yes! 💯
Classic, once that beat start party mashh up
Brick Oven Pizza?
Oh yea if u makes something legendary it'll never die!
This track and 'Like Glue' are just🤌🤌
that part where Sean and Lenky just tell each other how much they changed each other's lives...so so wholesome! damn!
This song was craaazy when it dropped. Still is. That whole Dutty Rock album was/is 🔥
Definitely best reggae album of all time.
Classic album. This was a good time to party because dancehall had a big renaissance
@@ablheardemsay Dancehall album not really reggae.
@@damd2999 respect
That album shouldve been nominated for Album of the Year.
This is what MTV should be doing. This is a true party song and to know how it was created is just..idk so cool. I need more of these from different types of artists. All types of music. Thank you Vice. 😌
Yeah MTV should be the one but they just aren't it anymore ...sad
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I'm totally with you on that.
Word. I had no idea who lenky was before this video, so to see the entire thought process and mashing of minds, it's wild. Just gained a ton of respect for Sean Paul because of this video.
😂 well MTV and VH1 used to have shows like this until they substituted it for shitty programming with pregnant teens and cat fights.
Diwali Riddim was at the pinnacle of Dancehall All those songs on that beat was uniquely mixed shout out Lenky
THE ZENITH MAN. THREE SONGS CHARTED ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 IN THE TOP 20. Get Busy being Number 1. Arguably the great RIDDIM ever
it is the best
it is difficult not to move, when the Diwali rhythm comes on....I remember listening to a playlist with different songs, with the Diwali rhythm....
@life7777ful I remember Rihanna Pon de Replay, Wayne Wonder's Bounce along and No lettin' go, and the song Love is Wicked, etc. The Dawaly Rythm was dope in the early 00s
@@blairevaldez the good old days when they used to make good music, I hear you.....Brick and lace amazing women, loved them as a duo, they were so unique and loved their song love is wicked....
This is so iconic! I don't think people realize how big this era was for Toronto
I thought SP was from Toronto because of the hype around this song.
People don't understand....changed everything. Master T with the muchmusic Saturday morning show , more artist started coming through.
@@nwananka the influence of Master T in Canada’s hip hop/urban music community is vastly undercelebrated.
And nyc tooooo
it is/was for me tho and im in northern cali😳
I was in high school when Sean Paul started blowing up. It was a great time to be young and alive man. Hit after hit after hit and always had the dance floor going crazy. Sean Paul is a legend!
Yes, agree
Indeed...good times‼️🔥
Yes those were the days
This “making of” gave me chills all the way through. What an epic, magical journey. Sean Paul deserves every bouquet flowers he gets, he put our Caribbean cultural roots on the map in incredible ways and made history while doing it. Legendary.
As a West Indian who moved to America , Sean Paul accomplishments' meant so much to us who came from a small island and to hear his music at that time. We had no representation in the media etc !! The story behinds this matches the work ethic of the Caribbean people . Prideful and talented !! We love to see it !
SEAN PAUL'S RUN???? LEGENDARY!!!!! LEGENDARY SH*T!!!!!
ya dun know!!!! him represent!!!!!
ya dun know!!!! him represent!!!!!
Nothing will every compare to early 2000’s reggae/dancehall. I’m so happy that I have heavy Jamaican roots, small island with such great music and talent.
This was a very good time for dancehall. As a 14 year old teen in Switzerland I discovered the sound and was blasted away by it as well. I didn't understood a word but this melodies and riddims just went like honey onto my brain cells.
@@Daddy_Ogg glad that people all over the world find comfort in dancehall and reggae music.
80s and 90s dancehall is the best.
80's & 90's dancehall was 1000 times better!!!!!
@@lobotomyscam1051 yes bredren 100% agree with you!!!
As a Toronto area Caribbean kid, the Get Busy video was like a shot to the heart. We loved it so much.
This song and Temperature were (and still are) absolutely huge in the club
Like Glue?
And “Deport Them” and “Gimme the light”
We be burnin???
Where? Cuz they ain't here.
Wow, I forgot about “Deport Them”. 😅
For all you young folks out there, these songs were MASSIVE In 2005-2006. You would hear them on the radio all day long. Great times!
Found the guy born in 2000 😂
Hell yea growing up in Florida is here this music at the water park and beech all the tiem
Song was a hit in 2002 my guy 😂
@@WillWigg it dominated the radio here in Canada during those years. Or maybe I’m remembering it wrong. I was a kid in the early 2000’s
🔥🔥
As a young West Indian growing up in North America having this track breakthrough was transformative to being accepted and appreciated by people around me because they finally gave some respect to my culture and background.
This song growing up in NYC was on the radio 24/7. Literally the national anthem for 2-3 summers. Song still hits everytime
Yup! I’m here wit yea 🙌🏻🤓😅
It was this song amerie why dont we fall in love lumidee neva leave you and beyonce crazy in love literally everyday 24/7
Sean Paul is like a doctors prescription, you can’t understand a word, but you still take it.
Yee xD
Lol, I like how you express yourself boss, I couldn't agree more!!!!
It lifts your spirits and is powerful medication for the soul.
Absolutely..he’s a classic…I remember dancing in a college competition to Get Busy had the crowd going crazy…miss those days!!
Bcz u don’t speak English 😂
For a producer to still play a melody after such a long time deserves some credits!
That Diwali track still bangs after all of these years. I started dancing from hearing it again in this video.
Yeah, me too, my hips can’t stay still 😂
It’s the best track! I love allll the songs that used that track
There's an argument that Diwali RIDDIM is the greatest dancehall RIDDIM EVER! Arguably
@@caleb484it’s definitely Top 10
@@caleb484AGREED!
Sean Paul's 'Get Busy' seems memorable in more ways than one. We're all so lucky to catch a glimpse of the behind the scenes process of songwriting and producing the whole track itself.
They play the song everyday in the UK
nupeeee
Sean Paul was the biggest thing ever back in the day
I think it needs more than one documentary
Diwali riddim is still one of my favorite riddims to this day. Big up to lenky for this masterpiece.
I’m part of the Jamaican diaspora in America. I remember on a visit in Summer 2002, my cousins singing “Gimme di Light” and telling me this was the hottest song on the radio and in the clubs. It had not been released yet to the USA and since this was pre-UA-cam, it wasn’t as easy for me to just find the song. But it was a sign of things to come with Sean Paul. “Get Busy” really was massive. I take it for granted now, but Sean Paul really did stay true to not watering down the dancehall for a global audience.
mane i feel like some serious jaamaikaan foods dayam!!!
les go!!! oaktown!!!
Same!!
🤌🏽 Thus
This song was a huge part of my childhood. My parents used to throw house parties and I vividly remember being 8 years old and just dancing my ass off to this song. Sean Paul is such a legend I’m glad he’s getting his flowers he deserves it 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Same here brings back so many memories to my childhood aswell
Same!!
💜💜💜💜
"Get Busy" was the very first song I heard on the radio when I first came to the U.S from Mexico... I could not understand a word he was saying but that song is forever ingrained in my memory. AMAZING artist to this day. Thank you VICE, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video and hope you continue this series.
Being at an HBCU when Get Busy dropped in 2002/2003...man look, some of the best parties of my life! What a tune. In my workout playlist to this day
Some really great music came out during that time frame. Great parties were had across the globe to this music.
That Era in Dancehall !!!! Sean made Jamaica proud 🎉
Yes, the 90s and 2000s, we miss this era
This turned out to be such a wholesome documentary. Big up to the team at Vice, Sean Paul and Get Busy!
My favourite thing about this video is that Paul and Lanky are humble and grateful.
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In my opinion, Diwali Riddim is the greatest riddim in the history of dancehall!!! Big up Lenky!
Punnany riddim for me!!!!
ah true Diwali did mawwd !
@@candyjamaican Some might agree with you. For me:
1) Diwali
2) Punanny
3) Buzz Riddim
@@comedicmood2729 No love for Bookshelf?
@@TonyStone3000 lol I never said that. Mi rate Bookshelf...it would be in my Top 5. I can make an arguement for 3/4 between that & The Buzz
Sean Paul is legendary. Even before the Dutty Rock album, his tracks are10/10. Deport Dem, Concrete…. To this day, Diwali riddim can shut down the club. Any track🔥🔥🔥. Jamaica to di world!!! 🇯🇲
The fact Sean Paul is still going and dropping hits till this day
Big up Sean Paul, dancehall, Jamaican people and de whole Caribbean 🇯🇲 🇹🇹 🇭🇹 🇬🇩 🇧🇧 🇬🇾
🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
Ayiti 🇭🇹
🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧
Zoe🇭🇹
What flag is the 4th one? Jamaica, T&T, Haiti, ?, Barbados, Guayana?
Cant believe Its BEEN 20 years since this song dropped. This song along with everything else Sean Paul did afterwards was allways present at our parties for 5-6 years. This is a true classic of my generation. Thank you for all the good memories ❤
I can't stress how HUGE Sean Paul was in the early 2000s here in Toronto. Thank you for my making my teenage years a blast!
Also he was already well known (at least here) before Get Busy and Like glue. I think the first Sean Paul song I ever heard was with the Baby Blue Sound crew.
Money jane
Super Facts big up Toronto bom bom bom bom bom🔥🇨🇦🔥💯
Get Busy is a classic and I love hearing the story behind it. Big up to Jamaica! 🇯🇲
Yes, and I think the story has many untold details about the song and the riddim, Jamaica has the best music
sean paul made his mark. i was just a kid and i remember the huge influence of his music and that era in the early 00s. dutty rock was a smash hit in the city. shoutout to little x for bridging the gap between jamaica and the large caribbean community in toronto. his music is still being played at every wedding, party and event. it's insane to see how many hits came from 1 album
Growing up in Kenya, Sean Paul was massive, and "Get Busy" ruled the radiowaves for a long time. Watching this and realizing it's actually the first time that I become aware of the lyrics in the song. All this while, the little bits of English, the beat and the rhythm were all I nodded to. Also... happy to find out it's not Judy and Rebecca but Jodi 😁😁
He came to Kenya in 2004 or so. I was so upset my guardians at the time wouldn't let me go to see him at carnivore. I was 12 😂😂😂
@@ruthmbugua8326me too.😂 Then his phone got stolen et al.😅
@@melanin_n_kinks 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Diwali riddim was a game changer. Dutty Rock was the first album that I ever bought while I was in high school.
Same here! My dad brought it for me
@@christinawright1184 Also sounds like Pon De Replay
Diwali is arguably the best riddim of the 2000’s and definitely Top 10 of all time. So many big tunes came off that riddim. Big up yuhself Lenky!
Born in 1992 in Brooklyn NYC. Reggae was one of the sounds I heard as a kid even before hip hop honestly. Sean Paul was the biggest artist for me growing up. I’m not Jamaican but I’m Caribbean and he had the block parties on lock! Especially during the summer. Nothing can compare to that late 90s early 2000s vibes! What a time to be alive. My older brother and cousin tell me they used to go crazy in those basement parties 😂. No cell phone, no social media just vibes/music/drinks/conversation/laughter. The good ol days 👏👏
What a time to be alive !!! Man an entire nostalgia
Brooklyn! Is heavy caribbean!!!!!
I was born 1982, the late 80’s to early to up 2009 had the best Vibes, but it seems like late 90’s to early to mid 2000’s felt like we were stuck in a time warp, nostalgic moments. Since the rise of social media and UA-cam and Smart Phones everything, especially the Vibez went downhill🤔🤔🤯
as a musician and producer and someone who love sean paul, this is literally the best episode that vice has ever dropped. such inspiration!!
Amazing
Gotta give this man his props he crossed over differently! Total legend in Reggae and Dancehall.
I remember vividly this song blowing up. It was part of my teenage years. The early 2000s was a great time to be a teenager
I’m a huge Sean Paul fan. This guy was on fire in the 2000’s. Everything from “Temperature”, to “Get Busy”, among his other hits, were such a breath of fresh air and a glimpse of another culture’s music.
Yes, a great era
I was like 11 years or maybe 12 when this song came out in my country and was like a BOMB! I remember that we tried so hard to sing the lyrics . Really blow my mind. Now Im 32 and Im hips start to move everytime i hear this song.
Absolutelly love it! 🇨🇱
Being from London, being a teen in the 2000s, I’m going to say this… There are TWO albums that I saw shifted the culture in London, one of them was Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ and the other was Dutty Rock!
If you weren’t there, it’s something unexplainable but after that album dropped, there was nothing like it.
Definetely
I'm Cameroonian and I was 18 when Dutty Rock came out. It was the first album I ever bought and it was a bootleg album I got for $2 at the time lol. I understand exactly what you mean by culture shift
What about Chronic 2001
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So true. Remembering this giving me so much to nostalgia.
I love this back story so much and that song is such a dancefloor filler after all these years! I mix Work It, Hot IN Here and Get Busy into Dancing Queen with Yeah and it usually pops off
I would love to hear it!
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brah dont forget gimme the light
WTF hey toast!
Sean Paul’s album “Durty Rock” definitely one of the greatest albums of all times! People still love it! Many hits on that album.
In NY they used to bang this record in the club all the time, even up in the college dorms, it was EVERYWHERE. Fire song and riddim.
The most humble dancehall artist. Still driving a Nissan armada. Salute
this. I noticed the same thing, impressive.
Gas prices in Jamaica are crazy...only rich people drive those there
Jamaica terrain and roads are hard on vehicles.
Its also hard to keep nice things there.
As a Caribbean person this made me feel warm and fuzzy on the inside ❤
Big up to our founder on locally producing this project with Vice! This is is a really great documentary.
Awesome 🫶🏾🙌🏾
History made! Sean Paul and his team are musical geniuses. ❤️❤️❤️
Totally agrees +44
This man made my high school years unforgettable. ❤
I was an 8th grade junior high school/middle school student in a catholic school in Jakarta, Indonesia, when this song came up. I remember taking this song to my friends and tellin them we should dance to this for a school event, shaking my booty and all. They thought i was crazy at first, but coming out of that school we ended up not only forming a dance team but also winning dance championships in the region, using a lot of dancehall and hiphop music.
C.S.L 🤔
that's awesome, can't imagine how your school reacted
Most proud of what Sean Paul has done for the Caribbean diaspora as a whole much love from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
Get Busy, Temperature and We Be Burning are my go tos nearly 20 years later they are still rent free in my head, and setting my hips free no matter where I am when they play. On my playlists, on the radio in the car or even in public. Heaven help someone if they change the station if they're playing...
It’s so beautiful to see Sean and his teammates journey from such humble beginnings and with good intentions being recognized and celebrated so many years later. Thank you guys, y’all were a piece to the puzzle that captured my sonic palate early on. Wouldn’t be the musician I am without being exposed to the different Melodie’s and pockets that all these guys pioneered 🤝
Yes, I think the same about their music
Director X made an iconic video for Get Busy. I grew up in Boston around dancehall culture and going to those winter house parties and I just remember seeing the video before school on MTV like this is really what we do lol
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This was a trip. I love how vice just let his voice run this instead of any forced storylines. So well done
I can still listen to Dutty Rock all the way through no skips.
The basement jam era in Toronto and New York was a realllll thing. Kids today will never know ❤ 😂 love this vice
The basement jams of that era were different! Trust me, they don't do them the same anymore. They don't know
@Foreign Link It was Caribbeans in Canada that created the scene here. Just landed immigrants and 1st gen. It's the Carribeans and Jamaicans who took the jams from Jamaica and created the basement dancehall parties. Yall don't have basements
Sean Paul’s story is so unique. Definitely one of my favorite artist. I love how sometimes he sounds like himself sometimes he sounds like Super Kat, shaggy etc. he really is a great talent. And the history of the Diwali Rodin and how many songs came from it is so cool.
The nostalgia and realism of the song and video is amazing. At the time when the video came out, living in the GTA, this is exactly what was going on! And now, 20+ years later, the treat of listening to the song and watching the video takes me right back to those moments! Amazing! You made my week for this one VICE, thank you!
Damn, 20+ year, im not a kid any more...
Who else feels really old that this was twenty years ago? I can smell the Island Foods packed during Caribana when I see the video.
The Diwali riddim defined my childhood 🙌🏾🇿🇼
Real toppa toppa expensive shoppaa
Legendary riddim
This is the comment I was hoping to see! 🇿🇼. This song and all the others that followed on this riddim were massive in Zim. So great to truly understand where it all started.
I was living in Harare when this dropped.. 🔥
FACTS
I met Sean Paul at my hotel tonight! I was working there and only said hello in my professional voice which he replied back to me!
I grew up with his songs that where always outrageous and amazing. He made my childhood great and introduced the sounds of Jamaica and Reggaeton to an African and Swedish mixed kid that never belong. Finally I could relate to something!!!
Such an humble guy! I love this documentary and I love that it gives me so much more insight to who he is a person but also artist.
TRUE LEGEND ❤
Big Up Lenky! Man is fire on the production.. Gave me chills seing that breakdown. Super talented. Also big up X and the Mad Skillz dance crew that made the "Get Busy" video go viral.
wasnt lenky in the beginning of the shottas movie
There's a stretch of amazing times in my life that Sean Paul was the soundtrack to. Such good music.
That is so relatable, at 16 I got my first car, and the first thing I did was put on Dutty rock CD and blasted all these songs
Sean Paul and his story and his families and everyone still resonates to this day. Big shout out to everyone who loves this song forever!
18:25 Definitely have to agree that this video made this song such a big deal when I was in high school because we really did have a representation of what we were doing literally every Saturday and Friday night and it just felt like we were validated in that moment so big big shout out to Sean Paul for having the vision and understanding his whole team for really helping solidify Caribbean people in cold climates lol
It was little X's vision from growing up in Toronto
The Diwali riddim was/is a hallmark of many Jamaican’s teenage years in the 2000’s. That riddim was HUUUUUUGE!!
Wonderful story! Even in the Netherlands, people can tell about how these songs have created memories. Jamaicans and music... You guys are different!
I'll always remember the summer this came out, I was in Toronto in spring 2003 and summer 2003 and I remember this was always on non-stop on the radio everywhere and every mall or food court, the energy this song brought to that summer was unforgettable, the heatwave along with this song in all the sweaty clubs was a scene that won't be repeated anytime soon. Sean Paul is timeless, a true artist
2003 was a great year for music everywhere
I rinsed that Diwali CD when it came out. Every song was a hit. Still one of my fave riddim 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Dutty Rock also got played to death
🔥 yep 🔥
I remember hearing the hook for the first time and that “spooky” voice was like nothing I’ve ever heard before. Really nice to hear the story!
This song still goes so hard!
To this day nothing really sounds like this. Every part of the production is very unique in their own way and put together it makes something special
this song is something special, whenever you hear it you HAVE to start moving. its honestly a song i will never get tired of hearing, the beat the and the flow of Sean is just crazy. thank you so much Sean Paul for this amazing song and all the people who helped you create it and bring it to life.
This was a great glimpse inside one of the songs that really put the whole Caribbean on the map outside of the West Indies. It did and still does the whole W.I. proud knowing that one of our own dominated the charts with a sound and vibe that just wasn't "it" or common in the Western world until it came out...and then helped revolutionize the sound from then on.
As a Kenyan Sean Paul was huge....he is the soundtrack to my teens and 20s...much love
When I was a kid I literally had my Dad put Get Busy on repeat in the car wherever we went. Best Vice video in awhile. Have me goosebumps
I remember seeing the video for the first time and being amazed that a director had literally captured the Brooklyn basement party vibe from the 80s. Wild how it was a universal diaspora experience including for my Toronto fam. X captured the precise energy of it perfectly.
I remember being 16 or so when this came out and we all lost it because those were the jams we would be going too, minus the great dancing haha. But like the basement parties in Ajaz and Pickering
This song and Temperature absolutely THUMPIN 20 years later. Sean Paul is magic, great memories from my childhood. Even better now that I get the lyrics 😂
We be burning was good to
Always loved his music as a teen and tween. Still do. But watching this and realising what an down to earth, honest and nice human he still is… wow. WOW! He sure deserves all this.
I absolutely love Sean Paul. I have such a soft spot for him. I saw him last year in Boston and he is just the epitome of fun and good vibes.
I dooo too! I am so jealous u met himmm 😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@issafula she didn’t meet him duhhhhh 😂 she saw him at a show 😂😂😂
@@JamesWilliams-jf3hd LOOOOL! I already understood that!
This backstory makes the “Get Busy” song an even bigger phenomenon! It gets me busy on the dance floor EVERY TIME💃🏽 I really enjoy Sean Paul’s music and his positive vibe 👑
I had a smile on my face the whole time this played. 'Get Busy' was MASSIVE! Such a banger man. It deserved all the success it has. It's awesome to see Sean never forgot where he came from and who he came up with. Love this! 💓
I'm pretty sure the first time I heard Sean Paul was on Belly soundtrack. I was like damn who is this dude. I was like he's got an original voice and he ended up becoming huge. Dude been killing for year's now.
That's how I became familar with SP. "Deport them" is still a personal fav of mine!
Here comes the boom, Sean Paul & Dmx
Makes sense now with the Little X connection
I love this series at one time Sean Paul was a feature on every big artists songs. His song Baby Boy with Beyoncé is still a banger too.
Baby Boy had some controversy behind the scenes, which might have had something to do with Jay Z.
Sean Paul had us inna chokehold in the early 00"s. He deserves so much more recognition for the doors he opened
Sean Paul truly made me who I am today. It hits every time I hear his music I feel like I’m 13-15 again I love him and his whole vibe it makes me happy.
My favorite riddim of the 2000s! Sean Paul, Wanye Wonder and Elephant man snapped on that beat!
I like backstories like this. Makes me see this in a new light. It's also very impressive how so many songs were created from one beat