Mr. Boombastic, Shaggy, has released his upcoming LP, ‘Hot Shot 2020’, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of his breakout 2000 LP, ‘Hot Shot’. 

‘Hot Shot 2020’ will boast new versions of such Shaggy hits as ‘It wasn’t me’, ‘Angel’, ‘Boombastic’ and ‘Oh Carolina’, as well as previously unreleased songs.

Shaggy said; “My initial thought for this project was to recreate the full Hot Shot album exactly how it was done, but then I decided I wanted to mix it up,” 

Shaggy continued; “I lived that Hot Shot moment already and it was an amazing ride, but there is no need to re-live. I wanted to move forward and try new things, add some of my other hits like ‘Boombastic’ and ‘Oh Carolina’ and bring in different vibes while exploring some sounds we’d never used before.”

Shaggy has also dropped a new animated lyric video for the updated version of his classic track, ‘It Wasn’t Me’.

Directed by Jay Will, the ‘It Wasn’t Me (Hot Shot 2020)’ video offers a lively, and colorfully animated retelling of the tracks’ caught red-handed-storyline and subsequent deny-all-knowledge advice offered by a friend. Still sounds like advice to avoid, doesn’t it…!?

For ‘Hot Shot 2020’, Shaggy teamed with producers such as Martin Kierszenbaum, Dave Audé, Dwayne “iLL Wayno” Shippy, and Shane Hoosong. ‘Hot Shot 2020’ will follow Shaggy’s 2019 solo album, ‘Wah Gwaan?!’ as well as his 2018 collaboration with Sting, ‘44/876’.