Record Rack / In Brief

* * * Shaggy, “Soon Be Done,” Virgin. This Brooklyn-based reggae rapper has two areas of interest--the bedroom and the dance floor. That’s evident from the opening track and title song, a cheerfully irreverent reworking of a classic spiritual. Producer Sting International frames Shaggy’s lighthearted rapping with fat, squishy beats and unexpected samples--like a “Carmen” aria on “Bedroom Bounty Hunter” and the “Peter Gunn” theme on “Oh Carolina.”

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