VIBES

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Nearly a decade after his last studio album, HEAVY, rapper/singer Heavy D returned (sans Boyz) with 2008's VIBES. A considerable departure from the hip-hop-leaning earlier outing, VIBES finds the performer (aka Dwight Errington Meyers) paying tribute to his Jamaican birthplace by presenting a set steeped in reggae. Working in a laidback style informed by dancehall and dub, Heavy is a natural with the island's melodic sound, as best revealed on the hit single "Long Distance Girlfriend." Show more