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As Raw As Ever is a studio album released by Shabba Ranks, his first to be well received by critics and the public.

As Raw as Ever

Released

21 May 1991

Ragga, dancehall, reggae fusion

Length

44:35

Mikey Bennett, Cleveland "Clevie" Browne, Bobby Dixon, Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson, KRS-One

Shabba Ranks chronology

Golden Touch
(1991)

As Raw as Ever
(1991)

Rough And Ready Volume 1
(1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Track listing

All Songs Published By Aunt Hilda Music.

Trailor Load a Girls - 3:58 (Cleveland "Clevie" Browne, Wycliffe Johnson, Greville Gordon)
Where Does Slackness Come From - 3:48 (Gordon)
Woman Tangle - 3:48 (Gordon, Clifton Dillon)
Gun Pon Me - 3:53 (Leopold Hartley, Shabba Ranks)
Gone Up - 3:55 (Gordon)
Housecall (featuring Maxi Priest) - 3:39 (Dillon, Brian Thompson, Maxi Priest, Mike Bennett, Ranks)
Flesh Axe - 4:10 (Browne, Dillon, Johnson)
A Mi Di Girls Dem Love - 3:29 (Gordon, Ranks)
Fist-A-Ris - 3:33 (Gordon, Ranks)
The Jam (featuring KRS-One) - 3:22 (KRS-One, Dillon, Joseph Longo, Lawrence Krisna Parker, Stephanie Mills)
Ambi Get Scarce - 3:52 (Hartley, Ranks)
Park Yu Benz - 3:26 (Gordon, Ranks)

Personnel

Shabba Ranks: Vocal
Mikey Bennett, Paul "Wrong Move" Crossdale, Michael Fletcher, Handel Tucker: Keyboards
Earl Smith: Guitars
Stephen "Cat" Coore: Guitars, Vocals
Danny Dennis, Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson: Bass, Keyboards
Cleveland "Clevie" Browne, Sly Dunbar, George "Dusty" Miller: Drums, Percussion
Danny Browne: Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Percussion
Chevelle Franklin, Brian & Tony Gold, Dorothy Smith: Backing Vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
USBillboard 200^[2]	89
USTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[3]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	63
Chart (1992)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[5]	52

See also

List of number-one R&B albums of 1991 (U.S.)

References

^ Henderson, Alex. "Shabba Ranks: As Raw As Ever "atAllMusic. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

^ "Shabba Ranks Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

^ "Shabba Ranks Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

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