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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Dave Stelfox

Elephant Man, Let's Get Physical

With his 2001 single, Log On, O'Neil "Elephant Man" Bryan became one of Jamaica's biggest stars - and was internationally vilified for his violent homophobia. Now, this joint release from Atlantic and Sean "Puffy" Combs' Bad Boy group aims for pop crossover. Including collaborations with Wyclef and P Diddy (Five-O), Rihanna (Throw Your Hands Up), Busta Rhymes and Shaggy (The Way We Roll Remix), Let's Get Physical successfully blends ghetto grit and R&B gloss. At first, it also appears to have left previous prejudices behind. Unfortunately, a recently released video for Our World, featuring singer Demarco, reveals this to be wishful thinking. Depicting the murder of a man who then morphs into a fish - patois for gay male - its gruesome imagery shows that little has changed.

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