Baha Men

Baha Men

Baha Men is the name of a pop group that plays an updated style of Bahamian folk music called Junkanoo. The group's debut, Junkanoo, was released in 1992, and was very traditional in its sound. They soon began aiming their music at a more mainstream audience, however, and finally succeeded with 2000's remake of Who Let the Dogs Out? originally composed by Anslem Douglas; although they faded back into obscurity soon thereafter. Their most recent album was Holla! from 2004. Baha Men was also won a Grammy Award in 2000 for Best Dance Recording for "Who Let the Dogs Out?". In the same year they won a Billboard Music Award for World Music Artist of the Year and World Music Album of the Year. In 2002 they won a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for Favorite Band and Favorite Song.

The Baha Men were one of the many artists to record a song on the album DisneyMania and two of its four sequels. On the first DisneyMania, they recorded "Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King. On DisneyMania 2, they recorded the infamous song "It's a Small World" from the Disney park attraction of the same name. They were absent from DisneyMania 3, though they returned for DisneyMania 4, recording their take on the song "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from Lilo and Stitch entitled "Bahaman Roller Coaster Ride." They are not going to be on DisneyMania 5.

Discography

Albums

1. "Junkanoo" (1992)
2. "Kalik" (1994)
3. "Here We Go Again" (1996)
4. "I Like What I Like" (1997)
5. "Doong Spank" (1998)
6. "Who Let The Dogs Out?" (2000)
7. "2 Zero 0-0" (2001)
8. "Move It Like This" (2002)
9. "Underwater Moonlight" (2002)
10. "Beach Baby" (2002)
11. "Holla!" (2004)

Compilations

1. "Funky Nassau - The Best Of The Baha Men" (1998)
2. "Best Of Baha Men" (2000)
3. "Greatest Movie Hits" (2001)

Singles

1. "Back To The Island" (1992)
2. "Oh Father" (1994)
3. "Dancing In The Moonlight" (1994)
4. "That's The Way I Get Down" (1997)
5. "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (2000)
6. "You All Dat" (2001)
7. "Best Years Of Our Lives" (2001)
8. "Move It Like This" (2002)
9. "Holla!" (2004)

Soundtracks

1. The Little Vampire - "You Can Get It"
2. Rugrats In Paris: The Movie - "Who Let The Dogs Out?"
3. Miss Congeniality - "Get Ya Party On"
4. Shrek - "Best Years Of Our Lives"
5. Rat Race - "Rat Race", "Who Let The Dogs Out?" Who let the asses out?
6. Scooby-Doo - "Scooby D"
7. Big Fat Liar- "Move It Like This"

Trivia

• Anslem Douglas, and original Baha Men member, Stephen Nunez, were sued in 2001 and lost the lawsuit with regards to full authorship for the song "Who Let the Dogs Out?" The chorus was originally composed by Patrick Stephenson and Leroy Williams in 1995 of Just Platinum Recording Studios/Action House Studios in Toronto, Canada for a radio jingle. It was proven at this time Anslem was a client of the studio, and had used the chorus to compose the song. The lawsuit was settled with an undisclosed financial payment.

External links

• Baha Men official site
• "Baha Men" Lyrics
• LyricsQuest.com: Baha Men