The fascinating Jamaican music duo known as Brick & Lace comes through with this exhilarating song titled Love Is Wicked
Brothers Love and Carey RWhitney built the record over the Diwali Riddim, the same foundation Sean Paul and Lumidee had already used successfully years before. But “Love Is Wicked” found its own identity within that riddim, and the chorus hook is probably why. That “your love is wicked, wicked, wicked” line is the kind of thing that gets stuck in your head without permission.
The song mixes Caribbean patois with a clean R&B melody. This gives it a crossover appeal that most dancehall records from that era struggled to achieve. France alone bought over 120,000 copies in the summer of 2008. The YouTube video has crossed 208 million views. This is an impressive number even by today’s standards for a record released before streaming dominated everything.
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