| Art and Life | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Beenie Man |
| Cover: | Art and Life (Beenie Man album cover).jpg |
| Released: | July 11, 2000 |
| Genre: | Reggae fusion, dancehall, reggae |
| Length: | 70:14 |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Producer: | Salaam Remi, Tony Kelly, The Neptunes |
| Prev Title: | Y2K |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | Youth Quake |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
Art and Life is the twelfth studio album by dancehall deejay Beenie Man, released on July 11, 2000. He garnered commercial success in the States with this album, with the help of the reggae fusion hit single "Girls dem Sugar". It marked one of the first successful reggae fusion albums from a dancehall artist.
It received the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 2001.[1] It sold more than 400,000 copies.
Art and Life received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 8 reviews.
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[2]
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 68 |
| U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Reggae Albums | 1 |