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...Baha Men have been superstars for two decades in their native Bahamas. Marvin Prosper, 24, one of the nine-man band's new lead singers, says being a Baha Man in the Bahamas is like being a Yankee in New York City. They are also platinum-selling favorites in Japan. Their "Back to the Island" is the official song for Bahamas tourism...
...Blame it on Baha...
...than 20,000 copies each; when Greenberg left, Atlantic dropped the band. Greenberg rescued them with a deal at his new label, Mercury. "It became a standing joke in the music industry," he says, "that whenever I moved to a new label, the first thing I did was sign Baha Men." But this time out sales were even worse; the group's second and final CD for Mercury sold a humiliating 700 units. When Greenberg resigned last year, Baha Men were adrift again...
...rejected it. He thought the song was too Caribbean for the American charts. He was probably right. The original version was a soca (soulful calypso), a horn-heavy, uptempo form that is played at Caribbean carnivals across the U.S. every summer but has never really caught on. When Baha Men finally recorded "Dogs," they explored beats more familiar to American audiences - throwing in some junkanoo (Bahamian festival music) percussion to give it their signature flair. The result is the catchy rendition you've heard so often: urban, with an echo of the islands. The rest of the CD cleverly vamps...
...religion and the Divinity School? If you want to find God at Harvard, look to her students. Look to religious groups on campus. A joyfully vibrant bouquet of groups enriches the Harvard experience for many, ranging from the Harvard Radcliffe Christian Fellowship to the Islamic Society, from the Baha'i Association to Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel...