| Global | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Bunji Garlin |
| Cover: | Bunji Garlin Global Album.jpg |
| Released: | May 22, 2007 |
| Genre: | |
| Label: | VP |
| Prev Title: | Next Direction |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Next Title: | Fiery |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
Global is an album by Trinidadian ragga soca musician Bunji Garlin released in 2007 by VP Records.[1] The album is Garlin's first that he aimed at international audiences, with previous releases aimed only at the West Indies, and he explained "In order for the genre to grow, we have to put out music that people throughout all of the islands can feel, not just for Trinidad".
The album features guest appearances by T.O.K. (on "Get Up Stand Up") and Freddie McGregor (on "One Family").
The song "Brrt" from this album is also featured on the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack.[2]
AllMusic's Rick Anderson took note that "Hindsight is 20/20, but the dancehall-soca fusion now known as "ragga soca" really was inevitable — in part because dancehall culture has so completely overtaken the Caribbean music scene, and in part because soca's bouncy, three-against-two rhythm has been an important element of the ragga sound for years. In fact, unless you're paying very close attention, you might not even notice that this album is more soca than reggae until several tracks into the program. Garlin's vocal delivery is straight out of the dancehall — more rapid-fire declamation than melodic calypso crooning. And it's extremely effective".[3]