Jamaican music is loved all over the world but am not here to talk about
all genres of the jamaican music, my main focus is on the dance hall
music. Today artists are all about the paper, mula, benjamins, dead prez
just to name a few terms used for money along with the fame. Back in
the days musicians focus was mainly on good decent lyrics and a well
crafted rhythm to please all likes for dance hall, we could go out and
relate to all songs played by sound systems or the radio and we would
have a good time. Now, dance hall musicians are trying to invade the
international market by switching their flows, instrumentals and even
trying to rap, don't get me wrong i love hip hop/rap but i believe every
artist should stick to their culture and not try to change because of
the great greed for money. If a dance hall musician wants to make a song
with an international artist, nothing is wrong but when they try to act
as if they are another genre of music it looks bad. I see Jamaicans
imitating songs from overseas and i also see it vice versa, why cant
people just be original and try to branch out in life by being loyal to
their culture rather than chasing the money. Although it might seem as
if its the artists fault, the record companies have alot to do with
this, they have the final say as to what can be released locally or
internationally. To see an artist real talent i believe one has to
listen to the mixtapes because here they can say just about anything and
express their feelings towards experience and everyday lifestyles. So i
will not blame the dance hall artists for this, its the record label
heads fault and without a record label most artist music will not reach
majority of the public and in other words they will make no money. A
movie that came to my mind just now was "Brown Sugar" this movie clearly
shows that a real record label should put out quality music and not
garbage that sells.
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