Thursday, December 01, 2005
Dancehall, Dancehall
"Violence in music needs critical analysis"
"The former radio discjock said the dancehall deejays are story-tellers who are documenting the modern history of the country and he challenged the society to examine dancehall lyrics more carefully.
'The key thing that we're missing (media and academia included), is in not really analysing the stories that these deejays are telling... I'm challenging people to find some of these lyrics and look at the stories reflected there, because in another 20 years, that will be the history book of Jamaica, in terms of the violence, political patronage, and the corruption.'
'And to some extent that is not a glorification of violence. The thing is to critically look at and deal with the issues these story-tellers raise.' ¶ 12/01/2005 07:47:00 AM
"Violence in music needs critical analysis"
"The former radio discjock said the dancehall deejays are story-tellers who are documenting the modern history of the country and he challenged the society to examine dancehall lyrics more carefully.
'The key thing that we're missing (media and academia included), is in not really analysing the stories that these deejays are telling... I'm challenging people to find some of these lyrics and look at the stories reflected there, because in another 20 years, that will be the history book of Jamaica, in terms of the violence, political patronage, and the corruption.'
'And to some extent that is not a glorification of violence. The thing is to critically look at and deal with the issues these story-tellers raise.' ¶ 12/01/2005 07:47:00 AM
