What is the direction reggae music is going?
I recently heard a legendary DJ ask what is the direction reggae is going? I feel the last several years you hear much more reggae in the mainstream than the past yet there still seems to be something missing in the reggae industry...what do you think? where is reggae going?
GB
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Permalink Reply by REGGAE BLISS_Lady Zebra Sisson on -
In Australia we have a hard time trying to shake the whole drug thing and since gunja is still illegal here most venue owners are wary of the crowd we may pull. We're in the tropical part of Australia so reggae music still carries that lovely holiday feel. I went over to Costa Rica 4 years ago and it's only just becoming popular there based on the dances that come with it of course. We're also having a fad with the Zhumba thing which is good to education and refers to Reggaeton etc In mainsteam Bruno Mars is sneekin the skanks in.
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Permalink Reply by Spliffington on
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Going down the toilet here in California. Here, when the majority of young people hear the word 'reggae', they think of Sublime, Slightly Stoopid, and a LOT of bands who don't really seem to understand reggae but nonetheless take it and bastardize it with punk, hiphop, etc. till it's not reggae anymore...if it ever was. 'cali reggae' is to bonafide reggae as PeeWee Herman is to Haile Selassie. I have to concede that it's one of the most popular musical genres in California, certainly more so than either roots reggae or dancehall. I don't like it not just because it almost always lacks the power rhythmically of the reggae bass and drums, but also because it cheapens and dilutes the standards of what constitutes good reggae. I could go on about the lack of consciousness in the lyrics, the emphasis on getting faded, etc. but you probably get the point.
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