Junior Vibes’ Corner: The State of Dancehall Music

6. March 2008 by admin.

 Yes massive, it’s your boy Junior Vibes representing Nighthawk International and More Fyah Radio here on the MrHookUpz.com linkup giving you my entire take on the dancehall industry.  Now this is my first of a set of reoccurring blogs which you all will be able to check out monthly right here on MrHookUpz.com.

Now let’s not waste any time and get right down into it….The first I wanna talk about here is the current state of the dancehall music. Now believe me, I’m feeling a lot of the songs that out running the streets right now. Production is hot and the tunes are very catchy.  However, I think it’s fair to say that this is probably the lowest point in dancehall history.

I say this because a lot of the songs out right now are hip hop oriented. They either have a predominantly hip hop sound or mention some kind of yankee slang that you would normally not hear anywhere in Jamaica. Don’t get me wrong, I started off dj’ing hip hop music…but reggae music is the root of it all and I keep it real and feel that when dealing with REGGAE music, beats sounding like the work of Kanye West or Timbaland should have no place.

Everything happening right now is dealing with the hype, from the riddims to the lyrical content. The roots & culture has all but disappeared and has left a huge void in the consciousness of the music today. WHAT DO U THINK???

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