Are :flabbynsick: Jamaicans still pretending Alkaline hasn't passed Kartel?

3rdWorld

Veteran
Joined
Mar 24, 2014
Messages
45,099
Reputation
3,943
Daps
132,417
I feel like Kartel plagiarised the idea behind Imagine (a mad track, one of his best IMO), from Nas If I Ruled the World





:ohlawd:


My old drive had 100s pon 100s of kartel :sadbron:

Had this guy broken in the US like Queen Patra and Shaggy he'd have been unstoppable.
 

Pegasus Jackson

Trump's Amerikkka
Joined
Nov 17, 2014
Messages
12,155
Reputation
2,870
Daps
46,286
Reppin
ATLANTA ZONE 6
:ohlawd:


My old drive had 100s pon 100s of kartel :sadbron:

Had this guy broken in the US like Queen Patra and Shaggy he'd have been unstoppable.

Kartel wordplay/patois too thick and intricate for crossover foreign appeal. Americans like dancehall they can understand... somewhat.

But yes... Kartel is probably the best DJ on record. Ninjaman the best ever in a clash (look how many generations he's been around).

I hold a soft spot for Yelowman though. :wow:
 

Sukairain

Shahenshah
Joined
Dec 20, 2015
Messages
4,771
Reputation
2,273
Daps
17,392
Reppin
Straiya
Play that shyt for the average American Black and ask him to decipher a verse. I grew up in a Jamaican household.. but most my friends don't know what the fukk DJs are saying 50% of the time. :yeshrug:

It isn't that hard. I'm not even black or American/Caribbean, and I can understand the lyrics. If you listen to dancehall music enough you can sort of get the basic gist. And if you look up lyrics, Patois is much easier to understand by reading instead of listening.

I guess people just too lazy to go to the trouble of having to learn a different language just to listen to music
 

3rdWorld

Veteran
Joined
Mar 24, 2014
Messages
45,099
Reputation
3,943
Daps
132,417
Kartel wordplay/patois too thick and intricate for crossover foreign appeal. Americans like dancehall they can understand... somewhat.

But yes... Kartel is probably the best DJ on record. Ninjaman the best ever in a clash (look how many generations he's been around).

I hold a soft spot for Yelowman though. :wow:

All dancehall deejay at their prime were a problem..
Shabba, King Shango (who wrote for ninja) Bounty, Buju, Kalonji and of course Kartel.
I'm not too fond of Kartel dubplates though.
 

KENNY DA COOKER

HARD ON HOES is not a word it's a LIFESTYLE
Supporter
Joined
Jun 9, 2012
Messages
31,450
Reputation
13,295
Daps
168,567
Reppin
F
Mi nah like NEITHER

DEM BOTH SODOMITES :ufdup:


FREE BUJU

 
Top