Considering their tiny population are Jamaicans the most influential people ever?

[BigMan]

an offshoot of AA music?HOW SWAY1!?

AA music ain't nothing but an offshoot of African music anyway

Jamaican music has American influences but on the coli folks will take credit for the development/success of reggae/dancehall

 

[Pit Bull]

Watch how all the island nikkas from around the world, "Afro" latinos and these African cats link up like voltron

All of them are insecure when it comes to African Americans they all the opps too

 

[generic-username]

Also this is incredibly misleading when you have more Jamaicans living outside of Jamaica than in it and is the reason reggae/Rastafarianism caught on globally. Without emigration, none of it crossovers.

Isn't that how a culture spreads for the most part, by people traveling and sharing it with others? By the way, even if you include Jamaicans in the diaspora their population still won't exceed 5 million.

 

[Poitier]

let me stir the pot

outside music and gangs, what is AA's global influence?

Sports obviously But AAs probably has the richest history of Black scholars, artist (not just music), activist and influence on food, fashion, literary tradition, etc

We built one of the greatest empires in history and have been a reformative influence on said empire which obviously has had profound impact globally i.e. No CRM means no Immigration act means no 1 million + Jamaicans in the US.

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

The thought behind this thread is pitiful. Just stop.

 

[Poitier]

Isn't that how a culture spreads for the most part, by people traveling and sharing it with others?

Nope, AAs did not spread their culture via emigration which is why the whole "the US exports their culture" thing is highly disingenuous.

 

[LeVraiPapi]

Jamaicans are known for entertainment, track and field and weed. That's where it stops.


The only influential Jamaican was a c00n ala Colin Powell. A half black c00n who wasa sucking up to Bush and had less voice than COndolezza Rice.

Stop the bullshyt

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

You'll never influence shyt until you have your own country

We built the most powerful country in the world, we created a large portion of its culture that has taken on a life of its own and influenced our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world. We turned Plymouth Rock into Pride Rock and like the circle of life our culture moves us all through despair and hope, through faith and love.

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Jamaican music has American influences but on the coli folks will take credit for the development/success of reggae/dancehall

The first reggae songs were soul covers.
The first deejays imitated African American soul djs of the 40s.
Without us, there is no reggae.
Hip hop is totally independent, and later played around with dancehall influenced cadences, since a lot of rappers were Jamaican AMERICAN.
Stop.

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

Relative to population.. Yes

 

[newworldafro]

Oh and IN before they claim Jamaicans started Hip Hop.

The Bay Area posters and James Brown's estate would like to speak with you ...

 

[BigMan]

Sports obviously But AAs probably has the richest history of Black scholars, artist (not just music), activist and influence on food, fashion, literary tradition, etc

We built one of the greatest empires in history and have been a reformative influence on said empire which obviously has had profound impact globally i.e. No CRM means no Immigration act means no 1 million + Jamaicans in the US.

Just want to address the bold
1) food: i don't know about that one. I don't see the influence of AA cooking/cuisine globally. Unless you are talking about soul food restaurants in other countries
2)fashion: outside hair (afros, etc. ) and hip hop wear/streetwear i also am not too sure about the impact of AAs in global fashion especially as most of the world follows European fashion

 

[BigMan]

The first reggae songs were soul covers.
The first deejays imitated African American soul djs of the 40s.
Without us, there is no reggae.
Hip hop is totally independent, and later played around with dancehall influenced cadences, since a lot of rappers were Jamaican AMERICAN.
Stop.

not sure what your post has to do with mine

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Jamaica is a Commonwealth state and 51℅ of the population wants to return to British rule. There's a huge Jamaican diaspora in America, and no Americans in Jamaica, other than culturally American brehs who got deported after living in the US since infancy.
Get deposited on an island, have a US puppet cac President from Boston named Edward Seaga in recent history, brehs.

 

[TEH]

These types of threads are destructive.