Jamaican dancehall culture IS what American hip-hop culture wants to be...

[W.I.Z.E.]

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Did u really post that?? That look like a large arena to you??





Shut yo emotional, non factual azz up. Here's the Facts not the faux.

1.) Sizzla is banned from damn near 30 European Countries.

Sizzla banned from 29 European countries

2.) Look at Capleton's Tour locations...aint a huge arena on the damn list.

Capleton Tour Dates 2013

3.) Look at the biggest concerts of 2012...notice how there's NO Reggae/Dancehall act on the list but you do see a Hip hop one.

Top 25 Tours of 2012 | Billboard

 

[vaudevillevillain]

Did u really post that?? That look like a large arena to you??





Shut yo emotional, non factual azz up. Here's the Facts not the faux.

1.) Sizzla is banned from damn near 30 European Countries.

Sizzla banned from 29 European countries

2.) Look at Capleton's Tour locations...aint a huge arena on the damn list.

Capleton Tour Dates 2013

3.) Look at the biggest concerts of 2012...notice how there's NO Reggae/Dancehall act on the list but you do see a Hip hop one.

Top 25 Tours of 2012 | Billboard

that was the airport when Capleton got off the plane

u callin me emo but went out of your way to dig up research

 

[IllmaticDelta]

@ the OP

lets not forget rappers tryna emulate the street/concious style prevelant in dancehall and failing miserably most of the time.

Conscious Rap is older than conscious Dancehall.

 

[Bondye Vodou]

Sellouts get little love? so why dem nikkaz love vybz fagtel & analkaline?


dancehall been falling off

 

[DMGAINGREEN]

Hiphop came from Dancehall.

Exactly .... sometimes I question why I even come to The Booth

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Exactly .... sometimes I question why I even come to The Booth

It didn't....dancehall and rap are cousins through older American roots. If anything HipHop influenced what became modern dancehall. As I once said...

I do notice in modern dancehall (1981 on) they started flowing with on beat syncopation whereas the original toasting they had (Uroy) was just random fragments with no real steady syncopation.

early jamaican toasting style




Supercat basically hints at it here

Super Cat was saying specifically that Rappers Delight was HUGE in Jamaica.

@2:23



shouts to @The Ruler 09 for posting that.

 

[SirBiatch]

really? Jamaicans trying to take credit for hip hop?



There's some influence but lets not act like it's 100% or close.

 

[Krazy]

"Sellouts" do get love.
Say what you want about Sean Paul but...
A lot of artists been bottled

 

[Poitier]

Islanders are Mr Me Too ass nikkas

 

[Kanika]

To be honest! I don't hear the Jamaican influence on Early Hip Hop records. I pretty sure that hip hop music stems from Jazz, Funk, Soul, Disco, and R&B.

 

[Dreadknox77]

No I don't feel you.

Dancehall artist can bleach themselves and become even bigger stars.

No dancehall artist has gone diamond

Not really worldwide music.

Hip hop > Dancehall

I'm pretty sure Shaggy went diamond

 

[Vilhena]

what you mean dont write lyrics you mean on paper, or they got ghostwriters?

not my nikka vybz

 

[TEH]

ONLY because the level of money behind dancehall is much lower. Let white kids start to like dancehall - then contact me ten years later to see what happened.

 

[Vilhena]

ONLY because the level of money behind dancehall is much lower. Let white kids start to like dancehall - then contact me ten years later to see what happened.

Major Lazer and Diplo may lead to that.

 

[Vilhena]

I'm pretty sure Shaggy went diamond

But it wasn't on some dancehall shyt. "it wasnt me" "angel" were pop records.