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By now, every regular reader of this forum must be aware of my highly critical view of Jamaica's cultural direction in recent times, so I will make no further comment except to say to Mutabaruka, “Well said, my brother”! Hopefully, more and more influential voices will speak up as time passes. The responsible ones amongst us Jamaicans need to work harder if we believe that our country is worth saving!
Mutabaruka lashes out against 'daggering' tunes
By Basil Walters Observer staff reporter
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Well-known poet Mutabaruka has used the opportunity of Lutan Fyah's album launch to weigh in on the "daggering" music trend, and appealed to fellow entertainers to take responsibility and be a part of the solution.
Mutabaruka: 'A lot of people lose focus. We losing focus.'
Looking at the negative impact the current trend is having on the society, especially young people, the outspoken Rastafarian - while agreeing that parents have a role to play - said everybody has a responsibility to alleviate the problem.
"We see a lot of artistes who claimed dat dem nuh have nutten fi do wid weh a gwaan, dem just a mek music and is really the parents who should be blamed," Mutabaruka noted. While admitting this, he goes on to point out: "But when you look at the society today, mi feel that everybody have a responsibility fi do something fi alleviate the stress and the problem that we find we self in. And knowing that the artiste is the most influential person inna di society now, we feel sey you shouldn't have music dat a really carry the people dem inna certain way."
In his customarily no-hold-barred fashion, the controversial talkshow host didn't mince words when he turned the searchlight on his colleagues in the music industry. A lot of people lose focus. We losing focus," he stressed, "A lot of us blame politicians, and politicians is to be blamed, but look pon weh de artistes dem a gwaan wid now. Artistes involved wid gun, artistes involved wid not necessary knife play but "daggering" play. Artistes involved wid everything weh yuh hear dem fight against Babylon."
Added Mutabaruka: "If a artiste a hit out 'gainst politician, and when you look pon fi him life and fi him music, it worst den weh de politician dem a gwaan wid, den we really in a serious problem. We inna serious problem because we always a look pon de next man...
"And we see a lot of artistes stabbing up and "daggering" up or whatsoever you want to call it. The time so stressful yah now, the time so meaningless when it come on to life and property, dat is important that a artiste find him place and see how him can be a part of the solution and not be a part of the problem."
It was from that perspective that he lauded the music of Lutan Fyah whom he commended for the title of the album Africa. "To have a brethren who sey him gwine call him album Africa, is really saying much. It saying much because we see so much things changed in front of us overnight. So we give thanks that we see a brethren come right now in dis bleng time yah wid a album name Africa."
Mutabaruka also took a swipe at the media when he said: "We have a thing that is happening with the media...we still see dem a perpetuate the same craziness and madness."
Mutabaruka lashes out against 'daggering' tunes
By Basil Walters Observer staff reporter
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Well-known poet Mutabaruka has used the opportunity of Lutan Fyah's album launch to weigh in on the "daggering" music trend, and appealed to fellow entertainers to take responsibility and be a part of the solution.
Mutabaruka: 'A lot of people lose focus. We losing focus.'
Looking at the negative impact the current trend is having on the society, especially young people, the outspoken Rastafarian - while agreeing that parents have a role to play - said everybody has a responsibility to alleviate the problem.
"We see a lot of artistes who claimed dat dem nuh have nutten fi do wid weh a gwaan, dem just a mek music and is really the parents who should be blamed," Mutabaruka noted. While admitting this, he goes on to point out: "But when you look at the society today, mi feel that everybody have a responsibility fi do something fi alleviate the stress and the problem that we find we self in. And knowing that the artiste is the most influential person inna di society now, we feel sey you shouldn't have music dat a really carry the people dem inna certain way."
In his customarily no-hold-barred fashion, the controversial talkshow host didn't mince words when he turned the searchlight on his colleagues in the music industry. A lot of people lose focus. We losing focus," he stressed, "A lot of us blame politicians, and politicians is to be blamed, but look pon weh de artistes dem a gwaan wid now. Artistes involved wid gun, artistes involved wid not necessary knife play but "daggering" play. Artistes involved wid everything weh yuh hear dem fight against Babylon."
Added Mutabaruka: "If a artiste a hit out 'gainst politician, and when you look pon fi him life and fi him music, it worst den weh de politician dem a gwaan wid, den we really in a serious problem. We inna serious problem because we always a look pon de next man...
"And we see a lot of artistes stabbing up and "daggering" up or whatsoever you want to call it. The time so stressful yah now, the time so meaningless when it come on to life and property, dat is important that a artiste find him place and see how him can be a part of the solution and not be a part of the problem."
It was from that perspective that he lauded the music of Lutan Fyah whom he commended for the title of the album Africa. "To have a brethren who sey him gwine call him album Africa, is really saying much. It saying much because we see so much things changed in front of us overnight. So we give thanks that we see a brethren come right now in dis bleng time yah wid a album name Africa."
Mutabaruka also took a swipe at the media when he said: "We have a thing that is happening with the media...we still see dem a perpetuate the same craziness and madness."
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