New Reggae Nuttin A Gwaan

[Hortical]

Top selling reggae songs on itunes and nuttin a gwaan fi reggae/dancehall.

http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/cha...ggaesongs.html

[Mosiah]

according to itunes. dancehall is still huge in jamaica and that's a good thing!

[Hortical]

Nuh bady naw buy music again. See Observer article as a reminder, plus nuff a the drug money wha finance riddims soon dry up.

[Mosiah]

i'm listening to it as much as ever. couldn't care less who is buying and who isn't!

[Hortical]

We can listen to the music all day, but the music can not grow without sales.

[Islandman]

After listening to a lot more recent dancehall music than usual over the last 2weeks, I have to admit that there is more quality music being produced than I realised.

I hope a few more of them get some crossover success. Ot will help the industry to grow and support more artistes.

[Mosiah]

crossover success - what does that mean? acceptance by americans?

whole heap of great dancehall music in jamaica. not sure what is reaching the rest of the world.

[Islandman]

For me it means having people who are not already dancehall music fans enjoying and buying your music.

[Mosiah]

okay. no problem with that. for some, crossover also entails americanising the music a bit, to make it more appealing to american listeners. i hate that!

[Islandman]

I notice that a lot of them have a bit of a hip-hop flavor these days. Still dancehall for sure but the beats have definitely evolved, along with the Autotune effect.
Anyway my biggest problem right now is that I can't get that "Whats in my Cup" song out of my head.

[Lazie]

I ...
Anyway my biggest problem right now is that I can't get that "Whats in my Cup" song out of my head.

You too?

[Mosiah]

big chune dat! hated it at first, but any thing sticks in your head like that has to be good!

[Assasin]

As I said on this program I think that is the biggest problem with Dancehall. They adoptation of too much hip hop strip and flavor.

Our originality forced them to listen to us. We need a few more innovator in the dancehall. I also said there is a lot of good music (dancehall) been produced. Too much payola inna the business so some not even get the airtime they deserve.

I will say it again, the music is far from dead.

[Hortical]

Yeah there is a lot of good reggae/dancehall music on the scene, but nuff don't get adequate promotion and marketing. A few come to mind, Jah Cure & Mary J Blige - each tear, Chino feat Dean Fraser - find it hard, and Bounty Killer & Busy Signal - Sumtin A Go Gwaan just a few tunes that come to mind.