If you think a only reggae not selling CDs

[Don1]

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wha dat prove?? Nutten.... mi neva seh dat di music naah play. Mi seh it nuh have di prominence of 10 ar 15 year back.... meaning seh it inna relative decline... partly due to di huge image problem/gay/violence backlash ..an ******** poor quality music an bad marketing..

ah suh unnu limited...damn!!

[Bricktop]

Proves you are an idiot. Dancehall getting spins with no major backing. Holding it's own againt top pop and hip hop acts signed to Universal's marketing machine...poor you...

[Muadib]

Somebody should write an editorial on this.. good ting Blackwell don't own a newspaper.. him woulda have an ethical problem..

[Don1]

the fact that it has no major backing an consequently get less spins...when it did have big label backing 10/15 years ago proves my point ... guh one side wid yuh foolfool juss come argument

[Bricktop]

wha dat prove?? Nutten.... mi neva seh dat di music naah play. Mi seh it nuh have di prominence of 10 ar 15 year back.... meaning seh it inna relative decline... partly due to di huge image problem/gay/violence backlash ..an ******** poor quality music an bad marketing..

ah suh unnu limited...damn!!

15 years ago every dancehall artist was being dropped from their major labels due to gay backlash and poor sales...what's your point again?

[Bricktop]

the fact that it has no major backing an consequently get less spins...when it did have big label backing 10/15 years ago proves my point ... guh one side wid yuh foolfool juss come argument

10 to 15 years ago we had Beenie Man on a major label...that's it...nobody else...check your facts again please...you are referring to 20 years ago when Shabba opened the floodgates for getting signed to majors...unfortunately all except the Ranks were dropped after one album due to poor sales...touche...

p.s. stop trying to spin the argument...no other genre WITHOUT MAJOR BACKING is getting mainstream radio spins...relative enough for you?

[Assasin]

Same arguments they came with when Jammy drop the "Slim thing riddim", Same argument they came with Admiral Bailey dropped "Punany", same argument they used on Briggy, Josey, and Yellow. Reggae is always at a crossroad and it always win with the naysayers saying the same thing. Them tell us how it a lose its appeal when nothing go like that.

[Don1]

nope dat nuh cut nuh dash wid mi.... which genre yuh ah talk bout...name it.

Reggae nuh supposed tuh ah compete wid nuh eediat genre.....wi ave tuh much history an powa fi dat...

wi did ave nuff artiste ah get major label attention 15 year back...ah wen yuh come pon di scene yute man ? yuh late...
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[Assasin]

Stop talk wha nuh go so. 1996 how many people a get look in? A mussi only Chakademus and Pliers had international contract at the time. Most of the other major artists at the time was signed by VP, Jetstar or Greensleeves with RAS records and the guys outa Jersey doing some culture thing. Don1 who a talk from feelings.

Watch him and hide now and talk like every else nuh have his education level with any form of data to support.

[Don1]

Stop talk wha nuh go so. 1996 how many people a get look in? A mussi only Chakademus and Pliers had international contract at the time. Most of the other major artists at the time was signed by VP, Jetstar or Greensleeves with RAS records and the guys outa Jersey doing some culture thing. Don1 who a talk from feelings.

Watch him and hide now and talk like every else nuh have his education level with any form of data to support.

Some recent reggae/dancehall history fi yuh:

Tony Rebel --- Columbia to 1998

Shabba --- Epic to 1998

Spragga --- Capitol to 1998

Wayne Wonder --- Atlantic to 2004

Buju --- Mercury to 2001

Morgan Heritage --- MCA to 2000

Beres --- Elektra to 1999

Patra --- Epic to 1999

Beenie Man --- Virgin to 2003



DANCEHALL LITE (lol)

Shaggy--- Worldwide POP chart hits 1996 & 2001

Sean Paul --- Worldwide POP chart hits 2002 & 2005



Plus couple more frias mi cyaan memba.

Suh it look like from dat platform whey build dem likkle man nowadays ah blaze...nuh true?? Reggae booming! lol


Unnu juss come inna dis..... unnu fi sekkle unnuself

[Assasin]

Is that 15 years ago? There were more. There were a few more such as Richie Stephens, Red Fox, Super Cat etc. but if you notice there never a lot of at o.ne time. No different from today. Most of them never had a long term contract. It is no different from today. You can't count? 15 years and you all a mention 2003.

[Don1]

Is that 15 years ago? There were more. There were a few more such as Richie Stephens, Red Fox, Super Cat etc. but if you notice there never a lot of at o.ne time. No different from today. Most of them never had a long term contract. It is no different from today. You can't count? 15 years and you all a mention 2003.

woiee mi belly!

Mek mi werk dat out...
2011 minus 1998 ..tek di square root ah 2000 + 11 X 1998 minus di pi ah 88


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Mi dun tell yuh seh di music at one low point fram wich part it did deh 5/10 an even 15 year back.... man fi fool...but nuh suh

Sass yuh ah tun yuh self inna eediat juss tru yuh argument get expose... betta yuh gi dat up an tap tun fool

[Assasin]

By the way ias Beres told me International label would just eat in his money unless it is a major deal as performances and royalities would result in less money. Red Fox also told me that the difference for him was to get the money upfront but you had to work it off. It may help some upcoming artist,"may" but people like Richie Stevens will tell you it helped park their careers.

[Don1]

that's a totally different subject matter...start one new thread fi dat

[Don1]

my point is that it's worse today...ah suh yuh head tuff?