Grammy Award-winning singer, Mykal Rose, is urging the current technology of dancehall artistes to modify their concept and deejay about social problems in a manner that will empower listeners and guide them in taking pleasure in longevity in the tunes company.
The previous chief of Black Uhuru observed that, regardless of several folks acquiring challenges with “the new audio” he was much more worried with themes and content material.
“Dem can do the tunes with the seem that dem have now, but dem will need to sing bout dem working day-to-day … check out social difficulties throughout the board in your lyrics. Even the Beatles sing bout dem each and every day. People a bawl seh dem cyaan tek the violence inna di music, and that wants to transform. We have a custom of providing the planet fantastic music that past for 50 and 60 several years and nevertheless audio fresh new. How significantly of the music that is being manufactured now will stand the examination of time?” the militant Rose quizzed.
According to Rose, the benchmark was Jamaica’s golden era of new music which observed stars these types of as Dennis Brown, who he referred to as his “godfather in the small business”.
“When I 1st begun singing, I sounded like Dennis Brown. But, following a though, I know in myself that I had to get my very own seem … my possess voice. But, yuh see Dennis? … back in the times when Dennis Brown a chop tune, each male haffi just siddung pon di fence and hear.”
For far more than 3 many years, Mykal Rose has been producing, recording and performing information-stuffed, roots reggae new music across the world, with solo stints in advance of and right after signing up for Black Uhuru. He unveiled his most recent album I Give You Really like, on September 15. The 13-track set options collaborations with Bounty Killer, Bugle and Jahmiel.
“We have a song with Bounty known as Steppin’ Like a Murderer. It is a total message track addressing the youths who behave like seh, if it is really not killing, then it truly is not taking place. It says ‘ stepping like a murderer nuh thrust it nuh further more‘. Bounty, with him huge voice and him rough deejaying, was best for this music. And, memba seh me come from Waterhouse and Killer arrive from Seaview just close to the corner. And the complete a we get the job done for King Jammy … so is extensive time and a lot background,” Rose declared.
He shared that the Jahmiel collaboration, When Dem A Go Permit We Go, shows the extent to which “the system” has to share the responsibility for wayward youths.
“If yuh look at it, you have some youth who go a faculty and do dem do the job and still end up inna di incorrect lane. Is like at times the procedure established a way so that the youths dem cyaan acquire, but every person get up and blame the youths,” he opined.
