With a flash of violence incited by the younger generation many ppl say raggae has lost its meaning over the years. The music which once represented peace and inspiration now riddled with violence. As of late it almost seems that the "Bad boy" image is necessary to become a danchall artist. In light of all this however danchall music is not more widely recognized internationally. Artist all fight to become top dog on the heap to get a larger slice of the international market
But is the true essence of reggae lost in all this?
Are we slowly losing a great chunk of our culture to other influencing genres or did the musice just evolve ?
(by Diandra)
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YES!...certainly.
Reggae use to be about peace and inspiration and now it is all tangled with sex and violence. Today the media has ifluenced this generation with sex and money. American artist such as 50 cents and the lot with "I'd take you to the candy shop" infulences artist such as Movado with
"Me F**k her inna de car back"..they send out subliminal messages to the generations of today because they say "God is my saviour"...then come with "Squeeze her breast them like the trigger of my gun"
These sort of music have a huge impact on the children of today and when they see these artist with their "Big ride".."glocks" "shanks" "whores"..they see this as the dream and atomatically these ppl become their role models and who they look up to.
Also. reggae today is forgotten as reggae and mainly known as Bashment music. Within these lyrics the artise mainly refer to women in a degrading way.(mainly male artist)
This has a huge impact on the male population, they then see this as the way to act towards women & to treat them. The female poppulation is also affected by this because they see the way women dress to go to "bashment parties" and in the dancehall videos. This needs to be change and thank God there are still great reggae artist such as Buju banton, Sizzla, and i can go on.
<3 Diandra
I agree the wave of violence causing alot of damage to the reputation of reggae music. entertainers and producers who encourage the onslaught should play a more active role in the content being release to the public.
Reggae music has definitely evolved over the years, but whether it has lost its meaning or not can be debated. There are many artistes who still promote the true passion of Reggae, with its rythms and lyrics however, genres such as Dance-Hall cause Reggae to be over shadowed by its vulgarity and modern theme of "Generation Sex", but Reggae is still kept on a pedestal, with true respect.In addition I believe Reggae has modernized but is often confused with Dance-Hall, with a strong foundation from Bob Marley and a continuation until now with Luciano, Morgan Heritage etc. Reggae cant go wrong!
time has certain changed the face of reggae music and what it stands for in this word...now in this new time and age people tend to write songs that help put negative thoughts into peoples minds....these american artist write songs that can help in the destructions an coruption of the youth as we no it...song s like "i feel like dyin" can cause the children to take a path that leds them to a hateful amd a detested life...
well i think time has partly changed the face of reggae. a good bit of artistes still contain the true meaning of reggae music within their lyrics. though others have followed the paths of rap and hip hop by changing the beat of their rhythms. thats why the best reggae is the old reggae, it is the true reggae.
Same ting different time. Everything in the world affi change. And reggae music is D least
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