60 Biggest Jamaican Songs since Independence in 1962. The fifth 10 years: 2002-2011.
This is the fifth installment in the series "60 Biggest Jamaican Songs since Independence in 1962," and represents the Yaawd Media team's...
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Oct 1, 20225 min read
STONEBWOY, HERE IS SOME REGGAE EDUCATION 101
Jamaica’s first National Hero, The Right Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, ON; is on record stating “If you haven't confidence in self, you...
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Sep 28, 20224 min read
60 Biggest Jamaican Songs since Independence in 1962. The fourth 10 years: 1992-2001
It has been long established that Jamaica’s music is regarded ss the most impactful aspect of the island’s culture. In fact, the music is...
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Sep 26, 20225 min read
60 Biggest Jamaican Songs since Independence in 1962. The third 10 years: 1982-1991
It has been long established that Jamaica’s music is regarded ss the most impactful aspect of the island’s culture. In fact, the music is...
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Yaawd Media
Sep 24, 20224 min read
60 Biggest Jamaican Songs since Independence in 1962. The second 10 years: 1972-1981
Jamaica’s music is best described as the most impactful aspect of the island’s culture and is largely responsible for positioning Jamaica...
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Yaawd Media
Sep 23, 20225 min read
THE MORE TIMES CHANGE THE MORE IT LOOKS LIKE JAMAICA IS A LOST CAUSE
At the height of the campaign towards Jamaica’s national Elections in 1980, the late recording artiste Edi Fitzroy released one of the...
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Yaawd Media
Sep 12, 20225 min read
60 Biggest Jamaican Songs since Independence in 1962. The first 10 years: 1962-1971
Jamaica’s music is best described as the most impactful aspect of the island’s culture and is largely responsible for positioning Jamaica...
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Yaawd Media
Aug 27, 20224 min read
DESPITE ITS SCAPEGOATING, DANCEHALL TELLS JAMAICA’S STORY
Painting: Street Dance - Richard Hugh Blackford (C) 2008 Jamaica is often described by tourism and other travel interests as “the Pearl...
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Yaawd Media
Aug 23, 20225 min read
ARE WE UNOFFICIALLY DRIVING DANCEHALL TO OTHER SHORES
It may come as a surprise to many, but I am satisfied that here are forces at play in Jamaica that believes that the best way of keeping...
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Yaawd Media
Aug 14, 20225 min read
Delroy Wilson-The Child Prodigy
DELROY WILSON'S EARLY YEARS In 1957, the Jamaican music scene was just beginning to find its footing. The idea of having people record...
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Yaawd Media
Jul 13, 20225 min read
CONVERSATIONS WITH KLASSIQUE SOUNDS’ SENOR DALEY (THE SUNDAY NIGHTS AT RAE TOWN STORY)
It has been said that there is a kind of symbiotic relationship between the development of the music industry on the island and the...
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Yaawd Media
Jul 8, 20223 min read
THE DOORS OF DEVELOPMENT OPENS AS CLAYTON TWINS GO PRO.
Jamaica Gleaner photo The headlines in the July 7, 2022, edition of the Jamaica Observer newspaper screamed “Clayton twins goes pro with...
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Jul 4, 20225 min read
JAMAICA'S MEDIA LAMPOONS RIGHTS ADVOCATES AND PLAYS TO THE GALLERY ON CRIME & PUNISHMENT.
Las May Cartoon- The Jamaica Gleaner I would like to posit that we have reached a sorry situation when the island's two most popular...
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Jul 2, 20225 min read
JAMAICA'S SKA AND THE DESIGNING OF OUR CULTURAL INDEPENDENCE" - Part 1.
It is just a little over one month away from the 60th Anniversary of Jamaica's Independence and as July got under way, there was the...
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Jun 28, 20226 min read
JAMAICA DANCEHALL -THIS IS OURS
I was 11 years old when I started secondary school at Kingston College in 1969 and by that time, I had developed more than a passing...
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Jun 16, 20224 min read
THERE ARE MUCH BIGGER ISSUES TO BE ASHAMED OF, PRIME MINISTER HOLNESS.
A few weeks ago, Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Robeson Benn announced the imposition of a ban on Jamaica’s dancehall artiste...
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Yaawd Media
Jun 10, 20223 min read
SONGWRITERS MERELY RECORDING THEIR EXPERIENCES
There is no arguing against the views regarding the lyrical content of what is being presented by the current generation of...
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Yaawd Media
Jun 9, 20223 min read
No Festival Song for Jamaica's Diamond Jubilee Celebration is a National Disgrace.
It was 1966, four years after the island had declared its Independence from Great Britain and things were not going well for the new...
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Jun 3, 20221 min read
Ten Reggae Songs I am listening to this week
This year Jamaica marks its Diamond Jubilee celebrations as it realizes the milestone of 60 years of Independence from Britain. If...
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Mar 25, 20224 min read
Mikey Bennett Jamaican Songwriter and Music Producer
In the corridors of Jamaica’s music industry, Michael “Mikey” Bennett has one of the most solid of reputations both as a songwriter and...
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